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M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by mghackerlady »

Der_Einzige wrote: post #67
mghackerlady wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it is a masterpiece, up there with ghost in the shell, akira, and serial experiments lain in terms of "japanese existentialist scifi"

Lain is 10/10. Akira/Ghost in the Shell are great too. Evangelion is a weak 7/10 in comparison to them in every aspect imaginable. I also realized that Evangelion is Japan's version of assigning weird mysticism to religions they don't understand (much how westerners depict shinto/daoism/buddhism with tons of mysticism). Evangelion is a disgusting anime to consider part of your national personification. Drop it and pi…

i'll concede lain is better, but evangelion beats akira and maybe ghost in the shell. what problems do you have with it in specific?

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by jollyllama »

bombcar wrote: post #43
azath92 wrote: post #37

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This is just the best. A very serious company, doing seriously cool and important stuff, also has an anime name/icon. I wish more corps took themselves so lightly, while remaining serious about what they do.

Sadly we're stuck with companies naming themselves things like "Melchior" and "Palpatine" and somehow it's a good thing? Anyway I need to get back to working on the Torment Nexus.

I'm starting to like the honesty.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by jollyllama »

Der_Einzige wrote: post #53
mghackerlady wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For people unfamiliar wanting an easier comparison, Evangelion is Japans star wars. It'd be like learning of tornadoes from someone with Empire insignia

Evangelion is so mega overrated of an anime im experiencing second hand embarrassment on behalf of Japan for letting its national personaification be exlempified by shinji.

"When it comes to the safety of this planet, it's NERV or nothin'." - ReDeath fan dub

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by klausa »

swang wrote: post #69
piazz wrote: post #19

Felt it all the way in Tokyo! There is this amazing app called NERV that, whenever there is a large earthquake anywhere in Japan, sends you an early warning push notification and an animated display with shockwaves emanating from the epicenter, plus a countdown timer for the first wave hitting you. The first it went off for me it felt like something out of sci-fi. I think I got 45 seconds this time before my apartmen…

An Earthquake happened in SF recently where I got a push notification from Apple/iOS and I felt it maybe 5-10 seconds later. Nothing fancy though just a notification. I'm guessing it's not on for Japan? Seems like this app shows way more.

For big enough quakes you get notification from the government (a VERY loud and specific one too, being in public and hearing _everyones_ phones suddenly go off is... mildly terrifying) too; but they're so frequent and (usually) non-super-threatening that they don't get sent out for _every_ quake.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by klausa »

ricardobayes wrote: post #59
piazz wrote: post #19

Felt it all the way in Tokyo! There is this amazing app called NERV that, whenever there is a large earthquake anywhere in Japan, sends you an early warning push notification and an animated display with shockwaves emanating from the epicenter, plus a countdown timer for the first wave hitting you. The first it went off for me it felt like something out of sci-fi. I think I got 45 seconds this time before my apartmen…

Hmm, why does this needs to be an app and not the built-in alert notification system? Outsourcing critical infrastructure and emergency services to private parties is always a terrible idea.

There's things built into iOS and Android and the government does send them; but not for _every_ quake, only for the bigger ones, and if you're close to epicenter.

This wasn't big enough in Tokyo to send out one.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by procflora »

Aboutplants wrote: post #28
piazz wrote: post #19

Felt it all the way in Tokyo! There is this amazing app called NERV that, whenever there is a large earthquake anywhere in Japan, sends you an early warning push notification and an animated display with shockwaves emanating from the epicenter, plus a countdown timer for the first wave hitting you. The first it went off for me it felt like something out of sci-fi. I think I got 45 seconds this time before my apartmen…

45 seconds is an incredible accomplishment. That’s a decent amount of heads up to get safer place. Obviously nerve wracking but great progress in alerts

Earthquake early warning systems are a top 10 peak human achievement in my book. No joke, I tear up watching videos of Japan's EEW system alerting people of possible danger just in time.

There are streamers who's whole thing is watching these alerts and setting up bobbleheads and glasses of water and stuff to show the shaking. It's so so so cool. Look at what we can do for each other you guys :')

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imH-ZyXwX5Q

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by athrowaway3z »

tristanj wrote: post #2

The earthquake magnitude was revised up to a 7.7 No major tsunami is expected, local media reported initial waves were recorded as high as 40cm. The Japan Meteorological Agency forecasted up to 3m (10ft) waves. I don't believe this earthquake is a big deal. Large earthquakes (M7.0+) happen in Japan several times a year, and given this happened in the middle of the ocean, I don't expect any major damage.

For anyone interested as i was. The Fukushima disaster was the result of a 9.1

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by joquarky »

Der_Einzige wrote: post #67
mghackerlady wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it is a masterpiece, up there with ghost in the shell, akira, and serial experiments lain in terms of "japanese existentialist scifi"

Lain is 10/10. Akira/Ghost in the Shell are great too. Evangelion is a weak 7/10 in comparison to them in every aspect imaginable. I also realized that Evangelion is Japan's version of assigning weird mysticism to religions they don't understand (much how westerners depict shinto/daoism/buddhism with tons of mysticism). Evangelion is a disgusting anime to consider part of your national personification. Drop it and pi…

> shinto/daoism/buddhism

The style of your comment is not making a good case for knowledge of this subject.

Re: M 7.4 earthquake – 100 km ENE of Miyako, Japan

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Post by prerok »

wat10000 wrote: post #68
philistine wrote: post #56

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It would seem the forewarning depends a lot on the distance from the epicentre. This quake, for Tokyoites, was far enough from them that they could beat the earthquake's speed. I'm fairly certain the people on the East Coast near the quake got no notification ahead of the event.

I was in a chat with people in NYC when it hit. They got advance notice, although it was just “why is everything shaking?” Followed by me going silent for a bit, so they didn’t know what was going on until it reached them.

Sorry? I don't get it. Why are you mentioning NYC? Was it a joke?
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