Osaka earthquake

[Ruriel]

is the osaka faultline the same as the one at tokyo? if so, a big quake like the one just hit osaka might have release some pressure off the faultline delaying the potential big kanto quake? or does it works that way?

so actually it might be safer to travel to japan sooner than later?

According to the Japan Median Tectonic Line, it does seem to be the same line. I'm still an amateur when it comes to fault lines/plate boundaries, so...

The Osaka quake is actually not that big in terms of magnitude.. damage is high because the epicenter is shallow. What you're saying is possible - that it helps to relieve the pressure. But then it can also be just setting up for a larger one. No one can predict one leh... it can go either way.

 

[juxtaposition]

U r highly to get into traffic accidents than .....

 

[Ruriel]

U r highly to get into traffic accidents than .....

This is very true. but their concerns also valid ba... No one would wish their holiday to be disrupted by natural disasters.

 

[wongkc]

This is very true. but their concerns also valid ba... No one would wish their holiday to be disrupted by natural disasters.

go where oso got some risks involved...

go Europe scared kenna pick pocket...
go Hong Kong scared got Typhoon (June - Nov)
go Hokkaido winter scared got snow storm
go Korea scared Bui Kim later fire missile over
go USA scared got mass shooting
go India scared kenna raped
go Australia/New Zealand scared car accident
etc etc etc

singapore best... even natural disaster scared of PAP...

i think tourism board should use this as promo campaign next time...

 

[Ruriel]

singapore best... even natural disaster scared of PAP...

i think tourism board should use this as promo campaign next time...

Actually this quake thing, after a few more weeks if no more followup tremors/quake, those worried de will forget all about it and continue to travel there for their year end trips. Despite a lot of members here tell them about the overdue Kanto quake, most will just forget about it coz nothing is happening.

Then in the first place dunno why they worry when their trip is so far away...

 

[FappingKing]

Yolo. Just booked a trip to Osaka first week of July.

 

[sereneong19]

i'm working in a jap company and my boss lives in kyoto. he's not even bothered by a single bit....and he's planning a trip back there 2nd week of july

 

[Ruriel]

actually is true. papers always report tourists driving overseas then lose control of car and kenna accident.

that's why i dun like to drive when on holiday. cos not familiar with landmarks, road signs, traffic rules and car model etc.

All the stuff he listed are true...

 

[juxtaposition]

https://www.facebook.com/umagazinehk/videos/10157845076424616/

 

[rrr2015]

very useful hacks
here is the english version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHGaKU06YHE

https://www.facebook.com/umagazinehk/videos/10157845076424616/

 

[wongkc]

haha yeah. true true.

i dun mind earthquakes so much. a bit morbid but if it's mild type it would be an interesting experience to have.

these days, take plane plane can also crash anytime

given a choice of earthquake countries to travel... i rather go japan... they are one of the best prepared countries for a major earthquake... they had been preparing for decades... had drills regularly...

most households had enough supply of food and water for at least 2-3 months... and their pple are helpful and polite... u see during emergency even the yakuza will be lending a helping hand...

compared if u travel to Los Angeles which also had a major earthquake due... which one u feel safer? if u are old enuff you would have see on tv during natural disasters they are riots... store robbing... mass grabbing of supplies at supermarket... gangs taking over shelters etc... oh wait... even no disasters such things oso happen over there... kekeke

 

[Mergui219067]

Wrong time wrong place and you may be one of the few victims even most are safe.

BTW , 1995 Kobe earthquake killed >6000 people & injured .......

 

[martin]

given a choice of earthquake countries to travel... i rather go japan... they are one of the best prepared countries for a major earthquake... they had been preparing for decades... had drills regularly...

most households had enough supply of food and water for at least 2-3 months... and their pple are helpful and polite... u see during emergency even the yakuza will be lending a helping hand...

compared if u travel to Los Angeles which also had a major earthquake due... which one u feel safer? if u are old enuff you would have see on tv during natural disasters they are riots... store robbing... mass grabbing of supplies at supermarket... gangs taking over shelters etc... oh wait... even no disasters such things oso happen over there... kekeke

The locals are well-prepared but are we as tourists? I like to go japan and will still go despite it being in earthquake zone but it has crossed my mind many times that when it strikes, i really don’t know what to do. For eg, if you are in your hotel room, do you run out to the open or stay put? Does anyone make it a point to request low floor rooms for easy escape? Or are tall buildings in japan earthquake proof they won’t fall even in a strong quake?

 

[kifo]

The locals are well-prepared but are we as tourists? I like to go japan and will still go despite it being in earthquake zone but it has crossed my mind many times that when it strikes, i really don’t know what to do. For eg, if you are in your hotel room, do you run out to the open or stay put? Does anyone make it a point to request low floor rooms for easy escape? Or are tall buildings in japan earthquake proof they won’t fall even in a strong quake?

here in japan (and I live here) the recommendation is that you should duck for cover in the event of an earthquake under a table or something strong to avoid injury from falling debris over your head. nobody here advocates running out of a building in the middle of a shake, you would have a higher chance of hurting yourself and get hurt by a falling debris while exiting the building. after the shake has stopped, quickly then exit the building. this is in case of more aftershocks.

new buildings here in japan are built to a high level of being earthquake proof. that said, a strong enough quake and bad luck can still bring a building down. if a building is going to fall, it doesn't matter if you stay in the lower floor or not, cos you probably cannot exit it fast enough anyway

 

[martin]

here in japan (and I live here) the recommendation is that you should duck for cover in the event of an earthquake under a table or something strong to avoid injury from falling debris over your head. nobody here advocates running out of a building in the middle of a shake, you would have a higher chance of hurting yourself and get hurt by a falling debris while exiting the building. after the shake has stopped, quickly then exit the building. this is in case of more aftershocks.

new buildings here in japan are built to a high level of being earthquake proof. that said, a strong enough quake and bad luck can still bring a building down. if a building is going to fall, it doesn't matter if you stay in the lower floor or not, cos you probably cannot exit it fast enough anyway

Thanks. Not being trained in this, Intuitively, one tends to think about running out rather than stay put, right? I somehow think when you run out of the building, it is easier for rescuers to reach you than if you got trapped in a collapsed building, no? So Japanese are taught from young to stay put and wait out the quake?

 

[kiryu86]

in singapore u got no chance to have real life experience earthquake shaking. go japan and experience once in ur life time oso song! totally worth the air ticket there for this random event. macam like wan to see snow for the first time, so go winter and country and pay the 50/50 weather luck.

 

[Mergui219067]

Don’t look to high to Japan
Other problems with food / trains etc:

https://www.facebook.com/thejapantimes/videos/10155523062868344/

 

[Ruriel]

Don’t look to high to Japan
Other problems with food / trains etc:

https://www.facebook.com/thejapantimes/videos/10155523062868344/

To each his own I guess. I haven't been to too many countries across the world, just a couple of Europe and Asia countries, but I daresay Japan is the best country I've ever been to, for holidays. And will continue visiting it annually (at least that's what I'm planning now), regardless of its shortcomings, because the pros are still weighing out the cons at this point.

 

[wongkc]

Wrong time wrong place and you may be one of the few victims even most are safe.

BTW , 1995 Kobe earthquake killed >6000 people & injured .......

Wrong time wrong place... stay in Singapore oso killed by falling branches...

 

[kifo]

Thanks. Not being trained in this, Intuitively, one tends to think about running out rather than stay put, right? I somehow think when you run out of the building, it is easier for rescuers to reach you than if you got trapped in a collapsed building, no? So Japanese are taught from young to stay put and wait out the quake?

yes in schools, school kids instinctively duck under their desks until the quake has stopped, and then make their way slowly and carefully (cos might have lots of debris on the floor) out of the building into the open field where they will line up in classes again