Underwater Mics Capture Earth’s Terrifying Rumble in Japan Quake
- Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:12pm by
Meredith Jessup
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You‘ve seen the shocking video of Japan’s 9.0 magnitude earthquake and its devastating aftermath, but a newly released audio recording offers yet another glimpse of mother nature’s awesome power.
A network of underwater observatories belonging to the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) surrounding the epicenter of the massive earthquake captured rare and haunting audio of the earth’s violent rumbling.
“Equipped with hydrophones for monitoring underwater sounds in real-time over the Internet, the LIDO [Listening to the Deep Ocean Environment] system has been continuously recording the sound of the earthquake and its aftershocks,” Science Daily reports.
The short video/audio clip tells yet another story of the terrifying experience of the Japanese people as the earth shook beneath their feet. There’s a peak of underwater noise early on, then consistent rumbling before yet another wave of strong activity.
h/t Business Insider
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Comments (79)
Chicago Ray
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:03pmNothing like hearing an earthquake from the Tsunami victim, Mafia victim and fishes perspective.. ;)
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:55pmI read last year about some nuclear bombs missing from the US. I never heard if they were found and was looking for the source where I READ IT AND FOUND THIS. Interesting and also scary.
Report Post »http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dc1_1211408091
uzi4u2
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:59pmamazing what you can find out. During the 50‘s and 60’s when we still had B-52′s flying missions from the upper great plains called “chrome dome” bombers left and returned all the time with weapons on board. It’s really interesting to read up on the attitude people and even the government had about nukes back in the day, I mean there was even a nuclear powered shoe size devise that was used. You also have to study up on this type of warefare. During the cold war, we were always told a nuclear war would wipe out everything on earth, but if you think about it and read how we and the russians viewed that kind of a war, we would accutally only have about 2% of the country have any direct effects from a blast. There would be lots of places in this country that wouldn’t even see fallout. And fallout is actually not that hard to deal with as long as you don’t breath the dust. You come decontamenate by just taking a long soapy shower and burying your cloths. What really shocked me during those years was the government using us as hostages, with that mutually assured destruction crap. The russiaans had a big time civila defense program and we were told that we shouldn‘t have one because it might make the russky’s THINK we were going to start some thing.It’s scary to think our government would tell us that and then biuld shelters for themselves.
Report Post »ThoreauHD
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:27pmSounds like the space shuttle taking off. That is, if they were to ever take off again.
Report Post »ilovethiscountry
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:23pmThat is scary!
Report Post »AlwaysLearning
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:13pmSounds just like what they sound like above water, too.
Report Post »Nocoincidence
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 7:12pmSittin’ very close to a fault line myself. When the New Madrid fault faults….
Let‘s just say it’s gonna get innerestin’.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:56pmVery freaky, sounds like what I would imagine nuclear bombs would sound like going off near the ocean floor.
Report Post »cinbu
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:39pmI was born and raised in California, right on the Hayward Fault, a branch of the San Andreas. I have heard earthquakes coming before the ground started shaking. This noise freaked me out when I played it!
Report Post »powedj
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:26pmThat was George Bush’s fault. Ask Anthony Weiner.
Report Post »smokey888x2
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:25pmMy wife makes those exact same sounds ….. almost every day!!!
Report Post »ICANHANDLETHETRUTH
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:14pmThat was weird…………
Report Post »joegoofy
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:55pmThe dems are blaming George Bush for the earthquake.
Report Post »p00gles
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:10pmWhen a moderate quake hit the Midwest in 2008 (I live in central Illinois) I swore to god I was having an acid flashback, I almost started crying thinking maybe I was gonna be screwed in the head forever. Then within 30 min or so it was all over the news…..total relief.
Report Post »uzi4u2
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:41pmI, too, live in the people republic of Illinois and I remember hearing about that. I’ve been in bigger ones in the Philippines so this “little” shake didn’t even wake me up. Earthquakes are scary/cool, one minute ur scared sh%%less, the next ur saying how cool that was.
Report Post »Most people don’t know we could get REALLY screwed if we have big one here in the midwest, no one is even close to prepared for one here.
Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:54pmLOL! Bet so, too!
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:44pmTrying to find out the official measurement for how long the first big quake lasted, can’t find it. Reports so far are between 3 and 5 minutes. Listening to that 1-minute audio, and imagining it 3 – 5 times longer but also my body being on top of it and feeling it. It would be an eternity, and your mind would go, ok this is it, and you’d start making peace with God. No question.
Report Post »FGWinFLA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:03pmWhen I see the video of different places in Japan during the quake, they all have the same look on their faces as I did the day I was pushing a wheelbarrow full of old shingles across a rooftop & stepped in an opening in the roof that some idiot forgot to close up. For a few breif moments, I thought I was about to die… It hurt like hell, too.
Report Post »A few more usless tid-bits from yer ‘ol uncle Frank…
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 10:56pm@FGWinFLA – Yep. For some reason it does help to research mediums who are sensitive to the other side. They provide useful information, like how suicide can make you feel incredibly regretful on the other side. It’s easy to imagine, looking down when you’re not bogged down makes it easier to see what could have been.
Ironically what makes life tolerable is that we are mortal. This life is temporary. We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, we are spiritual beings having a human experience. God bless and glad you came through, and maybe I’ll see you back home.
Report Post »OrdinaryCitizenForPresident.com
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:42pmThat sounds like my stomach after watching MSNBC.
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:56pmHahahaa you made my day!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:35pm@Beware of Romans
Report Post »Stop, stop, stop it! You’re gonna get yourself kicked off of this site for this, if you keep it up.
You are just wasting space. Nobody cares, get it? Sorry, but this is pi$$ing me off.
You’ve been told thre or more times by other people, now listen.
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:40pm@BewareofRomans-Bye!
Report Post »Thank you, Blaze.
ILoveGlenn
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:50pmYeah. Beware Of Romans is just annoying. I’m glad The Blaze removed his comment.
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:31pm@Romans, SO WHAT”S your point?
Report Post »jeckelmyhyde
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:30pmLike standing on a flight deck of a carrier, awsome.
Report Post »Eblaze44
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:24pmNo news is good news. and this is not even much of a story.
Report Post »AmericanHorse
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:23pmRight out of a horror movie
Report Post »ProgressiveLiberalMarine
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:20pmThat’s crazy. I went through a small one when I was stationed in Okinawa, but nother ever compared to that. That’s where the majority of our military should be right now, after all the time we spent on their land.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:23pmFake marine alert!!!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:25pmAre you giving tips to Al Qaeda ?
Report Post »Marine Recon Dad
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:54pm… don‘t know how the Marine in that name doesn’t kick the other two a**es sitting next to him…..
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:56pm@Bob and @Robert ~
I‘m surprised he’s made it this far. I thought sure he would still be over at Ga-Ga’s pictures and licking his screen!
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:49pmMARINE RECON DAD
Report Post »Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:54pm
… don‘t know how the Marine in that name doesn’t kick the other two a**es sitting next to him…..
________________
Now I don’t care who you are that was funny right there .
GIT-R-DONE !!!!!!!!!!!
TheBlazeReader
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:50pmThis is a person that can’t find their personality! Either that or he shares his profile w/ them.
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 11:25pmAT EASE. I believe lib Marine IS a Marine, and it frankly scares me that he believes the way he does. I have no idea how someone can come out of the Marine Corps and be a hard core liberal. My theories are:
Report Post »1) He is gay and was discharged
2) He was a non-hacker and was discharged
3) He was totally useless and was discharged.
As long as the character of his discharge was General under honorable or better, then he is still a Marine. And If I am totally wrong and he served his time and was honorably discharged, then he has every right, EARNED, to speak his mind, no matter how diluded.
Still, I have my doubts.
silentwatcher
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:19pmJapan has suffered,,,,we need to help more.. I doubt their neighbors are helping.
Come on Blaze!!! Lets talk about immigration reform….
Obama on immigration reform:
“it should be just as easy for you to live in the U.S. as it was for me!!! Just give me your vote!!”
Report Post »SheriS
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:17pmThat is amazing audio!
Report Post »TheBlazeReader
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:46pmAmazing what toilets and a mic can do! LoL
Report Post »koots
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 1:19pmAdd your comments
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:17pmOMG Really scary .
Report Post »I once heard the same noise here in CA just for 3 seconds .
Showtime
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:24pmNever thought about hearing an earthquake since I’m not in an earthquake-prone area. I’ve felt tremors but never heard one. Kinda scary!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:39pmWow, almost over-drove the microphones. The Japanese people will get back on their feet. They are a resilient people.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:43pmit sounds exactly like a dump truck emptying big rocks @ the same time the house shakes .
Report Post »Welcome to CA it‘s not if it’s when .
Marine Recon Dad
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 4:53pmMe too, Robert – lived here in SoCal since ‘64. Felt and heard alot here!
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 5:04pmThose darned tectonic plates. Always rubbin‘ and grindin’ like a bunch of randy teenagers.
Report Post »Surely global warming is to blame somehow.
crackerone
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:12pmDon’t stick you head under the blanket!
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 6:43pmIt chills you to the core !!!
Report Post »TheBlazeReader
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:45pmAll he did was flush the toilet! And put his Mic up to it, who knows if it is real!
kindling
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:52pmI once heard an earth-quake before I felt it. It sounded like a low roar and got louder until it jolted our house and then it really roared. It was like very low toned thunder.
Report Post »TheBlazeReader
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 8:53pmAnyone can stick a mic right up to their belly and record!
Report Post »My Sacred Honor
Posted on March 17, 2011 at 9:25pmMy bad: “5” satelites, “THEMIS”
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 12:13amWow, the sound of the earth moving, two tectonic plates hitting, moving against each other, the sea floor moving up in an instant, the whole islands of Japan moving 8 feet, and the earths’ axis moving 10″. Awesome Power
Report Post »bedra1958
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 6:14pmI, too, heard that same noise in La Quinta, CA (in between Palm Desert and Indio) when there was a 7.1 earthquake that year (1991). I lived up against the sharp mountain enscarpment and could hear the low rumble before the jolt hit very hard… T’was unnerving, to say the least!
Report Post »Da Kingfish
Posted on March 18, 2011 at 11:50pmMe too, darn chilie.
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