Strong quake hits Oita Prefecture (Japan)

[yuiyoshida]

Source: The Yomiuri Shimbun

A magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck southern Oita Prefecture on early Monday morning, measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the city of Saiki in the prefecture.

The earthquake struck at about 2:52 a.m. Monday at a depth of about 58 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. No tsunami warning was issued.

The earthquake also measured lower 5 in the city of Bungo-Ono, Oita Prefecture, the city of Seiyo, Ehime Prefecture, the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture and the town of Ubuyama in Kumamoto Prefecture.

Read more: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002283926

[madokie]

1. Not good

I don't know how people can live in earthquake zones and keep their sanity. The only ones I've felt were when I was in California back in the late 60s while in the Navy.

[Art_from_Ark]

2. I've probably experienced 500 earthquakes in my lifetime

Half of those were probably in the aftermath of The Big One.
Here in Japan, people just expect that earthquakes are going to happen, and there's nothing they can do about that, so they just have to make sure that things are as earthquake-resistant as possible.

[madokie]

3. I remember one in San Diego

that was so strong that we felt it even though we were on a bus when it happened. Another time it shook the barracks so hard that the 8 ft florescent light fixture was swinging from wall to wall. This was in a cubical that was all of 12 ft wide and the light fixture was hanging on a three foot or so chain. As I was running, not walking mind you, down the hallway getting the hell out of there it was hard to remain upright as the floor shook so hard. Here in Northeast Oklahoma we don't have them. I don't know which is worse, tornadoes, hurricanes or earth quakes. Hell I'm about to scare myself LOL

[yuiyoshida]

4. For me the worse is

Tsunami. Those you can not run away from..as you remember what happened in Japan, it did most of the damage!

[madokie]

5. Yes more scary than any of the ones I mentioned

We're so far inland that that isn't a worry for me so it never comes to mind right off.

Whatever you do please stay safe

[Art_from_Ark]

6. Yeah, the tsunami accounted for the lion's share of the damage in 2011

But occasionally an earthquake that occurs under a major city can do lots of damage by itself