8.8 Earthquake in Japan

All public schools in Tokyo are open for people to sleep in.
The tip of Tokyo tower is bent!

Not looking forward to waking up tomorrow!
 
Yes it sounds really shocking. Being at work since I found out so I haven't seen much but what I have seems devestating.

My thoughts are with all those involved, hope you keep safe.
 
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Absolutely devestating...
 
People will be so paranoid in New Zealand and all over the world even more than just a normal earthquake after the one in Christchurch any way I thought it was 8.9 still it makes it about 4th or 5th largest in history
 
Dene said:
Yea it's hard to imagine, that earthquake was almost 1000x as powerful as the one we had a few weeks ago. It's completely insane.
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Yeah, it's crazy how powerful some earthquakes are. The one in NZ as actually a lot more damaging than the magnitude alone would suggest, because of its very high Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) - recorded as high as 2.2 times gravity (!!!!) near the epicenter. A lot of NZ buildings were designed to be somewhat earthquake-proof, too. So the two earthquakes themselves (NZ and Japan) probably damaged buildings to a similar extent. Of course, the higher magnitude of the Japan one means much more danger from tsunamis... and that's something else entirely.
 
I was sitting at my desk in San Francisco when it all began to happen. I trade the Japanese markets, and so my boss shouted over the turret (which is a fancy phone system) that the Nikkei futures were dropping like mad. (He cursed a lot more than that... quite colorful language really.) I look up and I see the yen spiking (it's a reverse currency, so that means it's devaluing), the Nikkei futures are tanking, and the US equity futures (S&P Mini futures) are dropping. Everything's going crazy... we're trying to figure out what's going on... and suddenly a broker says over the box, "We've got a massive earthquake here... we're all leaving the building." So I think to myself... well, that explains it.

The infrastructure in Japan is pretty modern, so at least it's got that going in its favor. My uncle, aunt, and cousins over there are okay. My cousin didn't know how bad it wasn't until he saw the news.

Btw, the probably worst spot in the United States for an earthquake? Seattle. They have earthquakes larger than the ones in California, and it's been over 200 years since the last earthquake. We here in California remember 1989 and 1994. Well, maybe not... since you kids are all so young. But yeah, people in Seattle? No clue what to do. That and all of highway 99 will end up in the sea.
 
Tyson said:
I was sitting at my desk in San Francisco when it all began to happen. I trade the Japanese markets, and so my boss shouted over the turret (which is a fancy phone system) that the Nikkei futures were dropping like mad. (He cursed a lot more than that... quite colorful language really.) I look up and I see the yen spiking (it's a reverse currency, so that means it's devaluing), the Nikkei futures are tanking, and the US equity futures (S&P Mini futures) are dropping. Everything's going crazy... we're trying to figure out what's going on... and suddenly a broker says over the box, "We've got a massive earthquake here... we're all leaving the building." So I think to myself... well, that explains it.
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I was thinking to myself, that once the Yen gets to its worst point, it would probably be a good time to stock up on some Japanese money. Also, it would be a good time to invest in the major building companies. In New Zealand, the day after the earthquake, Fletcher Buildings shares went through the roof.
 
qqwref said:
Yeah, it's crazy how powerful some earthquakes are. The one in NZ as actually a lot more damaging than the magnitude alone would suggest, because of its very high Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) - recorded as high as 2.2 times gravity (!!!!) near the epicenter. A lot of NZ buildings were designed to be somewhat earthquake-proof, too. So the two earthquakes themselves (NZ and Japan) probably damaged buildings to a similar extent. Of course, the higher magnitude of the Japan one means much more danger from tsunamis... and that's something else entirely.
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Yea I was actually just reading up on this yesterday. I was wondering exactly how much PGA they got in Sendai. Either way, shaking for 5 minutes non-stop is way worse than the 20~ seconds of violent shaking we got.
 
Johnny.d.p said:
is this the beginning of 2012?
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IMO, the "2012" thing has started quite a few years ago. As of now, Nature's problem seems to be us disturbing balance. However, eliminating humans completely doesn't help (as many other species are dependent on us). Hence, the "destruction of the world" is really something that manifests itself as distributed and comparatively small localized disasters as against the popular global mega-apocalypse. Think about it. Isn't it as good as the end of the world for those who have taken the full blow of the quakes and tsunamis?

I hope the Japanese dudes recover. I bet they already have a crapload of technology that is helping them get out of the mess! Best regards people!
 
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Lol, the stupid 2012 myth.

P.S.: The world won't end in 2012.

P.P.S: Also does anybody believe that the "supermoon" caused this earthquake?
 
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