veronica 2 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Now that was scary this morning. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Well glad I missed that. It even got on BBC this morning. Hope your nerves are holding up v. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Wasn't that bad - was only a shindo 6-. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Very funny. Felt that up here in Niigata. There seem to have been quite a few the last week or so after a rather quiet period. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 Yeah that one was big BUT actually it helped me out.....I was asleep in Shinagawa station and would've missed my train!! Not good for those missing in Shizuoka though!! It was a magnitude 6.6, the one the other day measured a 6.9 in magnitude but the Shindo was only a 4 so today's was a biggie!! Are we warming up for something huge?? I hope not! Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 I was thinking of all my japanese forum friends this morning hoping everyone was okay. Can't imagine how scary it would be. TAKE CARE Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 mmm...seems to be an active period! Glad everyone is OK... Another one in the Andaman Sea, as well as the couple in Japan, on the back of the shake in NZ while my boy was there a few weeks back. He freaked out and called his Mummy - LOL! Hope it has released all the built up pressures now and we go back to minimal movement. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Twas on the BBC here even. Hope it calms down. Link to post Share on other sites
foreversnow 5 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I know nothing about earthquakes but once you have a decent tremor does that mean that the plates have shifted and that they are now more stable for a while?? Heaps of little tremors means it is building up to something big?? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 its means there is less pressure than before but still possible that another big 'un is in there - waiting to unleash. An interesting pic of tectonic plate movement. Link to post Share on other sites
skidaisuki 0 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 snowhuntress - good question... living in Tokyo, with the biggie long overdue, I would like to believe this, but I'm not sure whether such straightforward logic applies. Otherwise, they might have come up with a rudimentary way of predicting earthquakes - and they definitely haven't succeeded in doing that yet, despite chucking Billions into research towards that aim. It is simply better not to worry about it - and remember, walking down any street with traffic is far more likely to get you killed than living in an earthquake zone. SdS Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Check out that big black area on the west coast of north america!!!! Isnt that where the Cascadia subduction zone is...the one responsible for the 1700 "Orphan" Tsunami to hit Japan? Blimey - no wonder that thing goes off every few hundred or so years - lots of pressure built up there!!! Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Thats right - you got the Cascadia subduction zone there and also the san andreas fault to the south - if those two were to go at the same time, you could pretty much kiss the west coast goodbye. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 And those guys are worried about the GFC? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 GFC? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Global Financial Crisis Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Ah ok - thought you meant gillingham football club Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I've actually watched a Gillingham game I prefer eye surgery to that experience. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Or even a JLeague game. Scary one that was. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Glad I missed that lot. Aftershocks?? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Just felt a huge one in Oslo....at least 11 players are missing Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Finding it hard to sleep, TB? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 just as well I'm pissed mate or I'd have nightmares about that. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Originally Posted By: scouser Glad I missed that lot. Aftershocks?? Alcohol? At a serious time like this scourser?! Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Another fairly big shaker just before Link to post Share on other sites
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