Earthquake in Japan : Othor Games

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:07 pm

http://www.onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_6954.shtml

7.3 Magnitude Earthquake;

So far no serious damage reported. :thumbsup:

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:25 am

Those Japs and their crazy anti-earthquake buildings!

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:33 pm

Wow. I wonder if they'll be a rougher aftermath? Like Tsunamis?

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:30 am

News reports here stated that California had Tsunami warnings.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:54 pm

Oh dear not another one

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:04 am

That's what you get living on a tectonically unstable planet :shrug:

Good thing no serious damage. A 7 is a pretty big one.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:40 am

7.3? That's quite tame, for modern Japan. People shrug off fivers or so each month. One should experience that at least once in their lives, everything shaking, foreigners freaking out, the locals just grabbing the closes tightly placed object. ^_^

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:18 am

7.3? That's quite tame, for modern Japan. People shrug off fivers or so each month. One should experience that at least once in their lives, everything shaking, foreigners freaking out, the locals just grabbing the closes tightly placed object. ^_^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale is logarithmic meaning that a 6.0 is ten times more powerful than a 5.0, and a 7.0 is ten times more powerful than a 6.0. So Yea, a 7.3 is a MUCH MUCH bigger deal than a 5.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:20 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale is logarithmic meaning that a 6.0 is ten times more powerful than a 5.0, and a 7.0 is ten times more powerful than a 6.0. So Yea, a 7.3 is a MUCH MUCH bigger deal than a 5.

Speaking from experience, there are a few more factors to it. Mainly, where the epicenter is located. A shallow quake will create far more damage than one that may be bigger on the Richter scale even though it's smaller in magnitude.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:02 am

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

8.8 magnetude earthquake hits the North-east. 4 Meter tsunami at the port of Kamaishi

Watching that tsunami destroy everything in its path is just frightening.

Speaking from experience, there are a few more factors to it. Mainly, where the epicenter is located. A shallow quake will create far more damage than one that may be bigger on the Richter scale even though it's smaller in magnitude.

Don't forget the materials of the buildings. Certain materials resonate more than others (brick = BAD).

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:44 am

Well then this isn't good. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110311

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:45 pm

News reports here stated that California had Tsunami warnings.

Surfs up brah!

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:24 am

That is one big quake.....& tsunami......glued to the set folks. The imagery is frighteningly awesome. Too much...to early to know or imagine the casualties or damage.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 4:58 am

That is one big quake.....& tsunami......glued to the set folks. The imagery is frighteningly awesome. Too much...to early to know or imagine the casualties or damage.

The wave approaching right now... It's just huge and still looks a significant ways off the coast, meaning it'll only get bigger :cold:

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:48 pm

This was how I found out:

This Emergency Alert Information is for all faculty, staff, and students at UH Hilo.

There has been an earthquake near Japan and a Tsunami Watch has been issued for the State of Hawaii.

There is no definite information at this time, as to whether there is a tsunami threat to Hawaii. We are providing you this alert information as a precaution and will keep you posted as there are further developments.

Please see the following message from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and link to their site.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:51 am

The wave approaching right now... It's just huge and still looks a significant ways off the coast, meaning it'll only get bigger :cold:

You can actually see it from where you're at? At midnight!? I suggest moving a bit east before it hits.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:27 pm

You can actually see it from where you're at? At midnight!? I suggest moving a bit east before it hits.

har har.

The link I posted includes a live video stream of the tsunami.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:14 am

:facepalm:

Reading the thread fail

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:10 am

What link?

I would like to see.... :poke:

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:36 am

Very scary. Massive quakes in Chile, New Zealand and now Japan. Lots of shaking on the Pacific Rim. We've been fairly quiet (from large quakes) since the 1990s. Hmmm.... Hope the tsunami doesn't hit our coast or Hawaii.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:49 am

That tsunami footage is just insane.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:47 am

That tsunami footage is just insane.

It's a channel of debris.

» Fri Feb 18, 2011 6:31 pm

It's a channel of debris.

Which was caused by the tsunami....

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 9:19 am

Watching cars trying in vain to speed away from an incoming tsunami was incredible. The geologist on CNN said the 8.9 was the 7th strongest earthquake on record.

» Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:09 am

Which was caused by the tsunami....

Which is what I meant by that.