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Post by Marshall on Jan 1, 2024 19:18:58 GMT -5
If I remember correctly, I think that's close to where jdd lives. Hope all is well with him and his family. It was a BIG quake.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 1, 2024 19:43:03 GMT -5
7.5 mag - tremors, fires, quakes, a bit RIP, coastal ..... "mediocre" ....NOT A big QUAKE near jdd?? ......... sending a wish / good fortune for JDD/Japan It's gonna be difficult - Mother Natures The Kobe Big Quake 1995 was tremendous - near a BIG PORT CITY
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 1, 2024 20:49:58 GMT -5
Bob, you are wrong. 7.5 is a big quake.
Mike
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 1, 2024 21:04:40 GMT -5
Jdd, I hope things are OK with you, your home and your family.
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 1, 2024 21:11:58 GMT -5
I was thinking that jdd hadn't been around recently so I checked. He last posted on December 18th. I hope he's okay.
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Post by Village Idiot on Jan 1, 2024 21:13:45 GMT -5
Yes, he has been around.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 1, 2024 21:37:49 GMT -5
Bob, you are wrong. 7.5 is a big quake. Mike 7.5 quake today - near coastal towns - It was quake You don't have to say the word "you are wrong" We're both right.......
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Post by jdd2 on Jan 1, 2024 21:48:26 GMT -5
We're fine, a few things fell but surprisingly few given the shaking, Power didn't blink off, even momentarily. Heaters clicked off, but that's built in safety, so just reset/reboot. Gas did click off at the meter, but there's a switch there--push and hold to reset/restart the flow. Water is okay, but initial flow after the shake it was rusty brown, having shaken that loose inside our ancient pipes. Sewerage seems okay, but if there's a problem that may take a while before it backs up. Kitchen cabinets all have little quake locks so they don't open and spill things out, each one required a firm hit at the top to release/reset and get open again.
Up the way, the northern end of the peninsula near here, it was def big, lots of semi collapsed houses and so on. You may see/hear the name Wajima on the news, the biggest town up there, lots of damage and also fire/fires damage. Hard to tell at this point, but houses, both there and many places, are built together like row houses (town houses?), so if one burns, the whole row is in danger.
It was a little while before dinner, wife was planning to make tempura and fried chicken--lucky that that had not started and so no pot of hot oil on the stove. So dinner was delayed, and all the stuff ended up in the wok instead. Simpler and came out fine, easier cleanup, too.
There's a good alert system here. Actually many integrated/related/connected alert systems. The trains all stop automatically, e.g, some people spent the night on the shinkansen that comes here, take a while to check everything and get an integrated, scheduled system going again. There's a nuke about halfway up that way, no problem with that, so they say... Also a half dozen more of those down the coast the other way (north/across from osaka, their power stations), no reported damage there.
Minor tsunami, 1.2 meters in wajima, less than that anywhere else. This big one was an onshore quake, different than the undersea, off-the-coast one 12 yrs ago that created the giant waves then.
My wife went outside immediately (gotta keep the doors open so we don't get stuck inside), I stayed inside and held a monitor while watching the big TV do its dance. CDs on shelves didn't seem to move at all. A guitar, out and leaning against the stereo cabinet didn't seem to change position, tho it was rocking. I looked around outside, no apparent damage, but sometimes that's not noticeable right away.
We slept fine, there was an aftershock early, 4:30-5:00 or so, but we didn't get up. I was out for a bike ride yesterday, may go again in a little while.
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Post by Tamarack on Jan 1, 2024 21:50:49 GMT -5
Very glad to hear you and yours are OK. Thanks for checking in.
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 2, 2024 7:22:45 GMT -5
"Yes, he has been around." So much for my checking skills. Anyway, glad he's okay.
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Post by coachdoc on Jan 2, 2024 8:53:37 GMT -5
Glad to hear you’re okay JDD. Myself, I doubt I’d live where I needed earthquake latches on my cabinets. Shudder.
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2024 9:30:54 GMT -5
There are different types of quakes according to the way the fault moves. Not all quakes are a series of jolts or a long heavy vibration.
I have been in a 7.5 quake that was just one big heave preceded and followed by minor shaking. The shaking woke me up even though it was not that bad, then me and my bed were tossed to the other side of the room. Then a bit more shaking and it was all over.
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Post by Marshall on Jan 2, 2024 9:36:50 GMT -5
Good !
Well, Japan certainly seems prepared and proactive with these things.
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Post by Dub on Jan 2, 2024 11:15:48 GMT -5
7.5 mag - tremors, fires, quakes, a bit RIP, coastal ..... "mediocre" ....NOT A big QUAKE Bob, I realize folks in your area are used to earthquakes and many scoff at the idea, but this earthquake has killed at least 55 people and destroyed thousands of homes. It sounds like a big earthquake to me.
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Post by t-bob on Jan 2, 2024 11:31:08 GMT -5
7.5 mag - tremors, fires, quakes, a bit RIP, coastal ..... "mediocre" ....NOT A big QUAKE Bob, I realize folks in your area are used to earthquakes and many scoff at the idea, but this earthquake has killed at least 55 people and destroyed thousands of homes. It sounds like a big earthquake to me. I said it was a “quake”. It was horrible. It happens all the time. I didn’t say “big” I would help….., but I am in old man now I hope everything is a lot better now are friends and family.
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Post by Marshall on Jan 2, 2024 12:44:29 GMT -5
Good ! Well, Japan certainly seems prepared and proactive with these things. I know historically the worst part of the 1906 EQ in San Fran was caused by ruptured gas lines and the city burned. Certainly makes sense that modern utility systems have automatic shut-offs to control the after affects.
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2024 13:33:43 GMT -5
Good ! Well, Japan certainly seems prepared and proactive with these things. They've been living with quakes their entire history. Old Japanese wooden homes were built using a split and wedged tenon & mortise joint, no glue or other fasteners. It's a tight but movable joint that allows the building to shift instead of breaking up. You may have to square the framing and replace some siding afterward but your home will be fairly intact.
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Post by RickW on Jan 2, 2024 15:30:58 GMT -5
My eldest is on vacation there, skiing. She was in Hokkaido, the north island, they felt nothing. They were on their way to Osaka yesterday, so the worst that’s going to happen is that some things may be interrupted as everyone reacts to the emergency.
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Post by Marty on Jan 2, 2024 17:58:10 GMT -5
When I looked on the map to see how close JDDs place was to Suzu I was very surprised, dang close.
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Post by billhammond on Jan 2, 2024 19:04:39 GMT -5
Meanwhile, a Japanese coast guard plane waiting to take off last night from Haneda Airport in Tokyo to deliver aid to earthquake victims was struck by a JAL Airbus that was landing with 379 souls on board, resulting in a massive fire. Five of the six coast guard crew members were killed, but miraculously all of the JAL passengers escaped via chutes and survived.
Preliminary indications are that the coast guard plane was directed to hold short of the active runway but for some reason did not.
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