RobBright 35 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Western buildings are also designed to sway in earthquakes, if they are properly designed for earthquakes. Cf. Transamerica Building in San Francisco. Not having seen the CNN coverage, I wouldn't assume they are being dumb or alarmist. Just reporting what little there was to report, really. There's the crux of the matter, if they are designed for earthquakes. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I guess what I'm saying is that "buildings swayed" does not sound alarmist to me. Rather the opposite, if anything. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 8, 2012 Share Posted December 8, 2012 They could've had "7.3 quake rocks Japan", the made it sound like it was 7.3 under Tokyo....it wasn't.....the story wasnt the fact that buildings swayed in Tokyo (what they are designed to do), the story was another strong quake in Tohoku. Seems alarmist and sensationalist to me Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Are we surprised? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Not really, but your avatar sure looks to be! Need to tell it to calm down! Link to post Share on other sites
charlotte 0 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 Is that the Muppet, oo? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 looks like Beaker Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just got jolted out of bed now. Nothing major just one major shudder. Check it out and the X is rather close to where I live, just a few km away actually. Never seen one there before. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Any Hokkaidans here affected by the Tokachi earthquake last night? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Just read about that on the Niseko Now page. No huge damage by the looks? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I see there was a shindo 5 in Ibaraki as well last week, missed that one on the news too. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Missed them all recently JB - kinda worried about doing that. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 a friend of mines in Sapporo said that it was a pretty big quake Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Shindo 5+ Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Yeah, was a fairly strong one. Was at a party, and it was interesting that we all got the earthquake warnings buzzing on our phones, then 20 odd seconds later the shaking started. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thats technology for you LOL. I didnt feel a thing Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 the one in Hokkaido last night was near Obihiro... i did not feel a thing. Only found out about it on the bus this arvo.. doh! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 the one in Hokkaido last night was near Obihiro... i did not feel a thing. Only found out about it on the bus this arvo.. doh! I actually felt it way down here, but it was only a shindo 2 so didn't think anything of it at the time. Heard in the morning that eastern Hokkaido got a good shake. No avalanches, I guess? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Felt it here too! Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 the one in Hokkaido last night was near Obihiro... i did not feel a thing. Only found out about it on the bus this arvo.. doh! I actually felt it way down here, but it was only a shindo 2 so didn't think anything of it at the time. Heard in the morning that eastern Hokkaido got a good shake. No avalanches, I guess? Other people felt it.. no avalanches afaik.. Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Yeah, was a fairly strong one. Was at a party, and it was interesting that we all got the earthquake warnings buzzing on our phones, then 20 odd seconds later the shaking started. I have that turned off. Not sure it would do me any good other than panic. Link to post Share on other sites
MagSeven 40 Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Yeah, was a fairly strong one. Was at a party, and it was interesting that we all got the earthquake warnings buzzing on our phones, then 20 odd seconds later the shaking started. I have that turned off. Not sure it would do me any good other than panic. I thought I'd turned it off on my phone too to be honest! I guess it's helpful if you're sharp enough to think to turn off your stove or gas, and get away from anything that might fall on you. On Saturday however, we were a fair few beers into the night, so none of that happened! Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 A tonne of phone alarms just went off at our school. Whats blown up? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Definitely something just went off as our school was shaking. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 felt nothing here. Looks like it was around north gunma? Link to post Share on other sites
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