[HN Gopher] Magnitude 6.1 earthquake near the east coast of Hons...
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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
Author : LinuxBender
Score : 64 points
Date : 2023-05-26 16:09 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (earthquake.usgs.gov)
(TXT) w3m dump (earthquake.usgs.gov)
| pwarner wrote:
| [flagged]
| stuartcw wrote:
| Earthquakes are so common here in Japan that unless there is a
| death toll it doesn't make sense to raise them as news.
| zinekeller wrote:
| It wasn't even the headliner on NHK's NewsWeb
| (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/), but a relatively faraway
| Typhoon No. 2 (internationally known as Mawar) is featured
| instead. It's a nothing-burger in Japanese terms.
|
| (this was edited to remove an unrelated article that I misread,
| as it was mentioned in a comment here is the link if you're
| interested: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230526/k10014079
| 771000.ht...)
| readyp1 wrote:
| The NHK article you linked is about a death by shooting in
| Machida, and unrelated to this earthquake. There is an
| article about the earthquake from about four hours before
| that one was posted (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/shutoken-
| news/20230526/1000093005.htm...), though, and it doesn't
| mention deaths. That one was posted specifically in the
| section for Tokyo metro area (Shou Du Quan ) news rather than
| national news, which does lend credence to the notion that
| fatality-less earthquakes don't garner much of a news cycle.
| zinekeller wrote:
| Just noticed that error, whoops. I shouldn't really post
| when this sleepy.
| Razengan wrote:
| > _a death by shooting in Machida_
|
| Now THAT's news in Japan!
|
| The title seems to translate that it was a gang shooting?
| In Tokyo? What the heck??
| metaphor wrote:
| > _...but a relatively faraway Typhoon No. 2 (internationally
| known as Mawar) is featured instead._
|
| Relatively far away, but quite important given Guam is a very
| popular summer destination for Japanese tourists, and Mawar
| was a Category 4 super typhoon when it hit[1].
|
| [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/super-
| typhoon-m...
| eis wrote:
| Is there something noteworthy about this specific incident?
| Faults of this magnitude are unfortunately relatively common. For
| example earlier this month there was a 6.2 quake not far from
| this one on the coast of the other side of Japan. I don't expect
| major damage or deaths, hopefully.
| eigenform wrote:
| AFAICT the JMA press release[^1] says this is just "Sagami
| Trough"[2] subduction, nothing out of the ordinary. It also
| mentions that between the two most-recent M8+ quakes (1703 and
| 1923), the recurrence time for ~M7 events was about 27 years.
|
| [1]:
| https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/press/2305/26b/kaisetsu20230526210...
|
| [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagami_Trough
| LinuxBender wrote:
| Assuming no major aftershocks closer to the cities then
| hopefully it is a non-event. It was enough to trigger all of
| their audible alerts for the impending quake and enough for
| USGS to send me alerts.
| [deleted]
| kuczmama wrote:
| This one was very close to Tokyo, which is arguably the largest
| city in the world:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cities
| ceejayoz wrote:
| The point is that's normal. They're used to these, and
| stuff's built for it. It's 1/1000th the strength of the one
| that made 2011's tsunami.
| zinekeller wrote:
| While there's a fatality (NHK in Japanese: https://www3.nhk
| .or.jp/news/html/20230526/k10014079771000.ht...), these
| events are pretty much "huh, that happened". It wasn't even
| the headliner on NHK's NewsWeb
| (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/), sharing a slot with a
| relatively faraway Typhoon No. 2 (internationally known as
| Mawar).
|
| (The last relatively-significant earthquake was on 5th May
| where an elderly person died but it was pretty much "that
| happened").
| GolDDranks wrote:
| The news piece you linked seems to be about a Yakuza
| shooting in Machida, not about an earthquake?
|
| Here in the west side of centeral Tokyo, the quake was
| long and definitely noticeable, but nothing out of
| ordinary. In Narita Airport, I hear it shaked pretty
| hard.
| Hamuko wrote:
| Arguably not a city but rather a metropolis with like 20 / 50
| cities inside it (depending on how you view it).
| stuartcw wrote:
| Exactly this.
| viknesh wrote:
| Info on how it was felt across the area from the JMA:
|
| https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eve...
|
| It was quite noticeable in Tokyo and only 2 weeks after one of
| similar size nearby:
|
| https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eve...
| LinuxBender wrote:
| Time: 2023-05-26 10:03:24 (UTC)
|
| Location: 35.518degN 140.519degE
|
| Depth: 44.5 km
|
| Preliminary impact data [1] appears to just cause mild shaking in
| Tokyo [2] and some alarms. Their early warning audible alerts are
| nice.
|
| [1] -
| https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000k46f...
|
| [2] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TKuzVnssOc [video
| compilation][14 mins]
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| Caution, it is _extremely_ insensitive to play the EEW alert
| tone in public, in Japan. You will receive a near-hostile
| response. Don 't do it. Watch those videos in private, or with
| headphones.
| jhgb wrote:
| Is it any more insensitive than watching any video in public
| without headphones? Myself I wouldn't ever do that with any
| video to begin with, so no need to do it for specific videos.
| Seems just like plain common courtesy.
| teddyh wrote:
| Just offshore from Kujukuri Beach, it seems?
| LinuxBender wrote:
| Looks very close to it.
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