danz 0 Posted May 27, 2003 Author Share Posted May 27, 2003 the end of the world is near... danz Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Quote: Originally posted by danz: power lines starting oscillating as well... Danz if you are using words like oscillating you must be an engineer! Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 what are you supposed to do after an earthquake? I was giving a lesson to a high school kid and the quake began, when things started falling over we done the under the table thing, after it stops and you pick up most of the stuff that fell over what do you do? what do you say to your student? (she didnt seem to worried) I went with "well that was the biggest one I'v been in, you too? - where were we?" and carried on as if nothing happened. Its kinda hard to pay attention to what you are doing when there is an aftershock happening / there are sirens racing up and down the street outside and stuff blaring from loudspeakers. I felt like maby we should do something but there was no gas to turn off or anything like that so..? (the earlier "jared" posts about being at home alone were my wife cos she didnt have time to log in as her apparantly - she has been suitably told off for using my (first) name) Link to post Share on other sites
Tim 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 I was in Chiba, felt it big time Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Who is your wife when she logs in Jared? Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 shimba - she doesnt write much cept when shes got nothing to do. Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheTin 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 It's amazing that with a shaker like that there are not lots of casualties -especially with the way lots of older J houses are. Link to post Share on other sites
jared 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 any old japanese house has already survived lots of big earthquakes. Apparantly there was a bigger one up here in 78 that done some damage - maby that cleared out all the old houses that needed to fall down. Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 i usually read the posts. i don't really write much because for some reason, logging in to snow japan isn't that easy when jared is always on it. the computer keeps shifting back to jared's settings even after i have logged in as me. on the other hand, it could just be that i'm lazy Link to post Share on other sites
viv&kev 0 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 You guys still getting aftershocks up there? So its saying on the tv news. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I hear this one was small compared to what we (Tohoku) are supposed to get in the next 4 months!! But you all know how these rumors go..nonetheless, I think I might prepare my emergeny kit for the 1st time. Emergency should be what exactly? Nike's and ...? Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 I remember reading that the big quake in Tottori a couple of years ago had nearly the same numbers on the measurement scales as the Great Hanshin Earthquake, but only half the destructive energy. If that's the case, it makes you wonder what the numbers mean in real terms. I don't know about old houses being safe but I've been told that Japanese houses built in areas where there is heavy snowfall (Tohoku?) are constructed with thicker beams than those in other areas and generally don't use kawara roof tiles. Apart from being decorative, kawara are heavy, which means they are unlikely to blow away in a typhoon. This means that houses built in the snow country are likely to be more earthquake resistant (stronger construction, lighter roof) than those in areas where typhoons are more of a concern. Kawara roofs brought down a lot of homes in the Kobe quake. A large fault runs right through the Hakuba Valley from Itoigawa to Shizuoka, so there is the potential for a very big one here. " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> It's fingers crossed, I tell you. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 As for fault lines japan is just one big fault line. Kyoto has about 3 running around the mountains. Does anyone have any idea how many known fault lines there are in japan. Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Found this through Google. Quote: Today the Daily Yomiuri reports, "There are about 2,000 fault lines in Japan that could trigger massive temblors under cities. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 We are living in a hot spot, folks! Live here long enough and THE big one will be visiting a theater near you. That's just how it is Kanto..Izu area is overdue for a big one according to geologist reports I've read. I would not want to be in that metropolis when IT comes! Link to post Share on other sites
enderzero 0 Posted May 29, 2003 Share Posted May 29, 2003 Growing up in Seattle I have heard all my life that we were due for a "big one." Seattle is a particularly hot spot for quakes because there are 3 tectonic plates that meet near there. There are 4 plates that meet under Japan. So are a bunch of frequent earthquakes really a sign that a big one is coming? I was always under the impression that it was pretty much random. There could be 5 small ones in a day and the likliness of a big one wouldn't be any more or less. Maybe we are just thinking about it more. What about the idea that lots of small quakes lets off the pressure and delays the big one? I just didn't think a big earthquake had anything that led up to it the way, say, a volcano eruption does. Link to post Share on other sites
Thunderbird2 0 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Just read through this old post, there were no warning signs in Niigata I believe, right? Scary stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Not that I know of, or heard anyone talking about, Nothing out of the ordinary. Just a massive sudden SLAM!!! just before 6pm on that Sat night. I will never ever forget that, it was (more than) terrifying. I am just hoping that once all the aftershocks finish (soon, right?) then all the bad 'kuso-jishin' (or should I respect it?) enery has been squeezed out of the area and we'll be one of the "safest" areas in Japan! (At least for our lifetimes anyway) Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 There was a little 'slam' here yesterday that surprised the bejayzus out of me. It was over immediately but it kept me feeling imaginary shocks for an hour afterwards. There have been quite a few quakes since I've been here. The weirdest thing about the Hanshin one in Osaka was hearing the damn thing storming underground towards us from the direction of Kobe. Having it just go BANG underneath you like in Niigata must be pretty ... shattering (not wishing to make a pun). Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 Slam, followed by a half minute of all sorts of strange noises and moving (I could not believe how much the place was moving). Followed by another massive one 15 minutes later. And another massive one 20 minutes later than that. And about 200 in that first night. I should really try to get it out of my mind. With the aftershocks though I know what you mean Ocean - that rumbling sound you can almost hear them coming. and some cars sound JUST like it. and I really really really really really really really really HATE those cars. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 The depth of the quake makes a big difference as well right? This Niigata one and all the aftershocks have all been close to the surface (5-10km?) and so the shaking can be felt a lot. I think. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted November 16, 2004 Share Posted November 16, 2004 Quote: Slam, followed by a half minute of all sorts of strange noises and moving (I could not believe how much the place was moving). Followed by another massive one 15 minutes later. And another massive one 20 minutes later than that. And about 200 in that first night. Shit a brik! Link to post Share on other sites
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