How do you know he wasn't a navy seal?  Or, that he has a medical condition that causes him to be that way?

I guess some people really take their interneting seriously.

Nuts!  Ring o'fire has been going active.

Ain't that the truth....

Wodda eye miss?

I love jokes and memes but that bullshit he wrote would've ignited a shitstorm and this is kind of an important thread.  I'd rather people get insight and be able to post updates instead of the usual shit slinging and purse swinging.  Sometimes enough is enough.

Was your phone on vibrate?

We had a small one a few years back, a 3.6, the house moved like it was made of rubber or jello.  It just kind of felt like it was swaying in a circle.

Dog didn’t give any warning, it only lasted ~15 seconds.

So have been in an earthquake and seen a tornado, I’m pretty good from here on out on wanting to be involved in natural disasters.

It's a weird feeling seeing things move when they shouldn't be and you are bouncing around.  Experienced them in CA.  Was in a meeting in a conference room several floors up in Wichita, KS a few years back and we started getting shacking and bouncing.  Never experienced a KS earthquake before.

JMA Earthquake Info.

I haven’t done tornado or hurricane.  And I’m good with that.

THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE  UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS  MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF  ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED  INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - FROM JMA
--------------------------------------------
 * MAGNITUDE      7.3
 * ORIGIN TIME    1437 UTC MAR 16 2022
 * COORDINATES    37.7 NORTH  141.7 EAST
 * DEPTH          33 KM / 20 MILES
 * LOCATION       NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN
EVALUATION
----------
 * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.3 OCCURRED
   NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN AT 1437 UTC ON
   WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 2022.
 * BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS
   TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM
   OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.
TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
-----------------------
 * HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE
   WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF
     JAPAN.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------
 * GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS
   SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL
   POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN
   EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.
 * PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
   FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
   LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
--------------------------
 * ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
   FOR PLACES WITH A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. ACTUAL ARRIVAL
   TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
   LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
   WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
   LOCATION         REGION             COORDINATES    ETA(UTC)
   ------------------------------------------------------------
   NIIGATA          JAPAN             38.0N 139.0E   1809 03/16
POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------
 * A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS
   CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST
   FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.
 * IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
   THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
   OF THE SHORELINE.
 * IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
   THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.
 * PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE
   CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------
 * THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
   THE SITUATION WARRANTS.
 * AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
   GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
   EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV.
 * FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
   https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsunami.gov%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf890d338cc6f4f854ceb08da075cd9cc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637830392626990736%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=a4cmM47vpaeI4qag2e6%2BAww9EfB%2BBdjaLLA51tUtBsg%3D&reserved=0.
 * COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
   CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
   SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
   https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsunami.gov%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf890d338cc6f4f854ceb08da075cd9cc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637830392626990736%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=a4cmM47vpaeI4qag2e6%2BAww9EfB%2BBdjaLLA51tUtBsg%3D&reserved=0.
 * COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
   BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.
   NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
   AT https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tsunami.gov%2F&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cf890d338cc6f4f854ceb08da075cd9cc%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637830392626990736%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=a4cmM47vpaeI4qag2e6%2BAww9EfB%2BBdjaLLA51tUtBsg%3D&reserved=0.
$$

11 years and five days since the last one.
They literally had the memorial ceremony last weekend.

Lol or what tough guy

I experienced a small one (5.8) and I was pretty excited about it.

Looks like one of Japan's Kawasaki P-1s from their Maritime Defense Force is headed up to Fukushima to scope it out.

I moved to LA in the late 80's.  We had just moved in, and were sleeping on a mattress/box springs on the floor with the head board leaning up against the wall.  

One night, there was a little one - maybe 5 or so - out in the desert.   Middle of the night.

The headboard comes crashing down and hits me on the bridge of the nose.   Got a deep cut.   And, woke up in the middle of the night, under a head board, and thinking I had been abducted and buried alive or something.  Bleeding.  

Wife sleeps thru the whole thing, and because she is on her side, no impact with head board for her.    

I assembled the bed the next day.

What's the likelihood of a tsunami with this one?

And I thought 13'ers were dipshits.

I always forget about the duration of that one.

Pretty sure the longest Ive ever ridden couldnt have been 30 seconds and Ive lived around earthquakes coming up on 48 years.

U.S. Tsunami center just cleared the "Tsunami Threat" for Japan's coast.
Looks like the earthquake is all they need to be worrying about

Look a few posts up from yours.  I’d guess likely

Exactly.  The one near Palm Springs 1986, I was sleeping on a carpeted concrete floor.  I woke up ready to fight whoever was shaking my rack.  It was a 6.0.

I have experienced many of them.

The 1992 Landers quake, a 7.3, I was just north of Barstow.  Massive trees were rocking, water sloshed out of the pool.  Lots of cabins at Big Bear Lake lost chimneys.

I was in the basement of the American Legion in Orange County CA when a good shaker came about.  It shook again the next day at breakfast, lamps were rocking, pool water sloshed.  Ridgecrest 7.1.

I need to stay the fuck out of California.

That's good news.

Thanks, updated the OP with this.

Living in the desert now, I most certainly do not miss the earthquakes.

Hopefully just looking for fires, there are 2 million people without power in that area.

Shit happens!

There was a small one, under 1M. Not a problem, just don't go fishing.

I’m shitting in here just because you said not to and I will do it again.

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE  UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS  MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.
NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF  ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED  INFORMATION.
**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****
THE TSUNAMI FORECAST IS UPDATED IN THIS MESSAGE.
PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
 * MAGNITUDE      7.3
 * ORIGIN TIME    1437 UTC MAR 16 2022
 * COORDINATES    37.7 NORTH  141.7 EAST
 * DEPTH          55 KM / 34 MILES
 * LOCATION       NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU  JAPAN
EVALUATION
----------
 * AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.3 OCCURRED
   NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN AT 1437 UTC ON
   WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 2022.
 * BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA... THE TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS
   EARTHQUAKE HAS NOW PASSED.

TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST...UPDATED
---------------------------------
 * THERE IS NO LONGER A TSUNAMI THREAT FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE.

He's there, right over the coast now

If I remember correctly that was a California Highway Patrolman responding to a call, rode right off the edge.

Jesus.

I felt it all the way in Michigan.
Uranium shares took a plunge for a minute.

Didn't see the post, but this GD afterall, not a tech forum.  I suppose if it was bad, it would have been handled by the site staff, no?

Anyway, don't you paying members have private forums so you don't have to deal with the riff raff?

Maybe arfcom needs to go the way of yahoo and allow paying members to create posts and turn off replies to keep things civil.  That way the creator of posts can control them.  Or, maybe a feature where the post creator has to approve all replies to weed out garbage posts.

I think you’re right.

After a quake how long does it take for a Tsunami to form?

That was a CHP officer. He couldn't see that the bridge was down until it was too late.

I lived just a few miles from the epicenter of the Northridge earthquake.

Although I have lived in California for 59 of my 60 years and have experienced many earthquakes here, I definitely do not want to experience another Northridge quake.

This

I’m no expert but big difference in strength

I’m sure there are other things that affect the size of a tsunami

SHIT SOMEONE PROTEC THE HENTAI errrr ANIME!!!

I was 17 miles from the Loma Prieta in 89,  biggest one ( 6.9 ) I'd personally felt,  many 5s and 4s living in the south bay for almost 30 years.

The smaller ones are interesting,  you're not really sure if they are going to get bigger so you just kinda brace and wait.   The LP quake was a pretty good thump right off the bat,   had about a foot and a half of water slosh out of the pool.  I hate to say it but the smaller ones are kinda fun.

High-speed bullet train derailed between Fukushima and Shiroishi, Japanese officials say; no further details

BNO News  (@BNONews) March 16, 2022

UPDATE: No reports of injuries after high-speed train carrying nearly 100 people derails during earthquake in Japan - Kyodo

BNO News  (@BNONews) March 16, 2022

Jesus H.

I loved riding that thing but it derailing?  Oh hellllll no.

*WATER PUMPS HALTED AT FUKUSHIMA DAI-NI'S SPENT FUEL POOL: NRA

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 16, 2022

*FIRE ALARM SET OFF AT FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR PLANT: NRA

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 16, 2022

*NO ABNORMALITY AT TOKAI DAINI NUCLEAR PLANT AFTER QUAKE: KYODO

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 16, 2022

Damn.....they can't get a break.

TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER SAYS ABOUT 2 MLN HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT POWER AFTER EARTHQUAKE

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 16, 2022

*TEPCO: MORE THAN 700,000 BUILDINGS IN TOKYO HAVE LOST POWER

— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) March 16, 2022

I lived through that one.  No fun as a kid!  



Southern California has not REALLY been tested since..    Yea we've had others comparable in size, but those hit in MUCH less populated areas, further away from metro areas....   I would assume we are much better prepared with advances in technology and buildings...  however, that doesn't help older buildings that are ALL over Southern California.     BUT, there is only one way to test and find out...  and its not the optimal way to find out, unfortunately.