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M8.7 earthquake in Western Pacific, tsunami warning issued

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Post by pezezin »

gibagger wrote: post #184
pezezin wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, most of Japanese TV is like that. I always joke that the primary reason they developed HD TV was to be able to cram more text in every corner xD

haha, makes a lot of sense!. But then again, take a stroll around a shop-laden street in Japan and you'll see the exact same thing. They just like it that way. Funny thing is how for interior design they do a full 180 and typically go very minimalistic.

I know, I live in Japan, shopping streets are seizure-inducing here xD

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Post by pezezin »

Ma8ee wrote: post #196
pezezin wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair, most of Japanese TV is like that. I always joke that the primary reason they developed HD TV was to be able to cram more text in every corner xD

And most Japanese websites.

Yeah, shopping in Rakuten or Yahoo Auctions is quite an experience...

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Post by realaaa »

ansgri wrote: post #185
mordechai9000 wrote: post #7

Has anyone heard how bad it was in Petropovlosk? USGS estimates "severe" shaking with the possibility of moderate to heavy damage and a chance of fatalities. They have had quite a swarm of quakes there over the last couple of weeks, including one that was M7+ around the 20th.

From what I see in Russian-language news, only relatively minor damage. I've lived in Petropavlovsk, it's an ugly city in various states of disrepair, but they do take seismic reinforcements seriously, like mag 7 should cause zero damage according to plan. It's basically immune to tsunamis as it's protected by a bay with narrow entrance that extinguishes the waves, also most of the city is raised at least 10m above t…

it's not That ugly :)

but yeah I totally get what you mean, better watch volcanoes and nature than the urban scape around

indeed thankfully not that much damage there

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Post by nottorp »

Amadiro wrote: post #209
sugarpimpdorsey wrote: post #45

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Japanese news reporting during disaster scenarios is something to behold. The screen is filled with data and blinking like a Bloomberg Terminal.

Also when you visit most japanese websites you can see this phenomenon. I've read an explanation once that this is because culturally, japanese people perceive a wealth of information and choice as being re-assuring and trustworthy, while most westerners feel more re-assured by seeing less content and choice presented in a more minimalist kind of way.

Can you point to some japanese websites that have an english version and are a good example of this?

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Post by illusive4080 »

Dazzler5648 wrote: post #120

I was parked at Selzer beach in Seaside, Oregon when the earthquake/tsunami news hit around 7:30pm. Within 30 minutes it was impossible to buy gas without queueing and now there is a pretty steady stream of cars heading out of town. As of 9pm it’s been upgraded to a warning up and down the coast. I was just thinking of tsunamis the two days ago in the Del Rey beach parking lot, where I noticed the locals seemed to pa…

I’ve never thought about a tsunami when visiting the beach in my life. Are they much more common in the Pacific? We go to the Gulf and Atlantic and it’s never something I think about. We usually go in June/July, so we don’t worry much about hurricanes either.

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Post by philipwhiuk »

jjangkke wrote: post #144
theogravity wrote: post #71

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> The statement was revised later to specify the date "July 5, 2025" as that of an asteroid impact,[8] or even the end of the world.[9]

Ryo Tatsuki clarified it wasn't her that said July 5th was when the big one will hit but that it was her publisher that pushed that date for marketing and sales. She along with the Thai clairvoyant and Brandon Biggs all say July is the month when the earthquakes and tsunamis begin . It is unwise to simply write this off, Ryo Tatsuki said she saw 4:18am in July 2025 which can only mean 14 hours from now we will know i…

> It is unwise to simply write this off

No it isn't

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Post by kozika »

I happened to be visiting Miyagi just before the tsunami struck, and I was really panicked. When I got out of the car, everyone's smartphones nearby suddenly started beeping. A message in Japanese, saying something like "TSUNAMI EVACUATE NOW," sounded throughout the area. At the time, my phone displayed a warning that a three-meter tsunami would hit the area within an hour. I waited on slightly higher area for about two hours, but the locals kept going about their usual business, and there were no announcements from the nearby police.

Fortunately, nothing happened, but it's difficult to know which information to trust. Still, it's good that there's a system in place for evacuation alerts.

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Post by sunaookami »

haunter wrote: post #183

Whales have been washed ashore in Chiba https://x.com/AZ_Intel_/status/1950395615944511821

Community Notes says:

>Important Context: In the Japanese audio, a TV announcer says they don't know if this incident is related to the earthquake/tsunami: "We have no information indicating a connection with the recent tsunami".

>Also, stranded whales in Tateyama have been observed since yesterday

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