Do not move to Japan..
 

Oh god.. check this out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKp5c...layer_embedded

:o @ 1:52

Pretty amazing around March!! was that when the big tsunami hit?:hmmm:

That is totally amazing and I come from California.

Magic

Too late to tell my brother (he moved to Osaka last month) :dead:

Really fascinating data visualization, though :yeah:

AFAIK yes. Pretty amazing stuf

California hasn't had a good earthquake in years. If it had, fewer people would be moving there, and more people would be moving out.

Now, Japan, sits right on a subduction zone of the pacific plate. It's gonna be rocking and a rollin there all the time. Maybe, it's one reason why their so weird?

... Seriously? You just asked this?

Jeez... :nope:

Pretty scary...for the people living there especially!!

I don't keep up with dates (memorize) on all events around the world!:hmmm:
I should have put "I assume this was when the big tsunami hit?:hmmm:"
I think you over reacted some!! sorry I offended you!:oops:

I don't think he meant to offend you! May be just puzzled as to how quickly one can forget events of such a global magnitude that happened less than a year ago. I also saw your post and thought "is this serious?". no offense.

I couldn't forget that!! nobody could!!:x I have many video clips of the event, I just couldn't recall if it was March and that it coincided with what the video in post one showed, even Krauter posted:
showing he wasn't 100% sure either, did anyone have a go at him??:stare:
It's amazing how some people are quick to condemn over something quite trivial, gee, how dare I forget the month of the year it happened!!:nope:
No offense to you!:oops:

Cool heads gentlemen please....I've been known to forget the wifes birthday before and believe you me that is one heck of a disaster too :o

A disaster before or after you forget it, Jim? :03:

There was a chap in Japan not so long ago (And I think it might have been mentioned on here) who said that it was only a matter of time before Tokyo got hit by a big one.
Japan is probably the best country in the world for dealing with earthquakes though, if the March earthquake had not triggered a tsunami there probably would not have been too much of a problem. The combination of the two however just overwhelmed them, and that Tsunami was just obscene. Over forty meters high in some places (133 feet) and stretching up to six miles in land.
What's interesting about that video is that you can see a brief build-up of earthquakes before the big one, the Japanese would have known something was coming in that area but would have had no idea just how big it would be until it happened.

Here's one for the world over the same time period:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwWn_...eature=related

Tokyo is very much overdue for a mag. 8.0+ quake, as it sits at the joint between 3 plates. Mag 8+ quakes happen roughly every 120 years or so there, and it's been around 150 years since the last one. The Tohoku quake was somewhat unexpected compared to the coming Tokyo quake, which has already been given a name; that's how sure they are of it! The consensus now is that the Tohoku quake has put more strain on the Tokyo faults, and that the chances are 90% they'll see the quake in the next 5 years or so, with near 100% chance in the next 20 years.

Yeah, it's been a really bad decade for Japan so far and it doesn't look like it's going to get much better. Ironic, about three years ago they made an anime 'Tokyo 8.0', which is quite good and worth a watch if you like that kinda thing.

Always after :DL

Called a friend who was living in Berkeley and he talked about how the Bay was virtually guaranteed to have the Big One within 15-30 years. Does he give any thought to the notion of leaving?

Nope. He just makes a point to make sure his rations in his emergency kit aren't past sell-by date when it hits, and so far as additional preparation goes, he bought one of those crank-wheel flashlights/radio.

I confess to have no ambition to move to Japan, nor will I ever be desirous to do so, I now quit this thread. :cool: