Warnings of aftershocks, landslides follow Friday's quake

My heart goes out to them. The magnitude of the quake was about that of the Kumamoto quake, which I experienced. Expect aftershocks to continue for a month.

Fortunately, this being Japan, there will be tons of mutual aid.

I will never get used to earthquakes.

I was about to go there for GW but my partner said it is dangerous because of earthquakes. Love the Wajima Morning Market.

Equality mate.

Used to live near Noto a few years back. Beautiful place.

"However, Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong quakes and routinely holds emergency drills to prepare for a major jolt."

Not so sure the first point applies to older buildings and dwellings. On the second point not everyone has participated in emergency drills.

"However, Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong quakes and routinely holds emergency drills to prepare for a major jolt."

Not so sure the first point applies to older buildings and dwellings. On the second point not everyone has participated in emergency drills.

In most of the world, even most of Europe, a quake of that magnitude would leave hundreds or even thousands dead and communities would have been leveled. Japan, Chile and California are unique in their earthquake awareness and preparation.

Building codes are not applied retrograde. Private homes are the responsibility of the owners. Free earthquake surveys are available. Schools, hospitals, and other public buildings are upgraded.

I'm from New England where we don't have earthquakes. When I lived in Japan, I loved them. It felt so odd. The best was being outdoors on a hike and the ground, the trees, everything shook. So surreal.

But then I was on Sado Island for the 2007 Chuetsu earthquake. We were buying camping supplies in a supermarket and crap was getting violently dumped off the shelves. I ran outside and there was a stone monument business next door, and massive stone lanterns were crashing down on the parking lot.

After that, I didn't really like earthquakes anymore. A dump truck rumbling by my house would make me freeze up for a second for months afterward.

I felt a small shake last night while sitting in bed in my Tokyo 11th floor condo.

I was about to go there for GW but my partner said it is dangerous because of earthquakes.

Anyone who lives in Japan and hesitates going some where because of earthquakes shouldn’t live in Japan.

Noto has had two in the last 20 years.

I'm from New England where we don't have earthquakes. 

Perhaps the most dangerous fault in the US is the Wabash Valley Fault on the border of Indiana and Illinois. When that fault ruptures you will experience damage in New England. When the New Madrid Fault, roughly between St. Louis and Memphis, ruptured back around 1810 and again in 1812 those quakes rang church bells in Boston and the second one reversed the flow of the Mississippi for a couple of days.

There is also the possibility of a future new volcano in New Hampshire.

https://www.courant.com/2018/06/26/new-research-discovers-surprising-seismic-activity-under-new-england/

https://www.vnews.com/News/Local-Regional/Yes-Major-Quakes-Can-Happen-Here-1260279

It’s the approaching heavy rain that has people worried now, as it could further dislodge weakened hillsides, etc. I feel sympathy for people who have lost their roof, or house or car. At least winter has passed and it's not yet summer.

Let's hope that after a thorough search they really do find no damage to the nuclear reactors.

This house where I live was built pre-earthquake regulations, so I sometimes wonder if it would hold up in a big one.

It is expensive and messy to retrofit a house for better earthquake resistance. Lack of diagonals in house construction.

Every time there is a major earthquake, Kobe 1995, Tohoku 2011, the codes are updated.

However, Japan has strict construction regulations intended to ensure buildings can withstand strong quakes and routinely holds emergency drills to prepare for a major jolt.

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Any single dwelling with a heavy tiled roof will be pancaked in seconds

Modern high rise buildings will most likely escape damage

The destruction from earthquakes is unpredictable. An old house remains standing when a more modern one collapses.

@wallace

> The destruction from earthquakes is unpredictable. An old house remains standing when a more modern one collapses

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You are correct to an extent but the likelihood of a collapse is far greater with a traditional Kawara roof

Any fracture on a load bearing wall and tons of tiles come crashing down

My roof has lightweight tiles for that very reason

I'm relieved that there were few injuries, no tsunami, and relatively little destruction.