On the morning of August 24, 2026, an earthquake registering lower-5 on the Japanese intensity scale struck Tokyo. On 5ch’s Live News board, reports poured in about stopped elevators and water gushing from manholes, alongside confirmation that there were no deaths or building collapses.
Meanwhile, discussion spread over the gap in media coverage compared to the Kumamoto earthquake, calls to decentralize the capital’s functions out to the regions, and comparisons of disaster risk between Tokyo and rural Japan.
Sounds like there's serious flooding out there.
Don't call yourself the capital if this is all it takes to fall apart lol
Don't call yourself the capital if this is all it takes to fall apart lol
If Tokyo got hit with the same rain as Chiba, the damage would probably be even worse than Chiba's.
>>3
Thing is, it just never rains that hard here.
Thing is, it just never rains that hard here.
Meanwhile Osaka's protected by some kind of magic barrier — almost never gets hit by disasters.
Come on, 'Tonkin' (a mocking nickname for Tokyo)… isn't this getting blown up way more than the Kumamoto earthquake did?
>>15
Well yeah, more people live there, so of course it gets more coverage.
Well yeah, more people live there, so of course it gets more coverage.
>>15
TV stations just don't have anything better to do — they overhype typhoons every single time too, even when they're nothing.
TV stations just don't have anything better to do — they overhype typhoons every single time too, even when they're nothing.
Just decentralize the capital already.
Kitakyushu, Okayama, Kansai, Gifu, Tokyo, Miyagi, Hokkaido —
spread it across at least that many places.
Kitakyushu, Okayama, Kansai, Gifu, Tokyo, Miyagi, Hokkaido —
spread it across at least that many places.
>>22
It's not Kitakyushu, it's Fukuoka.
It's not Kitakyushu, it's Fukuoka.
>>22
Kitakyushu acting all high and mighty, lol
That's exactly the kind of attitude people mean.
Kitakyushu acting all high and mighty, lol
That's exactly the kind of attitude people mean.
Japan's just absurdly disaster-resistant — if a quake this size hit Afghanistan, the death toll would easily top 100.
>>23
Why are you even comparing it to Afghanistan lol
This is Japan lol
Why are you even comparing it to Afghanistan lol
This is Japan lol
>>23
Even over there, a magnitude 5 probably wouldn't do much either.
Even over there, a magnitude 5 probably wouldn't do much either.
>>23
Why Afghanistan though?
Why Afghanistan though?
Sounds like elevators were stopping all over the place.
What happens when the big one actually hits under the capital?
What happens when the big one actually hits under the capital?
>>24
Anyone stuck in an elevator during a fire won't be able to escape — burned alive.
Or no help comes and they just slowly die roasting in there like a sauna.
Anyone stuck in an elevator during a fire won't be able to escape — burned alive.
Or no help comes and they just slowly die roasting in there like a sauna.
"At least it was Tohoku" really was a fair point, huh (a callback to the grim view that the 2011 disaster hitting Tohoku instead of Tokyo was almost a mercy).
>>35
Yeah, more than half of Tokyo would probably die lol
Yeah, more than half of Tokyo would probably die lol
With the Nankai Trough quake or a major quake directly under the capital, you can't count on rescue coming — you'll need to survive on your own for at least a week or you're dead.
Kitakyushu seriously almost never gets hit by earthquakes.
>>43
If one ever does hit, the damage would be worse than Kumamoto's —
they don't even have the earthquake-resistant construction or backup water systems for it.
If one ever does hit, the damage would be worse than Kumamoto's —
they don't even have the earthquake-resistant construction or backup water systems for it.
>>43
So what?
So what?
Hold on now —
they're saying there's an over 80% chance of a magnitude 7 hitting within the next 30 years.
they're saying there's an over 80% chance of a magnitude 7 hitting within the next 30 years.
>>44
Everyone's just like "not my problem, that's the next generation's issue."
There's nothing to be done about it at this point.
Everyone's just like "not my problem, that's the next generation's issue."
There's nothing to be done about it at this point.
Kitakyushu is in Fukuoka, right?
That's trash then.
That's trash then.
>>50
Kitakyushu isn't Fukuoka [city] — they're different places.
Kitakyushu isn't Fukuoka [city] — they're different places.
Nothing's even broken here.
You country folks and your jealousy are so noisy.
You country folks and your jealousy are so noisy.
>>58
Making such a big fuss over it, lol
Making such a big fuss over it, lol
If the capital goes down, you rural folks are going down with it too, in the end.
>>63
A replacement hub would get set up right away, and people in the regions would just carry on as normal.
Isn't it just some rich people who'd go down?
A replacement hub would get set up right away, and people in the regions would just carry on as normal.
Isn't it just some rich people who'd go down?
Wait, if a magnitude 7 hits, would Tokyo Dome collapse?
Can't watch baseball then 😂
Can't watch baseball then 😂
>>65
They'd just relocate it to Tsukiji (a nod to Tokyo's long-running, controversial fish market relocation saga).
They'd just relocate it to Tsukiji (a nod to Tokyo's long-running, controversial fish market relocation saga).
I live in Tokyo — was there actually any damage?
>>66
Water gushed out of manholes and some people got injured.
Water gushed out of manholes and some people got injured.
>>71
Oh really
Haven't watched the news at all, but so no deaths or building collapses then.
Oh really
Haven't watched the news at all, but so no deaths or building collapses then.
Kumamoto: magnitude 7, back on its feet in half a month.
Tokyo: magnitude 4, and it's already falling apart.
Why is that?
Tokyo: magnitude 4, and it's already falling apart.
Why is that?
>>79
The earthquake hit Tokyo just two days ago though…
Is there actually anything that still hasn't recovered?
Glad Kumamoto got its power back on, though.
The earthquake hit Tokyo just two days ago though…
Is there actually anything that still hasn't recovered?
Glad Kumamoto got its power back on, though.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Live News board) thread “[Sad News] Tokyo Left in Shambles by a Mere Magnitude 5 lol.”
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