Earth Quake

[B4_Maniac]

Okay everyone...sound off... You guys okay?

I was in a department store when it hit today... SCARY SHYT!!!

That has got to be the longest and strongest quake I have ever experienced.

B4

[pacbreak gt]

Haven't heard about the quake, I'll check out. Growing up in San Francisco, I've been in a few.
Kinda unnerving to see stuff on the shelves dancing around. Glad you're OK.

[pacbreak gt]

TOKYO, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck Tokyo and its vicinity Saturday, leaving more than 20 injured and briefly paralyzing the subway and railway systems.



The Japan Meteorological Agency initially put the quake at magnitude 5.7. The strongest intensity registered at upper 5 in one of Tokyo's 23 wards. Japan's seismic intensity scale tops at seven.

This is the largest tremor recorded in the Tokyo Metropolis since February 1992.

The government and police have set up crisis management task forces.

The agency has warned that aftershocks as strong as intensity 4 may occur in the next few days.

The quake hit at about 4:35 p.m. (0735 GMT) and its epicenter was 70 kilometers underground in Tokyo's neighboring Chiba Prefecture, the agency said.

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So far, none has suffered life-threatening injuries. A 93-year-old woman was slightly injured when she fell off the porch at her house. In the neighboring Saitama Prefecture, five people sustained minor injuries by a falling signboard at a supermarket.

Runways at Narita airport near Tokyo were briefly closed. The bullet train service was suspended in a section but soon resumed.

Tokyo's bustling subway and railway systems also have resumed operations hours after the quake. The government has been taking alert against a major earthquake which is estimated to kill more than 10,000 people. Enditem

[PhilT]

Yikes, I used to live in Chiba in 2001, experienced lots of small quakes but nothing on that scale. But even the small ones are scary when you live on the 10th floor !

[franklin]

Hope it does not get too crazy for you.

[Gire]

I felt a few quakes in Osaka in 1997, but all small rumblings... and just like philT's experiences, living on the 7th floor made for some real swayings back and forth.

That really is scary stuff. Thank God there were no real catastophes, and lives lost.

[B4_Maniac]

I was shopping for a computer desk at the time in a department store in Kamata, Tokyo..

I was with my friends wife and 11 month old baby..when it happend. The entire building swayed, left to right. We couldn't move, all we could do is cover the baby and hope nothing fell on us.

Wasn't my idea of a good time.

But, oddly enough after it was over..it was like this amazing calm flowed over everyone, and normal activity resusmed.

B4

[Subietonic]

Hope everyone is okay on your side of the world.

I went through several while living in Japan, but the largest was a 7.3 IIRC (may have been 2-3 tenths more) that was centered in the Nikko area while we were visiting the pottery shops there. That was some scary stuff. The trains back to Tokyo were shut down for several hours (and these were old trains) while they checked everything out. Did a lot of damage and we weren't sure we were going to make it back home to Sagami.

SBT

[B4_Maniac]

Wow, if what we had was a 5, I can't imagine a 7....

B4

[mwiener2]

different scales

[*Jedimaster*]

Ovay edrykne...sotnd ouu... You pujs okry?

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Wow, must have really been shaking! :lol:

Glad you're OK :)