Comments | tokyo_mb: Tremor!

tokyo_mb

Tremor!

Aug 19, 2004 21:20

Arrived home today and sat down to catch up on personal email, with colleagues in the UK through our in house IM system, and perhaps browse LJ. Rudely interrupted by this little tremor, shaking the room around and wobbling the television on its stand. That said, it seems amazing to me how relatively immune I have become to tremors - scarcely had ( Read more... )

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onespiceybbw August 19 2004, 09:50:22 UTC

ooooh, i tend to forget that japan is in a seismic zone. do you experience a lot of tremors? what has unzen been doing lately?

tokyo_mb August 19 2004, 21:02:58 UTC

We are indeed in a very seismic zone. However, due to good building design, tremors of less than about 4.5 (on the Richter scale) tend to go unnoticed, and only really those of 5 or greater give me cause to comment.

Nonetheless, the following site gives some indication of how many measurable tremors we have had so far this month...

Unzen seems to have been quiet recently - but it is a long way from Tokyo, so I might not be aware of what is really happening there. I do have to go to Nagasaki for work in the near future - so may learn more then!

onespiceybbw August 20 2004, 12:21:58 UTC

great links, thanks!

i've always had a "thing" for volcanoes. tornadoes too.
no little namby-pamby distasters for me!

lilitufire August 19 2004, 11:57:00 UTC

Nice to talk to you too :)

You are always welcome to visit, though I suspect I'd be too distracting. But if you want to escape to Bonny Scotland, you know where I am.

xx

tokyo_mb August 19 2004, 15:55:23 UTC

Is it a bank holiday weekend in Scotland (or just in England)?

lilitufire August 20 2004, 10:29:12 UTC

No idea - certainly planning to be at work on the Monday :)

lilitufire August 22 2004, 13:29:14 UTC

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library4/JD/CL/00018329.aspx says its not a bank holiday. :)