18 12/09
13:31

Recent Earthquakes

Izu Earthquakes

Tokyo experiences earthquakes everyday, most of which we are oblivious to. But since last night, I felt 4 earthquakes! If you’ve been following me on twitter, you probably already know that a particular earthquake woke me at around 3am in the morning!

Information on any earthquake as well as tsunami warnings are immediately broadcasted on TV. I also get earthquake information from Yahoo’s weather website.

This is the list of recent earthquakes. All happening around the Izu Peninsula (伊豆半島), a little to the southwest of Tokyo! The earthquakes might have something to do with the recent Mayon Volcano eruption in the Philippines. The Izu Peninsula and Mayon do lie along the same fault line.

Earthquakes and volcanoes are scary aren’t they? ^^.

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  • http://kamlau.com Kam

    Yes they are…. Vancouver is overdue for a big one and we keep hoping that it happens somewhere really remote, or have a series of small ones instead of a big one…. How are folks in Japan prepare for earthquakes and natural disasters?
    .-= Kam´s last blog ..Windy Winter Day in Steveston =-.

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  • http://yonasu.com/ yonasu

    I hope nothing happens on my first vacation to Japan O_O
    .-= yonasu´s last blog ..Alexandre Gervais Photography =-.

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    k Reply:
    December 18th, 2009 at 9:11 pm

    I hope so too. ^^.

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  • http://thumbnail-of-life.blogspot.com dans

    were there earthquakes last night ? didn’t feel anything at all. ^^’

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  • http://blog.ljou.es Luis

    I also felt the one at 5:45am, not the others. However I prefer to use the Japan Metereological Agency webpage.
    .-= Luis´s last blog ..Terremoto (IV) =-.

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  • http://basement.halfarenaissance.net Soshi

    There’s something seriously wrong with me but I haven’t felt anything yet!? D:
    .-= Soshi´s last blog ..The Premium Calpis =-.

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    k Reply:
    December 20th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    You probably slept through them. ^^.

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  • http://www.darrenwashere.com Darren

    As a California native, I can say earthquakes suck. Scare me everytime. Hope all is well, my friend. ~dw
    .-= Darren´s last blog ..Tilt shift photography =-.

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    k Reply:
    December 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pm

    Having not experienced an earthquake before I came to Japan, I was pretty excited during my first few experiences. But they only kept getting scarier with each passing one.

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  • http://www.bodydetoxdiet.net Charly Lance

    Have anyone noticed that earthquake is a bit frequent these days? . Does climate change have any thing to do with earthquake?

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  • Steven

    even though they say vancouver is overdue for an eartquake but as i been lookin on google at bc earthquakes we have had super small ones which no one felt so we are so far lucky not to have any. Most of the minor eartquakes are like when your body shakes of being cold but over 25 kms underground so we arent really overdue anymoe as underground is having the minor eathquakes for us. Not only that but for some reason the big ones keep going around us. If you look up on google earthquakes in the last month you will see we have had some here and there but most places were 15 + kms underground and none were felt

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