[DTogo]

When the Big One strikes Tokyo again, it will become the World's longest horizontal building.

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[AnAmericanAbroad]

The National Geographic article stated the tower is rated to withstand an 8.0, which is all well and good.

But this last quake from earlier this year was a magnitude 9.0; so, what happens if the “Big One” in the Tokyo Metro Area is bigger than what they’re anticipating? Prior to the Tohoku Earthquake, no one in Japan figured that a 9.0 was a serious likelihood. Guess again. I know the Kanto Earthquake of the 1920’s was pretty good sized.

A magnitude 9.0 in that same general area? That’s an apocalyptic scenario.

[VanShuyten]

I saw an NHK story on it, and from the story, I believe it will be the only building standing after the next big Tokyo quake.

There are lots of newer buildings in Tokyo that will take a big quake, but many of those will fall over because the older buildings around them will collapse. This tower, however, will escape the fires which would weaken the structure, and the surrounding buildings won't take it down.

Or so they say.