Japan office shows power of earthquake
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- 1 Jan 2024
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck western Japan on Monday, collapsing buildings and prompting orders for residents to ...
7.5 magnitude earthquake, devastating the Ishikawa prefecture and areas surrounding it. You can see the quaking in an office in the prefecture next door to Ishikawa.
7.5 is a big quake and it was shallow. And that's why you're seeing a lot of the impacts in the homes and in buildings and roads cracking because it was so shallow and such a high magnitude quake. It's those things combined. The other thing that stands out is one, Japan has an early warning system. So even seconds in advance, they knew something was happening and their building codes are really good. And so if this quake had happened somewhere else, the damage would... I'm not saying there's no damage, but it would have been catastrophic in other places.