fjef 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Bummer - I was in the waves when it hit here in Chiba - I missed the whole thing. It really scared my wife (she was at home) and she's usually pretty calm during quakes... Actually under a desk (the space is usually too small) or dooway is not a good place to be. Its better to lie down beside a desk, or large object that will not compact if hit with something really heavy. Boxes of paper compress less than furniture. There will be space beside large objects that compress. Most survivors have been found beside large objects, not under them...I read a detailed article on the net somewhere about this - it made a lot of sense because it looked at real damage after an earthquake, rather than simply following conventional wisdom... Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Just as well there were no tsunamis..... I recall that Slow said she was going sailing today. She probably didn't feel anything either. Glad to hear you guys are okay aside from shock. Were you sailing or swimming? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thanks sunrise, I was on the train just after sailing. Train stopped for a few minutes and we haeard the earthquake warnings which said keep away from the sea. Was it 4 in Yokohama? Then, probably same here. I was lucky I wasn't alone in my apartment in Tokyo at that point. I should tell my parents where to meet in a time of big earthquake. Link to post Share on other sites
powwwers 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 yeah, hope everyone is okay. that sure was big!!! i usally dont feel `em when i`m outside, but... was actually @ Tokyo Sea Life Park(?) when it happened. we were watchin tha penguins and they were spinnin out. they were swimmin in circles like a whirlpool and then every three minutes or so they`d swim to tha rocks but wouldn`t get out! it was bizzare . saw `em earlier in tha day and they were just doin their own thing, uno, swimmin around, catchin a few rays... tha girl said that sometimes animals do wierd things before an earthy. sure enough, about 10min. later it happened. couldn`t make last train home cos tha lines were closed, which is why i`m @ cafe now. trukkin spewin abit though. thought i was gonna get to spend tha night in a hotel Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Parts of Yokohama got a 5, slow http://www.jma.go.jp/JMA_HP/jp/quake/quake.050723170258.03.0.html Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 So you didnt get the score Powwers? Link to post Share on other sites
me jane 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 The centre of the quake was in Chiba, right? But according to that website somewhere in Tokyo (Adachi?) got a strong 5. The highest numbers in Chiba seem to be weak 5's. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Thats right and that's why just the magnitude doesn't really have much meaning to normal folk for who the most important thing is how we feel the thing.... it's all about the land you're on. Seems that parts of Tokyo are built on not the most sturdy of land. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 I was just looking back to see where the epicenter of the Niigata one was, but couldn't find it. It was pretty much in the middle of it all, but maybe not Kawaguchi - the place that got the most moving. While I was looking I found this and was surprised to see so many 5強s within the first 24 hours, I didn't realise there had been so many big ones like that.... 日） （時分） 2004/10/23 17時56分6.8 ６強 2004/10/23 17時59分5.3 ５強 2004/10/23 18時03分6.3 ５強 2004/10/23 18時07分5.7 ５強 2004/10/23 18時11分6.0 ６強 2004/10/23 18時34分6.5 ６強 2004/10/23 18時36分5.1 ５弱 2004/10/23 18時57分5.3 ５強 2004/10/23 19時36分5.3 ５弱 2004/10/23 19時45分5.7 ６弱 2004/10/23 19時48分4.4 ５弱 2004/10/24 14時21分4.9 ５強 Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 Oops that last smiley should have been of course!! Link to post Share on other sites
ex-boyfriend 0 Posted July 24, 2005 Share Posted July 24, 2005 That sure was scary and was a 4 where I was. I'd can't begin to imagine how I'd feel if there 10 more powerful within a day. That's nuts. I think I'd be on the first plane home after that. Link to post Share on other sites
wakaran 1 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I was in the bath, did not know what to do for a while there. Kowai. Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Now that we've recovered from the quake, we better get ready for the typoon that is on its way to Tokyo...Wednesday will be a really wet day...life is so exciting in Japan... Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by fjef: Now that we've recovered from the quake, we better get ready for the typoon that is on its way to Tokyo...Wednesday will be a really wet day...life is so exciting in Japan... Make that Tuesday..well down here anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 I'll take a typhoon any day of the week over a quake Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Do avalanches ever/regularly occur as a result of earthquakes? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Yes yes yes. Hope that's not over-complicating things... Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Less cryptically, anything that has potential energy and is unstable may be upset by an earthquake. We have a spectrum of mass transport processes which ranges from rockfall at one end, to detachment faulting, which move blocks of rock the size of small countries, at the other (rare). Avalanches certainly fit within this range. My nearest mountain (Haiyama) is a textbook classic example of sector collapse. From my bedroom window, I can look directly inside the cone, because about 2/5ths of the volcano has slumped and rotated out, to form a serrated line of hills at the base. It's a bit like a cwm, but definitely not a glacial feature. I've yet to see any glacial landforms in Japan, anyone know of any? Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 25, 2005 Share Posted July 25, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: I've yet to see any glacial landforms in Japan, anyone know of any? Yap, Gassan mountain in Yamagata pref host an active glacier. The rest of the Japanese ark comprises mostly of marginal rock-formations and some plutonic intrusions and of course magmatic depositions. hope this helps Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I bought a couple of torches today. That was well scary. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 What, buying the torches? haha. That wasn't the "big one" then? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Japan is nirvana for anyone interested in dynamic landscapes (NZ too). I've put together a little layout of Hayama (not Haiyama) which shows the side fallen off the volcano very nicely. Volcano is red, slump is pink. The rim of the cone is the high ridge, and the hills in the foreground are the slump. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Thanks tsondaboy. Gassan is right behind Hayama, so I'll have a look next time I'm up there. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Are you studing Geology or some other Geo-sience soubriquet? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Yes. I am a geologist, and I never stop learning. My speciality is surface processes, and Japan is beautiful. Link to post Share on other sites
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