Discussion

danielovichdk: It somehow bothers me that it's an american government site that reports this.

thiago_fm: Japan also obviously also monitors this.https://nerv.app/en/This kind of data is actually shared by governments, very few countries don't have access to it.

stavros: Here you go: https://earthquake.tenki.jp/bousai/earthquake/detail/2026/04...

notdefio: Japan has their own communication platforms for this, they're not relying on a US government site. I'm in Japan on vacation, and I got notified of the earthquake within a minute of it happening on the NERV app, which is a common disaster alerting app here.

embedding-shape: Because?Here you have the same earthquake, but reported by Japan: https://www.data.jma.go.jp/multi/quake/quake_detail.html?eve...As a European, I feel fine that American and Japanese governments report on this.

gerikson: The creators of this app either didn't watch Evangelion or are huge fans. Hard to say which.

pezezin: Evangelion is extremely popular in Japan, everybody and their dog knows it, so it is obviously the second option. From the official app website, https://nerv.app/en/> 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.

danielovichdk: That's because the American government has a tendency to "know better" than local government. If you catch my drift.

pezezin: I live in Aomori (Northernmost prefecture of Honshu) and we got the warning before the earthquake arrived by all the cellphones in the office going crazy at the same time. It was kind of funny, because we have a lot of new guys here who have never been to Japan before and it was their first earthquake ever xD

piazz: Felt it all the way in Tokyo!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.https://nerv.app/en/

whatsupdog: How much warning did you get? I mean in minutes or seconds?

asutekku: Depends on the location, the alert comes usually as soon as the initial tremors are registered. If you're at the epicenter, tough luck. For example, for me in Tokyo, the alert came 2 minutes before it hit, and even then, the actual earthquake was extremely subtle.

donw: This one was weird, too, like being on a boat in mildly choppy water, not a violent shake at all.

fungi: was reading in a park in suburban tokyo a few years ago, notifications arrived for the noto peninsula earthquake.kids in the park stared doing wobbly knee dance :Dfelt the quake about 30sec later.

kzrdude: How do you use your 45 seconds?

piazz: If it's a big one and it's near you, you'd move away from the windows and heavy things that can fall, I suppose?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.

CodeCompost: Is this the Richter scale? I thought it was obsolete.

mkl: In my experience (NZ) that means it was strong but distant.

azepoi: It is not. It's the moment magnitude scalehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale

felixding: I live in Tokyo. Today's quake felt pretty strong (maybe because I was on the 14th floor) and lasted a while. Haven't felt one this big in months.

konart: >NERVDoes it play appropriate Evangelion OST track depending on magnitude though?

roer: It is straight up the same NERV, so it might.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.

azath92: This is just the best. A very serious company, doing seriously cool and important stuff, also has an anime name/icon.I wish more corps took themselves so lightly, while remaining serious about what they do.

klempner: At 45 seconds, load up social media. (although I actually missed the warnings this time, was focused on work) At least assuming the number is only 7.x.If it were 8+ or somewhat closer, I'd get under my desk. (then pull up social media on my phone)

fennecbutt: Standing underneath a doorframe is also advisable.