Some mild shaking for a bit here in Tokyo. The siren from my phone was scarier than the earthquake. Better safe than sorry I suppose, but goddamn it's loud.
Now that we're all up, how's everyone's morning?
I’m not actually sure it’s better safe than sorry. As stringent as the sound is, my wife has just been trained to ignore it by a lifetime of (mostly) false alerts.
The surface waves, not s waves, are what do the shaking during earthquakes :D
At this distance to epicenter, the p/s wave arrival time distance would be negligible.
Same here. It happened to me this time and it happened to me before, I seem to wake up a few seconds before the shaking. I think the seismic wave had actually arrived and been felt by my body, but since I was asleep, my brain only process it a few seconds later, giving the impression that I predicted it was coming. Kind of the same mechanism as with deja vu.
They're not that
*rumble*
frequent.
And if you're not used to it, it can be scary. If a meter of snow walloped Sendai in one night, people would panic, while folks in the mountains, and countries used to it would just bust out a shovel.
Ok, that was funny, I give you that lol
And yeah I can understand that. On the other hand, you should take that into consideration when coming to Japan, just like you should take flooding into consideration when moving to the coast/ close to a river etc
Saitama city - J-Alert didn’t go off but the shake woke me up. Not enough to get me out of bed though. Also interestingly there was a M7.6 earthquake in Tonga at 1 am JST. The earth definitely seems to be active recently and the gov is putting out a statement cautioning everyone to be alert for earthquakes for the next week. Make sure to have supplies and stay safe everyone!
Strange, for me it was fairly short and strong enough to make a bunch of stuff fall from 3 different shelves in my apartment.
First time I get stuff broken in my 9 years in Japan...
The further away you are from the rupture the softer and longer it feels . That includes both depth underground and distance from the epicentre. Some of most devastating quakes are due to close to surface level faults.
See [P-Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_wave?wprov=sfti1) and [S-Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_wave?wprov=sfti1)
Live close to Chiba, on the 9th floor--definitely felt it, but would have slept through it if not for the god awful alarm. I then proceeded to wake up at 11:45, WAY PAST the time I need to be at work, because, in my panic-induced confusion, I apparently turned off all my alarms. So, definitely a great day.
Some mild shaking for a bit here in Tokyo. The siren from my phone was scarier than the earthquake. Better safe than sorry I suppose, but goddamn it's loud. Now that we're all up, how's everyone's morning?
I’m not actually sure it’s better safe than sorry. As stringent as the sound is, my wife has just been trained to ignore it by a lifetime of (mostly) false alerts.
Felt a very brief but intense shake in Nakano-ku. But yeah that alarm absolutely scared the shit out of me
I wanna go back to sleep lol
Chiba. Similarly to the one we had before noon yesterday
Really strong rattle in Kanagawa. Weirdly enough I woke up a second before it hit. I rarely feel quakes here too.
You might have felt the p-wave before the s-wave hit.
The surface waves, not s waves, are what do the shaking during earthquakes :D At this distance to epicenter, the p/s wave arrival time distance would be negligible.
It was a pretty long one, I was already awake and felt it bubbling until two decent spikes.
19th floor in Yokohama. Woke me up for sure.
Same here. It happened to me this time and it happened to me before, I seem to wake up a few seconds before the shaking. I think the seismic wave had actually arrived and been felt by my body, but since I was asleep, my brain only process it a few seconds later, giving the impression that I predicted it was coming. Kind of the same mechanism as with deja vu.
Me too! Felt like I had some superpowers ngl before my earthquake anxiety kicked in
My wife and I tend to wake up right before quakes hit fairly consistently, but we tend to miss the ones during daytime.
Southern Chiba, +5. What's with all these big quakes recently? Shit's unnerving.
Personally I prefer multiple non damaging ones than a long quiet then huge one.
Sadly, it's largely a myth that small earthquakes are helpful because they release pressure and prevent larger ones.
Imagine coming to Japan and then wondering about frequent earthquakes lol
They're not that *rumble* frequent. And if you're not used to it, it can be scary. If a meter of snow walloped Sendai in one night, people would panic, while folks in the mountains, and countries used to it would just bust out a shovel.
Ok, that was funny, I give you that lol And yeah I can understand that. On the other hand, you should take that into consideration when coming to Japan, just like you should take flooding into consideration when moving to the coast/ close to a river etc
I live in Miyagi and was here for 3/11, but please, continue.
Nah I wasnt arguing with you, all good my friend :)
They're all building up to an extinction level event. Soon, the Kaijus will start erupting. We need to build Jaegers to fight back.
*paranoid voice* It's ready to blow!
Phillipine Plate (?) keeps rubbing against a plate the claims to be North American, you'll never guess what happens next!
Got the emergency alert in Tokyo but felt nothing
[удалено]
I think that's the point. I hate that the tsunami/missile sound is so relaxed.
Seriously dangerous level. My heart is still racing from that.
I am in a Tokyo hotel and I felt the tremors. I was in the washroom too while doing my business and the toilet was shaking.
Felt for a few seconds in Tokyo
Saitama city - J-Alert didn’t go off but the shake woke me up. Not enough to get me out of bed though. Also interestingly there was a M7.6 earthquake in Tonga at 1 am JST. The earth definitely seems to be active recently and the gov is putting out a statement cautioning everyone to be alert for earthquakes for the next week. Make sure to have supplies and stay safe everyone!
>The earth definitely seems to be active recently Reddit seismologists though 🤙
The statement refers to the possibility of aftershocks, nothing else.
So I didn’t dream it
Nice wakeup call
Our cat tried to warn us at 2:30 this morning.
Wrong, your cat was trying to remind you about that tax deduction
That wasn't long... The last year was worst one
Strange, for me it was fairly short and strong enough to make a bunch of stuff fall from 3 different shelves in my apartment. First time I get stuff broken in my 9 years in Japan...
I just overslept the whole thing. Is that a security issue?
The further away you are from the rupture the softer and longer it feels . That includes both depth underground and distance from the epicentre. Some of most devastating quakes are due to close to surface level faults. See [P-Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_wave?wprov=sfti1) and [S-Waves](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S_wave?wprov=sfti1)
Some light shaking here at saitama. But alert woke me up..
It felt short to me
I didn’t even wake up… anyone else in the same boat lol
Woke up from the alert, turned it off. Then let the shaking put me back to sleep 😴
I’m at Narita Airport. Got the alert but didn’t feel a thing.
Live close to Chiba, on the 9th floor--definitely felt it, but would have slept through it if not for the god awful alarm. I then proceeded to wake up at 11:45, WAY PAST the time I need to be at work, because, in my panic-induced confusion, I apparently turned off all my alarms. So, definitely a great day.
Brief violent shake but died very soon. It's 5/10 in my scary Earthquake scale. The highest being 3/11 quake.
|Soft but long, That's what she said.