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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued
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..Or maybe yesterday was the time to move there Backup Generators out of the basement already.
SentientStone
Member
Hope everything is okay and that no one gets hurt, planning on visiting Japan again in a few weeks.
newtypepilot
Member
7.6 is no joke. Places more inland like osaka and kyoto most likely felt it too.
stay safe.
stay safe.
ranmafan
Member
I was in a movie theater in my area of Japan near mt Fuji when it hit. Was crazy hearing everyone’s phones go off at once with the earthquake warning as the movie starting running the ending credits. Then we got a long bit of shaking. Strongest quake I’ve felt since the 3/11 one. Not the way we wanted to start the year in Japan for sure. But thankfully it was not closer to where I was.
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Unknown Soldier
Member
Warning: Godzilla approaching
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ChuckeRearmed
Member
Year has started with a bang.
fran.fernandez
Member
Pretty strong in Osaka too. I’m at 9 floor so the building did shake a lot.
Got my son and wife asap near the metal door.
Btw was scale 7.4 at Japanese scale. The maximum is 7.
Got my son and wife asap near the metal door.
Btw was scale 7.4 at Japanese scale. The maximum is 7.
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Nitty_Grimes
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
Stay safe Japan-GAF.
Insane Metal
Member
WTF man. January 1st... Ffs. Way to start a new year.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Poor Japan, it is the country that I respect the most and I value it very much.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
Dont joke with that.Warning: Godzilla approaching
NecrosaroIII
Ultimate DQ Fan
I've heard they've had several aftershocks, like every 30 minutes. Including one that was almost as powerful as the original.
Is that true? Wtf is happening? Is Japan Sinks actually occurring?
Is that true? Wtf is happening? Is Japan Sinks actually occurring?
Japan exists in the first place because it’s on a major fault line (the “Ring of Fire”):
Volcanic activity coming up through the fault line created the islands, but also means that it’s very tectonically active. Japan didn’t build overly elaborate structures until the modern era since periodically everything would be destroyed by enormous earthquakes.
This is par for the course. Fortunately technology can help a lot now to mitigate damage.
ShadowNate
Member
Stay safe anyone in Japan right now!
Was there any early warning for this?
Back in the early '00s seismologists made it sound like we'd already reached tech to predict these things accurately days before any significant foreshocks.
Was there any early warning for this?
Back in the early '00s seismologists made it sound like we'd already reached tech to predict these things accurately days before any significant foreshocks.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Hopefully all the reactors stay functioning.
Days like these...
Have a Blessed Day
But in all seriousness I hope everything is ok in Japan. Superstitious types would say this does not bode well for 2024
FunkMiller
Member
Japan exists in the first place because it’s on a major fault line (the “Ring of Fire”):
Volcanic activity coming up through the fault line created the islands, but also means that it’s very tectonically active. Japan didn’t build overly elaborate structures until the modern era since periodically everything would be destroyed by enormous earthquakes.
This is par for the course. Fortunately technology can help a lot now to mitigate damage.
It's always been fascinatingly terrifying to me that if the planet had a fairly minor hiccup by its standards, it could drop the entirety of the west coast of America, and virtually all of the far east about twenty feet. Scary how small our impact on the planet, and our power over it, actually is.
Wheeljack539
Member
Not quite. The big fault of the US west, the San Andreas is strike-slip fault meaning rather than going up or down they slide across. Meaning that those of us who live here are moving north.
The far scarier fault though is the cascades that are in the US northwest and Canadian west. Cities and land will disappear underwater before reappearing.
Robot Carnival
Member
was reading on the Japan quake earlier while working and one hit LA. felt some shaking so I check afterwards, and sure enough it's a 4.3 one. nothing for those who's been here a long time of course, but I can definitely imagine how bad that 7.4 one was over in Japan.
West Texas CEO
GAF's Nicest Lunch Thief and Nosiest Dildo Archeologist
Stay safe, japan gaf. 
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When gamer brain rot has reached that stage of ''japan is all anime and monsters''. have some common fucking sense, child.Warning: Godzilla approaching
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Elder Legend
Banned
Maybe this will shake up Nintendo and make them announce the next system, fucking finally!
On a serious note: hope everyone is allright.
On a serious note: hope everyone is allright.
wondermega
Member
Wild.. if I were you, my first thought would probably have been "well at least it waited for the film to end before trying to collapse on us all!"
ranmafan
Member
In a way we were glad it came at the credits. It was pretty surreal, although nothing compared to what it was like during the big one in 2011. That was terrifying. But it was a little nerve wracking, especially with my kids there wondering what was going to happen. But the weirdest thing was walking around the mall afterwords, everything was normal since it wasn’t that bad where I am, but all the TVs have people screaming for those on the coast to evacuate. But yeah I’m just thankful it wasn’t closer.
wondermega
Member
I'm glad you and your kids are safe!
So when I was in Japan I downloaded the Nerv app. I went to text my friend and saw it was chirping. These numbers are what people felt at the same time that earthquake hit
I couldn't get all of Japan on my screen but the earthquake was felt as farnorth as Hokkaido and as far south as Kyushu. So pretty much all of Japan felt this quake in some form.
I couldn't get all of Japan on my screen but the earthquake was felt as farnorth as Hokkaido and as far south as Kyushu. So pretty much all of Japan felt this quake in some form.
Tams
Member
The only earthquake I experienced during my time in Japan was the Kumamoto one and I was on the shitter at the time.
I CBAed getting of the porcelain throne for that.
Unless it's really bad (and you'd know if it were) and you're in, next to, or near something precarious, there's no point in doing much other than sitting through it.
I CBAed getting of the porcelain throne for that.
Unless it's really bad (and you'd know if it were) and you're in, next to, or near something precarious, there's no point in doing much other than sitting through it.
Valedix
Member
Sorry to hear, sending condolences. Hope you are doing okay.
Go_Ly_Dow
Member
I'm really sorry to hear this.
Hope you're okay.
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EverydayBeast
ChatGPT 0.1
RIP, that said earth quakes are interesting how they are world wide events, the damaging is sad yes but we know about plate tectonics and inquiring more information from scientists revealing where the next earthquake is.
Razzy-
Member
I'm really sorry to hear this.
Thank you for your kind words. It is all good. I am doing fairly okay.
Been busy over the weekend with regards to her personal effects, documentation, etc.
And helping out the locals on disaster relief and all.
squeakywheel
Member
Damn. So sorry to hear that. My wife was in Japan for New Years with her folks when this hit in Nagoya. They still felt it. I can't imagine what it would be like near the epicentre. I know it's not much but healing thoughts and prayers go to your and your family.
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