Posted by Someone 3 days ago
There is this amazing app called NERV that, whenever there is a large earthquake anywhere in Japan, sends you an early warning push notification and an animated display with shockwaves emanating from the epicenter, plus a countdown timer for the first wave hitting you. The first it went off for me it felt like something out of sci-fi. I think I got 45 seconds this time before my apartment started shaking.
Does it play appropriate Evangelion OST track depending on magnitude though?
From the site:
> The name and logo of "NERV" are used with the explicit permission of khara Inc., the copyright holder of the "Evangelion" series, and Groundworks Corporation, which manages the rights to the series.
I wish more corps took themselves so lightly, while remaining serious about what they do.
Which is funny to say because Star Wars is actually the Western version of samurai movies (especially but not exclusively Akira Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress).
That's the movie that Lucas is pretty open about heavily drawing "inspiration" from (all the way down to specific characters and plot beats) but Hidden Fortress is itself part of a larger genre of similar stories.
ostensibly a kids show, but wayyyy darker and which has had a huge impact on later fandoms
Yes, it's a show for pre-teens and teenagers.
Evangelion is what happens when someone does a very successful riffs on the genre that Gundam is the most prolific example of.
Evangelion is a disgusting anime to consider part of your national personification. Drop it and pick up Ghibli films more please Japan.
If you want to go down the rabbit hole you’ll find a lot of quotes from Anno and others on it.
A lot of it boils down to “we did this because it’s cool and we have no idea what Christianity is” down to Anno going “Yeah I could do this because no one in Japan is really going to care and I don’t really care about the Western world anyway.”
https://wiki.evageeks.org/Statements_by_Evangelion_Staff
It’s fine to not like it but it’s quite a step to go “this is how Japan thinks.” It’s akin to saying America is personified by the Simpsons every time they go to Japan.
The "weird mysticism" is just the reification (pun intended) of the urge to self-harm. i.e. Literally turning into a puddle of emotion, or allowing oneself to be crucified.
It's visceral in a way I've never seen before or since. Going all in on a surface-level understanding paid off in my mind.
The style of your comment is not making a good case for knowledge of this subject.
Caught the BeOS fan ;)
(I kid, mostly but remember Lain fans rabidly trying and espousing it)
Anyway I need to get back to working on the Torment Nexus.
That's not the same for a surveillance company or a defence contractor named after the big bad of a media franchise.
There are streamers who's whole thing is watching these alerts and setting up bobbleheads and glasses of water and stuff to show the shaking. It's so so so cool. Look at what we can do for each other you guys :')
The 45 seconds is better thought of as the time it takes for the quake to propagate to Tokyo
The broadcast warning from Japanese equivalent of NOAA don't get issued to areas where the peak acceleration is expected to be less than Shindo 4 level. So GP probably had 3 or less.
Shindo is peak and Magnitude is an integral, so these two can be wildly apart, and Shindo is more commonly used in Japan since buildings tend to be more resistant to longer events with lower peak intensity.
We also have the MyShake app here in CA, but I don't recall getting a notification through it for the last quake. I was asleep, though, so my memory is hazy.
https://www.fcc.gov/emergency-alert-system
But it sounds like Japan's system also sends push notifications which is why I was unclear about what you felt was different/missing. I think the specific tone sound we get from EAS is distinct.
There is actually a clear, concise and actionable answer to this question:
- Hide under the nearest table or desk (if you are at home or in the office).
- Grab the nearest pole or handrail (if you are on a train).
The basic idea is that the most common cause of death in an earthquake is being crushed by falling objects, so you should use every second to minimize the risk.
Here are a few common mistakes:
- Do not attempt to stop furniture from falling (you'll get crushed by it)
- Do not try to run outside (you'll get hurt by falling walls)
- Do not try to turn off the gas (most systems have automatic shutoffs)
- And for Catfish's sake, do not use your precious 45 seconds to open the social media.
If it were 8+ or somewhat closer, I'd get under my desk. (then pull up social media on my phone)
I'm a kiwi and that's what I was taught. We're also ring of fire dwellers.
Maybe turn off any gas stove, secure any dangerous tools, stop your car, that kind of thing.
In practice for anything short of the very biggest earthquakes, if you're close enough for the earthquake to truly be a big deal you're only getting a few seconds of warning. It's not a task list, it's stop doing the immediate dangerous thing you might be doing and grab immediate cover.
For me I always just turn on iPhone screen recording and marvel at this amazing app and wish we had something like this in California.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/myshake-earthquake-alerts/id14...
How many stories above the ground, and might you guess at your building's construction (wood frame, steel frame, etc.) and foundations (on bedrock, on loose sediments, etc.)?
This wasn't big enough in Tokyo to send out one.
That would include Apple and Google.
Under these constraints it is effectively impossible to send automated alerts at scale with low latency as demonstrated here. A private app does not operate under such constraints.
For major quakes I think over communication is probably warranted.
No major tsunami is expected, local media reported initial waves were recorded as high as 40cm. The Japan Meteorological Agency forecasted up to 3m (10ft) waves.
I don't believe this earthquake is a big deal. Large earthquakes (M7.0+) happen in Japan several times a year, and given this happened in the middle of the ocean, I don't expect any major damage.
Plenty of disruption (including a bunch of the shinkansen lines) and annoying evacuation up on the coast.
I will say that this was the longest swaying I've felt in my Kawasaki tower mansion apartment since moving here three years ago -- things were still moving about 5 minutes after it started.
kids in the park stared doing wobbly knee dance :D
felt the quake about 30sec later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire#/media/File:EQs_1...
...where is does seem like the West Coast of the North America has lower quake frequency. Here's to hoping the Cascadia subduction zone remains quiet for a while longer.
Anyway, in the case of Cascadia, remember that the lack of big earthquakes over the past 100 years is probably telling you that we just happen to live in a time where strain is accumulating (D:)
[1]: https://rubykaigi.org/2026/
[2]: https://www.japan.travel/en/japan-safe-travel-information/ts...
Surprised others said they felt it.
