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Posted on 06/17/2018 4:07:35 PM PDT by Bikkuri
Just had an "instant" EQ here, pretty big (especially for the Kansai Area)..
Anyone here please check in.
I will wait for Bonsai to check in.
I can probably guess, but what’s an EQ? Earthquake?
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Yeah.. still waking up.. 8am here.
(Earthquake)
M 5.3 - 1km SSW of Takatsuki, Japan
If you are over there, Bikkuri, stay safe.
Downgraded to a 5.3.....
EQs are very rare in Kansai.. and this one does NOT compare to the one we had in 2011 (I was in Chiba at the time.. and that one was beyond intense, and lasted 11 hours straight :p
BUT. for this area, this was big. And it wasn’t a build up (like most EQs here), it was an instant drop, then side by side.
in the southern-central region of Japan’s main island
I remember those easy back and forth quakes from living in Yokohama in the 1950s.
it was the hammering up and down that really got our attention.
6.0 ? Big quake. Hope everyone is ok.
drudge has one in Mexico also
We were in drydock in Yokosuka when one hit and the cranes were waving around. Scary.
Yes, I remember those (usually centered in Ibaraki, but felt around Tokyo/Chiba).. at least weekly, and almost relaxing >.<
Got used to those within a year of me coming here, and no longer held on to the nearest object when those occurred after about a year.
This one was much like the one in 2011 in that you didn’t hear/feel it coming... :/
I’m visiting Kyoto and just felt it. Rather frightening to be in a shaking building...
Todd Schnitt is in Kyoto.
https://mobile.twitter.com/toddschnitt/status/1008497768149614592
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Todd Schnitt
@toddschnitt
BREAKING NEWS: 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Osaka at 7:58 a.m. and shook the hell out of our 5th floor hotel room 50 km away. Folks were freaking out.
https://mobile.twitter.com/toddschnitt/status/1008491848145354752
per NHK and JR the Shinkansen and several local lines are halted. NHK is airing nonstop coverage - looks like mostly disruption to water lines .
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