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7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by ChrisRR »

masklinn wrote: post #14
vaylian wrote: post #2

Does anyone know if this also affects South Korea?

Given it’s barely even felt outside of Kyushu (JMA 3, the dark blue dots, is "dishes may rattle, some people walking outside notice") that seems unlikely.

Dishes may rattle feels like such a japanese way to describe it

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by klausa »

markdown wrote: post #15
TZubiri wrote: post #3

7.1 seems to mean non resistant buildings may collapse.

It's Japan though. They don't have non-resistant buildings.

There's plenty of old buildings here that are not built up to the latest standards; increasing exponentially the further you get from the core of a big city.

Japan is _very good_ at tearing down old buildings and building better in their place; but it doesn't mean that there are zero old buildings around.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by asutekku »

markdown wrote: post #15
TZubiri wrote: post #3

7.1 seems to mean non resistant buildings may collapse.

It's Japan though. They don't have non-resistant buildings.

Like half of the buildings are non-resistant since they are old and made of wood. IIRC only buildings built after 1991 are guaranteed to be earthquake resistant.

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Post by Melatonic »

minraws wrote: post #11
minraws wrote: post #8

Tldr; Seems like major cities didn't get hit by the earthquake at 7 scale. Hoping for zero casualities.

Apparently there is a risk for tsunami so Japanese govt has issued a further alert. Hope it isn't anything too bad either

Haven't seen anything on the Tsunami global warning list so hopefully it's okay. Earthquake looks centered on land which (to my unofficial understanding) means low risk of Tsunami but of course higher chance of direct damage

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by crest »

asutekku wrote: post #23
markdown wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's Japan though. They don't have non-resistant buildings.

Like half of the buildings are non-resistant since they are old and made of wood. IIRC only buildings built after 1991 are guaranteed to be earthquake resistant.

One of the reasons Japan uses wood for construction is that combined with their traditional building techniques it results in earthquake resistant buildings.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by 41d »

I hope everyone is safe in Kumamoto. In my area, we have been repeatedly warned that a major earthquake called the Nankai Trough is likely to occur in the last few years or decades, so I am very scared of big earthquakes happening in other areas as well.

Re: 7.1 Earthquake in Japan

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Post by amelius »

klausa wrote: post #22
markdown wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's Japan though. They don't have non-resistant buildings.

There's plenty of old buildings here that are not built up to the latest standards; increasing exponentially the further you get from the core of a big city. Japan is _very good_ at tearing down old buildings and building better in their place; but it doesn't mean that there are zero old buildings around.

Wouldn't the not so strong old buildings have collapsed during previous quakes?
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