Comments on: Wake up call? A 6.7 Magnitude Earthquake!

By: Prism

Prism — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:05:50 +0000

That must have been really scary. We had a slight earthquake here this morning as well.

By: Nihon on the Net

Nihon on the Net — Sun, 11 May 2008 11:06:45 +0000

[...] Thursday morning my hubby and I awoke to a 6.7 magnitude earthquake centered about 160 miles outside of Tokyo. As I wrote on my personal blog, the experience was [...]

By: billywest

billywest — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:52:40 +0000

For me, the panicked-looking newscaster on TV put me off more than the actual shaking. The shaking didn’t concern me that much, but when they put the newsflash up on TV in red characters and flashed ’strong earthquake warning - take caution’ on TV during the actual earthquake, that unnerved me a little bit.

Nick,
Looking forward to the video and pics.

By: Nick Ramsay

Nick Ramsay — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:57:21 +0000

I found myself in an earthquake simulator recently. They took us up to 7 and it is pretty violent! I’ll blog about it soon with pictures and video.

By: nomadic matt

nomadic matt — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:35:33 +0000

scary…..i lived in bangkok and they had an earthquake but oddly enough only half the city could feel it…i was in the un feeling half…

By: ChrisG

ChrisG — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:48:41 +0000

I’m heading to Tokyo in 6 days. I’ve not felt an earthquake before as we don’t get them in the UK. I kind of want to know what it’s like but also don’t want to be in one…

By: Shane

Shane — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:08:25 +0000

Wind and Neil - we had the same thoughts over here. Since we live on the 12th floor I was not looking forward to testing out the funky contraption that appears to drop down to the next balcony and so on for 12 floors…

Tom - now every little shift has me thinking earthquake…this was the same magnitude as the Hawaii one that we went through in October of 2006. This one seemed much stronger even though I believe the epicenter was closer to us in Hawaii?

By: Neil Duckett

Neil Duckett — Thu, 08 May 2008 07:05:50 +0000

It was ironic that over the last few weeks there’s been more and more discussion about “How Tokyo would be affected if they got hit with a 7+magnitude” …. well last night was pretty close and i guess we’re lucky it wasn’t closer to shore …. first one that actually had me thinking of and escape route last night … usually just brush them off.

By: Wind

Wind — Thu, 08 May 2008 06:11:50 +0000

that was a pretty strong one. and it wasn’t even in tokyo. during that third earthquake, i told my wife, ‘this is the one’. i’m glad it wasn’t but it sure felt like it.

By: Tom Clifton

Tom Clifton — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:23:10 +0000

Relieved to know that you and your hubby are fine. As a geologist, I follow these things. I was startled by the number of fore and after shocks with the two strong quakes in the middle.

My most recent quake experience caught me in the hot tub as a local 5.2 rolled through. It was probably the most intense shaking I have ever felt (the joys of being close to the epicenter). It made me pop out of the tub real quick.

When I was younger, I thought that earthquakes were kind of cool. But that changed in the years leading up to the 1989 Loma Prieta quake. And after that one, I don’t even like small to moderate quakes.