Earthquake!

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

You feel that?!:scared:

[okisteve]

Jes' a lil' shakin goin on.

[badkitty]

That was odd.

[P_chan]

Tried to stop the tv, then said ******* ******s and grabbed the dog and went outside. By the time I got to the stairs it was over.

:edit: I was half naked too:thumbup:

[Oki alumni]

Not a tremble in the Tokyo area. We had a small one LAST month.

[DJ Tak]

News just said it was a 3 here in Oki... 5 in Kyushyu

[carms328]

Wow, that was kind of crazy. Never experienced an earthquake before. How big would you say that one was... estimating?

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Up on the 'Net now too...

A weak 5 on the Japanese scale.

http://tenki.jp/qua/index.html

[jthizz]

well that was fun

[DocTurtle]

hurray for earthquakes

[Oki alumni]

Happened after "duty hours"...It don't count, DON'T COUNT! Reset your meters to zero please!

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Epicenter looks like it was near Okierabu Island.

http://www.tenki.jp/qua/q_1_086.html

[perfect10]

That one was longest and strongest I have felt here, of coarse I've only been here a year. Have had one that good since I was in Oregon. I couldn't get the little guy of the coach. He said it was fun and he was surfing. Of coarse my daughter was freaking out. 15 year olds always over react. For the surfers that should of helped the waves for at least a little while.

[RODSCALIP5]

That was pretty weak, but it has been a while since I've been in one. Exciting.:thumbup:

[okinawa]

wow, wheres the epicenter?

[Alana]

that was my first!!! woo hooo!!!!

funny thing i dropped my laptop charger right as it started, i thought i caused my house to shake, until it didnt stop.
standing up during an earthquake feels weird!!!

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

Maybe it was just a DJ Ozma show...those middle-aged dancers got the metabolic syndrome.

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=SHx07VBTYdM&feature=related

[Crazysix]

that was my first!!! woo hooo!!!!

funny thing i dropped my laptop charger right as it started, i thought i caused my house to shake, until it didnt stop.
standing up during an earthquake feels weird!!! that one hell of a charger you have there
:-|

[Alana]

that one hell of a charger you have there
:-|
i was so freaked out i couldnt figure out what i had done.
yeah i aint so smart today....

[Rossi46]

weaksauce...

[wenjam]

where were you guys when it happened? I am on Shields, and did not feel a thing.

[Rossi46]

I was on Kadena and didn't feel a thing. wife told me about it

[Son Kokujin]

Well...that certainly spiced up my class a bit...I Never been in an earthquake before...

[perfect10]

I was at home on Kadena, it wasn't very strong but enough to feel it.

[wenjam]

Here is the info I found about the earthquake...can't believe I did not feel it.
http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ufav.php

[P_chan]

I was at home on the 5th floor of my apartment complex in sunabe.

[Alana]

i'm on McT, outside Courtney. and i sure felt it!

[dk]

that was strong and longer than usual:ohmy:
I was about to run outside!
thought the house was gonna collapse!

Tried to stop the tv, then said ******* ******s and grabbed the dog and went outside. By the time I got to the stairs it was over.

:edit: I was half naked too:thumbup:
I'm with you guys. I nearly ran outside. :thumbup1: Me and the wife just looked at each other and tried not to panic.

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_ufav.jpg

[ukreal1]

Don't worry Taco, my son was on a stepladder trying to reach a game and I thought he was shaking the cupboard!!! ha ha, my first one too. The stats said it was 0442 local time though, was the one I just felt at 1640 an aftershock or something???

[P_chan]

I'm with you guys. I nearly ran outside. :thumbup1: Me and the wife just looked at each other and tried not to panic.
I hope my apartment is earthquake proof:scared:


You just don't mess around once it comes to mother nature.

:edit: I was sitting on a floor chair once it started and at first I though the dog was leaning against the back of it and scratching himself, causing the chair to shake.

[okisteve]

Here is the info I found..
http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008ufav.php

That's a great site. You can see what other people felt. 33 reports from Chatan alone!

[Bones]

I was at home as well. Probably the longest one I've ever experienced over here, but I didn't panic. Had our fridge tipped over, that would have been different. Not as bad as the one the we endured back in '88 tho. There was some damage to base housing near the Burger King, over on Kadena.

Bones

[okisteve]

OMG! Not Burger King!

[OtisPMerriweather]

The old lady felt it and asked me about it when I got home (Am.V). I was coming home in the car and didn't feel anything.

As I recall, we had one around this time last year, too. I remember cause my parents were here. I think it was like early August.

[Bones]

As posted by okisteve:

OMG! Not Burger King!

I can't remember if BK was there back then, or was just being built. If it had been wrecked, I would not have shed any tears.:thumbdown:

Most of the damage occurred in the housing area where the BK is currently located at.

Minor structural damage, and my boss lost a lot of money on his personal belongings back then. His entertainment center fell over, a tree fell on his car, etc....

Back then, I was residing in a dormitory, just up-hill from gate 5. It felt like someone picked up the barracks one end, and put it down again. Probably lasted less than 30 seconds or so.

Bones

[DOCROB]

Sorry ya'll! It was me I fall down and go boom :D:D:D

[Crazysix]

i was so freaked out i couldnt figure out what i had done.
yeah i aint so smart today....

you hit the button that said do not pushhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6Apumi6D0&feature=related

[wenjam]

The strongest one I felt was back on Sept. 29, 2004...I remember the date because I was in labor with my daughter...labor and earthquake just don't go well with oneanother. I think it was around an 8 on the scale. Will have to look it up.

[Crazysix]

sorry i have felt alot cannot remember dates but the strongest one and longest one I experienced was in Nagoya ,

[Jazz]

Third floor in Hambi, was on the shitter, kept on going but was holding the wall and imagining the building coming down around me and me landing still on the shitter pants down on a pile of rubble that used to be my building. Could've been a great pic for the news.......

[carms328]

where were you guys when it happened? I am on Shields, and did not feel a thing.

I'm in a house in Noborikawa and I could sure feel it. I was upstairs typing on the computer, but it was all over by the time I ran downstairs.

[socalheart]

I was driving and didn't feel the earthquake. My husband was at the Chatan Sports Center and felt it.

[OCanadaOurHomeAndNativeLand]

:ohmy:Eel out!:scared:
:dead::dead::dead::dead:

Sure hope Doug's in a thread-splittin' mood...

[DoctorP]

C6...quit posting my pics!

I was at McT and didn't notice a thing!

[DougP]

:ohmy:Eel out!:scared:
:dead::dead::dead::dead:

Sure hope Doug's in a thread-splittin' mood...

Sure am. And for those that want to follow along or contribute to the madness do so here (http://www.japanupdate.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6969)

[Trail]

I'm with you guys. I nearly ran outside. :thumbup1: Me and the wife just looked at each other and tried not to panic.

You woosies.... lol. :old: Things were not shaking or falling off the walls so you were good.

Dog started barking for no good reason about 5-10 seconds before it hit. I think she knew it was coming or something. How did everyone else's pets react?:scratchchin:

[okinawa]

I noticed all the sem-mies start flying out of the bushes and peeing all over th place and making that buzzing sound. Does anybody know of a good website to see how much damage the earthquake caused?

[Sex Wax]

Didn't feel a thing.....and yes, I was sober most of the afternoon.

:thumbup1:

[P_chan]

You woosies.... lol. :old: Things were not shaking or falling off the walls so you were good.

Dog started barking for no good reason about 5-10 seconds before it hit. I think she knew it was coming or something. How did everyone else's pets react?:scratchchin:

My dog was sitting underneath the chair in the office, like he always does once it's just me and him at home. He kinda looked at me during the earthquake and was hesitant to move until I called his name and he came running.

[OliG515]

My dogs were sleeping and they looked at me like "what the crap!"

I'm over at McT also and felt it. My first earthquake also. kinda scary. didnt really realize what was going on till it was over!

[Muku]

I noticed all the sem-mies start flying out of the bushes and peeing all over th place and making that buzzing sound. Does anybody know of a good website to see how much damage the earthquake caused?

According to the news, via my son:w00t:, there wasnt any damage.

It looks like it was centered south of Amami..... (http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/7/08164700391.html)

[Fire4Effect]

I was having sex and my girlfriend said, " Oh my God! I felt the earth move." and I was like," YEAHHHHHH BOY."

[A'Sharad]

I was driving and didn't feel the earthquake. My husband was at the Chatan Sports Center and felt it.

I was sitting in the car wondering who the hell was bouncing up and down on my bumper.

The only quote that came to mind was from the movie "Monsters Inc":

"It picked me up with its mind powers and shook me like a dawg!" :grin1:

[Ih8Biatchez]

I was home laying down in the couch and suddenly i felt moving...and my mom is standing ironing some clothes on and she said she got a headache after the incident...that was strong! SCARY.

[P_chan]

Anybody feel the one about ten minutes ago?

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/8/04193100391.html

[DJ Tak]

Anybody feel the one about ten minutes ago?

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/8/04193100391.html

Glad it wasn't only me and my daughter that felt it. The wife thought I was crazy.

[TheLastDon]

Nope, didn't feel it.

[DoctorP]

Nope, didn't feel it.

me neither Don...maybe they are all just crazy!

Or maybe it takes more to move you and I around! :D:rolleyes:

[DJ Tak]

I guess it all depends where on the island you are and what you are doing at the time. The earthquake was off the western side of the island ( I live on the water) and I was sitting at the dining room table. Watched my water start rocking... dead give away :)

[P_chan]

Same thing here, I live near the shore. I also live in a high rise and I was laying down at the time. I tend to feel them more often once I'm lying down. Wife was in the same room standing up and didn't feel anything. Didn't believe me until the little blurb about the earthquake came up on the tv.

[Trail]

I didn't feel a thing....

[DoctorP]

I didn't feel a thing....

Trail...it seems as though the larger JU'ers didn't feel it...you, me, TLD. It's the skinny little bastards like P_Chan that got shook out of bed!


lol

[perfect10]

I was at the hospital on Lester and they were asking everyone if they felt it. I didn't feel a thing, but I guess a couple of people there felt it.

[Bones]

Didn't feel a thing. I passed some gas about that time at Jusco, maybe that was it.:scratchchin:

[Trail]

Trail...it seems as though the larger JU'ers didn't feel it...you, me, TLD. It's the skinny little bastards like P_Chan that got shook out of bed!


lol

Yes, subcutaneous fat and babies make great insulators!

[Trail]

I was on Foster in the Education Center. No one said or felt anything.

[P_chan]

It didn't shake me out of bed. It disturbed me while I was lying on the couch playing DS:cursing:. Speaking of slacking off, gotta go study!

[Oki_Rocco]

I was playing my XBox and didn't feel it

[macker]

So.. I have it figured out...

the Xbox makes you immune to Earthquakes....

[P_chan]

So.. I have it figured out...

the Xbox makes you immune to Earthquakes....

While the DS makes you susceptible (sp) to earthquakes!

[macker]

Eureka!!!!!!!!!

[Carl]

OK, so we just had two earthquakes in under 24 hours. That makes me kind of nervous.

[badkitty]

OK, so we just had two earthquakes in under 24 hours. That makes me kind of nervous.

Have a few beers, that will calm you down...

[Carl]

Have a few beers, that will calm you down...

Ugh...no beer for me today. :40:

[ryukyuboi]

I felt it, but did not see it reported at first. Now it is.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/8/24080700391.html

[DoctorP]

Ugh...no beer for me today. :40:

lightweight! :thumbdown:


Hair of the dog man, hair of the dog! :D

[okisteve]

I felt it, but did not see it reported at first. Now it is.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/8/24080700391.html

Thanks.... I thought it was just my own snoring that I felt!

[Trail]

Psh, we slept right through it.

[jthizz]

didnt feel a thing

[P_chan]

I must have been drunk or sleeping.

[DougP]

I felt nothing. Maybe cause I was driving towards Naha. meh~

[NotSoAverageWife]

I had just woke up first thing this morning....I was still laying down though....and I felt it and thought, damn was that an earthquake? Glad to know that it was. Thanks for the info.

[Oki alumni]

After a nice evening/morning of cruising the 'net, I didn't wake up until NOON today (Sunday), and didn't feel a THING here on the mainland. Yokota's all about the Friendship Festival this weekend...rainy and chilly as it has been. MAYBE it WAS felt here, but I've just been around so long (25+ years), I failed to notice it.

-Oki Alumni:old: