Tsunami warnings issued after 6.9 earthquake hits Taiwan

[RPM 26322]

(CNN)Hazardous tsunami waves are possible along coastlines within a 300-kilometer (186-mile) radius of a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said.

The quake hit the Chishang township in rural southeastern Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Miyako island in the East China Sea, but the agency later removed the warning.
Photos showed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan following the powerful earthquake. The USGS initially registered it at 7.2, before downgrading it to 6.9.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen activated the island's Central Emergency Operation Center following the quake. Taiwanese residents have been asked to stay alert to avoid potential aftershocks, Tsai said in a recorded statement.

[RPM 26322]

 

[CleverNickname 1315]

Holy shit that gym vid. Like an action movie, outrunning the falling cieling. Except the folks along the back wall, who had no chance.

[Bevo 13577]

51 minutes ago, CleverNickname said:

Holy shit that gym vid. Like an action movie, outrunning the falling cieling. Except the folks along the back wall, who had no chance.

I think that is a drop ceiling and those are polystyrene panels and some aluminum railings falling

[Deej 76811]

It was definitely a drop ceiling. 

[Parliament 14260]

Is this some kinda Chinese super weapon?

[Deej 76811]

Just now, Parliament said:

Is this some kinda Chinese super weapon?

They had billions of people all jump up at once.

[elfenix 34266]

birth of a kaiju

 

 

Edited September 18, 2022 by elfenix

[Armybrat 40850]

We experienced a pretty good quake in Taipei in 1958.

At the old campus of the Taipei American School, the terrazzo floor started moving & the light fixtures swinging. We rushed to the door to see the water sloshing out of the moat around Senior Island in the middle of the large courtyard.

Weird ass feeling for sure with the ground moving.

[Superhero 8830]

Called my parents this morning. My parents live outside the capital and said their apartment was swaying pretty bad, but not strong enough to knock stuff off the shelves.

My FIL lives in the south-east closer to the epicenter. They got rattled pretty bad, his wife said the house is still standing and they just got a big scare. 

[smokebomb 357]

Here is video of the Tuned Mass Damper on Taipei 101 during the earthquake:

 

 

[YChang 3452]

On 9/18/2022 at 6:48 AM, Parliament said:

Is this some kinda Chinese super weapon?

Where do you come up with these ideas?

[CycleTex87 2970]

Pretty sure the US needs to send 250,000 troops and a couple aircraft carriers to the island.  You know, to help with clean up.

[Armybrat 40850]

17 minutes ago, YChang said:

Where do you come up with these ideas?

Inhaling the smoke from those burning couches.

Pretty ripe stuff obviously.

[Armybrat 40850]

5 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

Pretty sure the US needs to send 250,000 troops and a couple aircraft carriers to the island.  You know, to help with clean up.

Nah, this guy is willing to lend a helping hand…..

 

[crash_davis 23113]

damn

 

[NorthLoop 14214]

On 9/18/2022 at 5:54 AM, RPM said:

(CNN)Hazardous tsunami waves are possible along coastlines within a 300-kilometer (186-mile) radius of a 6.9-magnitude earthquake that hit southeastern Taiwan on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has said.

The quake hit the Chishang township in rural southeastern Taiwan and had a depth of 10 kilometers.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning for Miyako island in the East China Sea, but the agency later removed the warning.
Photos showed collapsed buildings in southern Taiwan following the powerful earthquake. The USGS initially registered it at 7.2, before downgrading it to 6.9.

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen activated the island's Central Emergency Operation Center following the quake. Taiwanese residents have been asked to stay alert to avoid potential aftershocks, Tsai said in a recorded statement.

Where do you NOT want to be when an earthquake hits? 

 

I'll take "on a motorcycle, next to a rocky cliff, with some powerlines overhead" for $300 Alex. 

[Trey3216 15346]

37 minutes ago, CycleTex87 said:

Pretty sure the US needs to send 250,000 troops and a couple aircraft carriers to the island.  You know, to help with clean up.

We sure it won’t make the island tip over??

[Wally Fairway 5550]

watching this I am adding a new entry to Wally's list of words/phrases that need to be updated:

1. Butterfly -> Flutterbye
2. Earthquake -> Earthshake

[AUS-97HORN 11802]

11 minutes ago, NorthLoop said:

Where do you NOT want to be when an earthquake hits? 

 

I'll take "on a motorcycle, next to a rocky cliff, with some powerlines overhead" for $300 Alex. 

I'll raise you being a construction worker on the top of 2 unfinished buildings swaying independent of each other, with a big ass crane arm with a multi ton hook swinging wildly about 15 feet above my fucking head for $1,000 Alex

[rage-a-holic 4402]

We just had a 6.6 here, thought I was having a stroke for a minute

[Wally Fairway 5550]

3 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

We just had a 6.6 here, thought I was having a stroke for a minute

Start your own damn thread, this is about Taiwan. Must be a rookie, to make such a rookie mistake.

BTW - USGS preliminary has it listed as 7.6

Edited September 19, 2022 by Wally Fairway

[rage-a-holic 4402]

6 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

Start your own damn thread

Go fuck yourself, Jr. Hall Monitor.

I'll keep posting whatever the fuck I want.

[Gatorubet 30246]

11 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

Go fuck yourself, Jr. Hall Monitor.

I'll keep posting whatever the fuck I want.

[elfenix 34266]

4 hours ago, smokebomb said:

Here is video of the Tuned Mass Damper on Taipei 101 during the earthquake:

 

 

this looks like a moving aerodynamic device to us

--F1, probably

[Superhero 8830]

For those of you who've never been in an earthquake, it's quite the experience.

You first feel the ground moving like you're on a boat, things starting to shake, and then you start looking around the room to see if other people felt it. All the time forgetting that you're supposed to get under a table instead of running for the exits.

 

When I lived in Taiwan during middle school, there was a magnitude 3.6 earthquake close to our house that was fairly shallow. 3.6 seems pretty small until you're close to it, then holy shit.

 

In 2019, there was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake (and aftershocks) at Ridgecrest, CA, about 130 miles from us. We were having dinner with friends and could feel the ground moving up and down. It wasn't bad, but like I said above, nobody moved, everyone just staring at each other.

It looks like I'm about 60 miles to San Andreas fault. CA has been due for "the big one" for quite a while. Predictions say over 8.0. Remember that magnitudes are exponential, so an 8.0 is 10 times stronger than a 7.0. It'll be a shitty day when it happens.

[AUS-97HORN 11802]

12 minutes ago, Superhero said:

For those of you who've never been in an earthquake, it's quite the experience.

You first feel the ground moving like you're on a boat, things starting to shake, and then you start looking around the room to see if other people felt it. All the time forgetting that you're supposed to get under a table instead of running for the exits.

 

When I lived in Taiwan during middle school, there was a magnitude 3.6 earthquake close to our house that was fairly shallow. 3.6 seems pretty small until you're close to it, then holy shit.

 

In 2019, there was a magnitude 7.2 earthquake (and aftershocks) at Ridgecrest, CA, about 130 miles from us. We were having dinner with friends and could feel the ground moving up and down. It wasn't bad, but like I said above, nobody moved, everyone just staring at each other.

It looks like I'm about 60 miles to San Andreas fault. CA has been due for "the big one" for quite a while. Predictions say over 8.0. Remember that magnitudes are exponential, so an 8.0 is 10 times stronger than a 7.0. It'll be a shitty day when it happens.

[Bevo Num1 1021]

"Boiled barf" comes to mind whenever I see that abomination posted.

[Hate 20108]

7.6 is a big earthquake. 

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000i9bw/executive

 

Where are you these days @rage-a-holic?

[rage-a-holic 4402]

1 minute ago, Hate said:

7.6 is a big earthquake. 

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000i9bw/executive

 

Where are you these days @rage-a-holic?

scroll up

[Hate 20108]

Yeah, I know in Mexico but I don't see a town name.  Or am I missing it?

[Brisketexan 105153]

1 minute ago, Hate said:

Yeah, I know in Mexico but I don't see a town name.  Or am I missing it?

The city of Hwa-il-da, obviously.....

 

[rage-a-holic 4402]

11 minutes ago, Hate said:

Yeah, I know in Mexico but I don't see a town name.  Or am I missing it?

Cholula

[Willfully Horn 8020]

Weird that the area previously experienced two other earthquakes on this same date.

[AUS-97HORN 11802]

1 hour ago, rage-a-holic said:

Cholula

 

????

[rage-a-holic 4402]

1 hour ago, AUS-97HORN said:

 

????

Quote

Cholula Hot Sauce is a brand of chili-based hot sauce, based in Stamford, Connecticut, manufactured in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico, and licensed by José Cuervo.

 

Cholula, Puebla, Mexico

 

[Chet Steadman 940]

8 hours ago, Superhero said:

Remember that magnitudes are exponential, so an 8.0 is 10 times stronger than a 7.0. It'll be a shitty day when it happens.

I believe the word you’re looking for is logarithmic 

[Superhero 8830]

Thank you! I couldn't think of the word, and haven't used that word since high school... 30 years ago.

[HeHateMe 886]

I got married in Napa on 8/23/14.  4 hours after the reception ended a 6.0 hit.  Fucked shit up.  We were 2 miles from the epicenter.  Divorced 5 years later, never ignore signs from mother nature.  That’s all I got.

[Sam Lin 3559]

I've slept through a couple 4.x and 5.x in Taiwan, usually wake up, see the lamp and paintings moving, doze back off. My thought is if it's bad enough to drop something and kill me, it's too late for me to seek cover anyways.

This one was really big, even for Taiwan.

That mass damper in Taipei101 is huge, and it is super cool to see it moving even on a windy day. Would have been terrified, but wish I could have been there to see it in person during this earthquake.