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http://www.youtube.com/user/citizentube#grid/user/0870831CE43351E1
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/shakemap/global/shake/c0001xgp/
Yes, it was the most powerful Japanese earthquake in terms of the amount energy released. But the youtube videos show that the shaking wasn't even that bad (in Tokyo, anyways) - and plenty of items, even laptops, still managed to stay on the desks. It just lasted for a long time (around a minute). Now, Tokyo is quite some distance away from the epicenter of the quake, which reduces the magnitude quite a bit (plus, the energy is also distributed over the entire fault, rather than localized). Even if you look at the usgs website, there are no areas where the perceived shaking was severe at all.
And even though people say that Japanese citizens are the most earthquake-trained residents in the world, the videos show little evidence for that. There were so many people who simply stayed inside, standing inside the building as the earthquake shook. The people in their homes simply ran outside. Meanwhile, all the official US sources tell us NOT to run outside, and to immediately drop and to take cover. None of the Japanese did that. Are the Japanese doing something wrong, or is there something wrong with the official earthquake advice in the US?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/shakemap/global/shake/c0001xgp/
Yes, it was the most powerful Japanese earthquake in terms of the amount energy released. But the youtube videos show that the shaking wasn't even that bad (in Tokyo, anyways) - and plenty of items, even laptops, still managed to stay on the desks. It just lasted for a long time (around a minute). Now, Tokyo is quite some distance away from the epicenter of the quake, which reduces the magnitude quite a bit (plus, the energy is also distributed over the entire fault, rather than localized). Even if you look at the usgs website, there are no areas where the perceived shaking was severe at all.
And even though people say that Japanese citizens are the most earthquake-trained residents in the world, the videos show little evidence for that. There were so many people who simply stayed inside, standing inside the building as the earthquake shook. The people in their homes simply ran outside. Meanwhile, all the official US sources tell us NOT to run outside, and to immediately drop and to take cover. None of the Japanese did that. Are the Japanese doing something wrong, or is there something wrong with the official earthquake advice in the US?
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