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lajzar · Joined: 09 Feb 2003 Posts: 647 Location: Saitama-ken, Japan

Checking in. Nothing major happened in Saitama, except for some shaking. Is everyone else ok?

(Japan time is UTC+9 hours)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usnaav/

A major earthquake occurred at 14:57:18 (UTC) on Sunday, September 5, 2004. The magnitude 7.1 event has been located in NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Seven people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of southwestern Japan and as far north as Tokyo. A tsunami was observed with wave heights of approximately 1 meter at Wakayama. A tsunami was also observed at Owase. Recorded (5L JMA) in Wakayama and Mie; (4 JMA) in Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Tottori; (3 JMA) in Chiba, Hiroshima, Ishikawa, Kanagawa, Nagano, Okayama, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Gumma, Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi and Yamaguchi; (1 JMA) in Miyagi Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1 JMA) in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita and Saga Prefectures, Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Dogo, Mikura-jima and in the Dozen islands; (1 JMA) on Sadago-shima.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqinthenews/2004/usnaah/

A major earthquake occurred at 10:07:09 (UTC) on Sunday, September 5, 2004. The magnitude 7.0 event has been located NEAR THE S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN. The hypocentral depth was poorly constrained. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

At least four people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of southwestern Japan and as far northeast as Tokyo. A local tsunami was generated with wave heights (peak-to-trough) of about 51 cm in Wakayama Prefecture. Recorded (5L JMA) in Mie, Nara and Wakayama; (4 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka and Shiga; (3 JMA) in Chiba, Fukui, Hiroshima, Kanagawa, Nagano, Okayama, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Tottori and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Gumma, Ishikawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Toyama and Yamaguchi (1 JMA) in Ibaraki, Miyagi and Niigata Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1 JMA) in Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Oita Prefectures, Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Kozu-shima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Mikura-jima and Miyake-jima; (1 JMA) on Dogo and the Dozen islands.

Ajia · Joined: 22 Jun 2004 Posts: 31 Location: Mie-ken

That was my first and second experience with an earthquake! Really scary. It felt like someone was picking up my house and shaking it! Mie-ken, I think, is alright also.

Lovechild · Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 44

Yes earthquake really really bad. It knocked over a cabinet and landed on my favorite cat, the cat died Twisted Evil

. I am flabbergasted by the experience. Evil or Very Mad

JimDunlop2 · Joined: 31 Jan 2003 Posts: 2286 Location: Japan

Yeah... it was a bit scary.... We were up in Yamanashi-ken so we only felt about a 3 (on Richter scale)... As opposed to the 5 felt in Kyoto/Nara area.

My wife was propping up the big TV in the living room from falling from its inadequate perch, and I was in the kitchen holding up the china cabinet so it wouldn't smash my favorite brandy snifters and martini glasses. We were both staring at each other across the apartment, almost laughing because we both looked so ridiculous -- scared, but trying to put on a brave face and saving our breakable stuff... All hoping that the shaking wouldn't get worse and cause us to just dive under the kitchen table... Smile

I really don't care for these earthquakes... The worst part is not knowing how bad it's gonna get when things start to shake a little.

Lovechild: I'm sorry about your cat. How tragic! Sad

spidey · Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 6:32 am Post subject:

When the first earthquake struck...my date and I were experiencing our first sexual...you know. We thought it was a pretty good omen, since we were literally making the earth shake. Very Happy

Quite an experience indeed. Shocked

We were sleeping it off when the second one hit. Smile

guest of Japan · Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 1601 Location: Japan

Lovechild, terribly sorry about the cat. That really is unfortunate.

Icebeaver7 · Joined: 04 May 2004 Posts: 15

that wasn;t something that really needed to be shared.

Dominique · Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 141 Location: Juso, Osaka

pooor kitty Sad

That's sad! I feel for you.

How often do earthquakes occur in your area?

BenJ · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 209 Location: Nagoya

just had another tiny one - three in as many days!

Walter Mitty · Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 4 Location: Tokyo, Toshima-ku

The latest one is from the same epicenter as the second one on Sunday. Could things be shaping up for "The Big One?" 8O

canuck · Joined: 11 May 2003 Posts: 1921 Location: Japan

frances · Joined: 19 May 2004 Posts: 13 Location: toronto

lovechild, i'm sorry to hear about your kitty.

spidey, that was icky to infinity.

spidey · Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2004 11:20 am Post subject:

Sorry...

I thought it was an awesome experience. Guess you had to be there...just kidding. Wink

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By the way...I am a cat lover as well. (no pun intended)

Lovechild:

My sympathies on your loss.

The Great Wall of Whiner · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 4946 Location: Blabbing

Reminds me of a funny story....if you all want ot hear it anyway...

Lovechild · Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 44