Japan Earthquake: building makes scary rattling sound

[SumthinSmellz]

DONT TOUCH THE LIKE/DISLIKE BAR! I MADE IT THE SAME!

[bonguhbong]

@SumthinSmellz ooops. i touched it :P

[myhockeyteamrocks]

decided to make it more dislikes then likes so the dis/like bar was not equal Mwuuhahaha!

[tr24228]

And your just standing in the middle of an earthquake? Dumbass lol

[TheNOOBKILLER121]

NOBODY TOUCH THE LIKE/DISLIKE BAR, I MADE IT EVEN

[EnchantedLocket]

@TheNOOBKILLER121 Hehehe.

[elvismjbeatles143]

Base-isolated building foundations people!

[StormFlank6]

i see the dislike and like bar are competing again

[mariostylerap]

tiritas mas que una jalea por la madre de Dios

[sinaloa8738]

if i put tHAT INTO WORD IT WOULD GO RA RO RA RO

[den2j]

i remember when we had the virginia quake ,was funny but scary especially when the phones didnt work.

[TheDarkpasenger]

i´m chilean and i know better than all of you what it feels to be inside the buildings for a huge earthqake.....

[rudeboyjohn]

that knocking sound is the sound of the T-1000

[Sauron767]

@rudeboyjohn careful of the knives that go into your head

[steve79dad]

what you're hearing is the building's counterweight slamming around as it tries to move beyond it's design limits. Many tall buildings have counterweights in case of swaying due to earthquake tremors or severe winds.They move opposite the motion of the building to prevent harmonic imbalance, which is why the Varranzo Narrows bridge swayed more and more until it collapsed.

[den2j]

@steve79dad -you are correct except it was the tacoma narrows bridge that happened to... but on point

[EmmetEarwax]

Yes, I know of one futuristic building on east 42nd str. or so in NYC. The counterweight takes up a lot of space. You'd think they'd stop building any skyscrapers after the big quake battered Japan.

We are awaiting the horror of the San Francisco quake to come, and also the cataclysm that will hit the Cascades. The Indonesia one affected the earth's rotation, if not its orbit even !

[TheBallisticProject]

well they dont japan has the best anti-earthquake buildings in the world for nothing

[xchimino2]

Outstanding enginerring. Not a single window broke. Respect Japan.

[RGclanwii]

probally the army trainning or sumtin like that

[shuwnmoney101]

I like how he stANDS NEXT TO A BUILDING THAT MAKES NOISES AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE

[TheChoppergunner100]

They were made to sway.

[furyblades1]

hahaha i didn't even hear the sound! :)

[TheHannah2901]

FAT PERSON FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS!

[ChristopherSaindon]

This is what they're supposed to do exactly. They're engineered to sway.

[alumite1]

Flexible structure is stronger than stiff structure.

Japanese building is most stronger for earthquake in the world, so you need not concern about it.

[alumite1]

HAHAHA

Because the building have earthquake‐resistant construction.

I recommend looking up "flexible structure building".



[kzd209]

its nothing i just got a boner in japan...

[AwaiiXKiba]

If the buildings have cables from the elevators, that would cause cables to vibrate against each other..

[senecadream]

Probably a loose bolt.

[tallboyandy23]

Its more than likely he counter active weights which go against the pull of the Earthquake. It will defeat the pull , and therefor lessen the damage if such earthquakes happen.

[CaptiveSkorge]

hoo ha hoo ra hoo ha is what i hear

[JSparta17]

japan aint no joke dey built dat shit wit guerrilla steel

[Timberlinetown]

All these big, erect structures is getting me all moist inside!!! I could use a smooth cane right about now!!

[MrBlemph]

That's just the sound of me fucking the hell out of my secretary during the quake. We used the shaking to really go at it hard up against some filing cabinets.

[xatifnaft]

nice camera shake.. fu

[pac850]

@xatifnaft yea cause keeping a camera straight in a 9.0 earthquake is easy.... fucking idiot

[xatifnaft]

@pac850 watta pig

[TheJuwitata]

whatzz?..u just move ur Hp or like a what?..

[PreciousSuddz90]

@74pbg

people dying

:P just kidding i have no idea man

[LokoteJavier]

残念ながら、これは日本が受けた災害の一つです。

[elgrillo1986]

Nice buildings duudes!!

[SwooshForce]

probably the exterior clad binding on some of the buildings.

[MrKyvegas00]

Sounds like a subway or train or something of the sort

[TK4240]

HEY YOU! DUDE WITH A CAMERA!!!! BACK TO WORK!

[videobudgetfailing]

Learn to hold the camera st - Oh thats right

[sopimusician666]

@videobudgetfailing I literally thought of that as i read your comment. God damn you.

[garycalgary]

at the beginning it sounds like those explosions that go off just before a building implodes.

I WOULD NOT be filming, i would be running to an open space worried something would fall on me. I know Japan deals with earthquakes all the time

[HardMrbug]

@garycalgary I would get as far inland as I could, an open space might be close to the shore.

[DeViLzX360]

the stomping sound is godzilla

[luckymata7]

lol i thought the title said scary face

[spacetraveller2521]

I live in a area that doesn't have as much buildings but the sound coming from the ground and houses we the scariest thing I've ever heard.. I see there are comments saying that it isn't wise to stand near the buildings, if you've ever been to tokyo you'll know that there is no escape it is all surrounded by buildings and when a earth quake like that hits you the only thing your mind tells you is to get out of the building

[mrswizzful]

Its because the buildings are designed to shake and move so that they are not distoryed in high winds/ethaquakes/plane crashes. FUCKING freeky tho i lived on a high rise tower block and on windy days i could feel the floor moving under my feet ... since the end of living there im now scared of hights ...

[adutton428]

I actually thought that it would be the counter weights that they developed to put at the top of skyscrapers in order to prevent the building from collapsing. They shift the opposite direction of the way the building is swaying in order to counter the movement and help to dampen in. While it could be the elevators, it's like you said. None of the other buildings were doing it. They only put the counter weights in taller buildings. That appeared to be the tallest building in your immediate area.

[LegendarySayayin]

Its amazing to see such massive things move like that....

[eminem88]

Damn!



[pbrew85]

Sounds like a train to me

[tedtug]

after watching several Japanese quake videos, I must say I'm thoroughly impressed by Japanese architecture and ingenuity. If that magnitude quake hit us in Los Angeles, we'd all be DEAD.

[MrDeck52]

@tedtug 

[MrDeck52]

@tedtug thats our innovations,not japans.Their engineers used our methods and codes developed in california.They were surprised at the damage afterwards,They thought the buildings were much stronger.Strong enuff....eh...

[tedtug]

@MrDeck52 We'll see what happens when we get hit by a 9.0

[TheHomestuck]

@MrDeck52 What the fuck does codes have to do with anything in buildings unless your buildings are made out of chips and shit.

[MrDeck52]

@TheHomestuck first off guy your an idiot.BUILDING CODES TELL HOW THE CONSTRUCTION IS TO BE COMPLETED.cOMPUTER CODES ARE SYSTEM PROGRAMS.wE on this site are talking way above your head so go code yourself

[BiGGraff100]

@TheHomestuck How did you get this far through life ???

[TheHomestuck]

@BiGGraff100 I believe this doesn't involve you now does it Mr.BiGGraff100.

[TheHomestuck]

@BiGGraff100 Now kindly, fuck off and mind your own business.

[BiGGraff100]

@TheHomestuck smd 

[TheHomestuck]

@BiGGraff100 Lol, what dick? all I see is a small stub.

[BiGGraff100]

@TheHomestuck either way....haha

[b1346]

They are engineered to move a little bit to resist full force.

[MrDeck52]

@b1346 they actually have a pendulum built in.It counters to the sway and slows the effect,Most sit on huge issolaters that also slow vibration

[altgeldrarities]

Great engineering, now they have to find a way to make them radiation and Yakuza proof.

[ncdude367]

That was no earthquake -- it was Godzilla and Mothra doing battle with each other! X-]

[froo13]

oh crap it would be scary if you were in an elevator or shower while that happened

[froo13]

there was a 6.7 earthquake here and when everyone was all like "Oh my gosh that earthquake was weird" and i was like "There was an earthquake?" XD

[Music4AII]

Try to hold it still :P

[InfoAlien]

Wth are you doing out there anyway?!

[yemartin]

@InfoAlien Trying not to get buried under a pile of rubble in case the quake got stronger, I guess.

[Tressiensia]

@yemartin In the future you should stay inside. Debris falling from the outside of buildings, like loose brick facades or broken glass, poses much higher risk for you than the buidling actually falling.

[likeit292]

@yemartin ya stand next to a skyscraper thats REALLL safe during an earth quake

[NAnunbaB090]

@yemartin it's impossible for the buildings to collapse because underground, they

built massive pipes under Tokyo and prevent it from damaging any tall or huge complexed buildings.

[fatmikecj]

@NAnunbaB090 They said something similar about the Titanic too. They're probably incredibly safe, but there's no harm being extra cautious and getting to safety in potentialy harmful situations.

[KatsumotoYamada]

@yemartin makes sense to me :3

[lpngcf420]

@yemartin LOL said so calmly



[nspecter]

@yemartin I suggest you get farther away from the buildings next time you find yourself in that situation lol if you don't wanna get buried alive.

[GIANNHSPEIRAIAS]

@yemartin

this is japan dude you will more likely killed by a giant dildo coming from the sky rather of a building after an earthquake..

[SuperGetgirls]

@InfoAlien thats what im sayin

[pelagic6]

Building earthquake dampers

[pelagic6]

Building earthquake dampers

[Lucvanros]

elevators hang lose today??? thats retarded. sounds like a contruction sight. making a new foundation/

[cmel0]

sounds like ten thousand people marching on the street, that sound was very scary and frigtened, here in costa rica we have thousands of earthquakes almost every year, not all of them are that superficial to feel it but when it happens, happens, and the sound of the building shaking each other, are quite awful too as that sound in the video, add to that the crystal crumble, love to our brothers in japan from costa rica with love

[Thebustermann]

It could also be the sound of the building dampers taking up the job they were designed to do - dampen the effect of an earthquake. They sit relatively still for years. Effectively they are only big springs - so they could also create groaning if they've been unused for some time. Just a thought.

[justinmrusk]

I think you're dead on.

I work on the 47th floor of a building and the elevators make similar noises during normal operation (except only briefly of course), especially in the express zone where it moves the fastest. You can also hear similar noises while waiting for an elevator when they zoom by, the doors attached to the floor moving against the wind of the elevator.

[OriginialSnooks]

i know what you do...its called run like hell!

[hamode95]

i love japanese and my heart is always with them hope god bless them all in sweden wishes same as me

[hamode95]

wow u get this vedio on youtube same day as the tsunami and earthquack how?

[yemartin]

@hamode95 The phone lines where overloaded, but the Internet kept working just fine, so it was no problem uploading the video on the spot.

[freedomseaker1]

this is one of the stupidest videos on you tube! sounds like a sub way car to me.....

[lirihtco]

I see nothing

[74pbg]

What's that stamping sound in the video???

[yemartin]

@74pbg According to @odljfadfklsfkkdlk and @thaibu it is the sound made by the elevators and/or their counter-weights banging against the walls inside the elevator shafts. I don't know it that is the real explanation, but that sounds plausible. I just don't know why the other buildings would not make that sound though, they have elevators too.

[clarkloveselevators]

@yemartin Thats probabley right...since they can make LOUD noises just like that!

[kendract88]

@yemartin maybe the other buildings were, looks like in the video this person is closest to the building making the noise in the video, hence the reason that's the one we hear.

[nomadraphal]

@yemartin there are many types of elevators, different mechanics

[TheCubbyJ]

@yemartin That could be true, but most modern elevators have hydraulic pulley systems now.

[expertmax1]

@yemartin It's not that at all ! It's the torsion bars in the building which can provide 6 feet of play in case of strong winds or an earthquake that touches them self. Modern elevators do not have a counter weight because they are hydraulic.

[BiGGraff100]

@expertmax1 good call, they built them like that to w/stand a quake.

[expertmax1]

@BiGGraff100 That's it !

[supercrazyawesomeboy]

@yemartin They aren't as tall and the elevator shafts probably aren't being rocked and shaken as hard as the taller buildings with a higher center of gravity. ;D

[gfistherp08]

@yemartin...> It could be a damping system that one of the buildings have for an earthquake. Any buildings over a certain height would have one. That would be my first guess. I personally have never experienced an earthquake, living In Iowa in all.

[MidnightShane37]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

[ShineCity758]

no you necver want STAND next to any thing swaying like that what if GLASS OR SHARDS OF BRICKS FALLS OFF AND IT MAY FALL ON you?!



[danschaoticmind]

This is a testament to Japans building codes right here. They build based upon survivability in an earthquake. We could stand to learn a lesson from their buildings.

[crazyascanbe1]

if i was in japan and there was a swaying building i would not stand next to it... i problably would actualy just run around screaming for 10 mins then i would take a plane somewhere away from there....

[BurleyKTFO]

@crazyascanbe1 thats crazy as can be

[ivanovisk]

Hi guys, see here the effect of wind in a 28 floor building !

/watch?v=4ZbqLFC0Sfc

[yemartin]

@ivanovisk The wind is doing that? That's pretty funky! Hope the fish are okay...

[N0RTHWEST]

Army marching sound.. : \

[xpeace77]

I thought a Swat Commando is running up the stairs even before it started, was really strange,

[Ganbala]

the camera swaying more

[nerdwithoutglasses]

omg thats fuckin scary.

[TheSuperMarioBrosMan]

thats scary

[thaibu]

The elevator shafts with counter-weights, they run free on pullies just like a gym weight machine

[odljfadfklsfkkdlk]

That is the sound of the elevators hitting the walls the elevator shaft.

[yemartin]

@odljfadfklsfkkdlk Thank you for the explanation! That sounds very plausible. As for why only that building was making the sound and not the others (they have elevators too), I guess it must be something in the way they are built.

[EMPERORMIKI]

@yemartin I have not researched this comment so it might be a dumbass one—but, perhaps it is the mechanisms built into the buildings that allow them to sway. Maybe this building in particular had old ones or something.

[Imphipis]

@yemartin Think about being in one of those elevators :D

[Drewin45]

@yemartin It's actually the sound of the Base insolation I guess... there is a similar sound in this simulation....

watch?v=Fw7aQwMmBNM&feature=re­lated

[CHNJ101]

@odljfadfklsfkkdlk Yup, and all the materials are moving too which makes a weird stressing noise.

[BurleyKTFO]

wow the building is swaying lets stand next to it

[1crazyberry]

@BurleyKTFO haha

[lildru6969]

@BurleyKTFO I GOT A BETTER IDEA LETS CLIMB TO THE TOP !!!

[CmdrGendoIkari]

@BurleyKTFO - Most skyscrapers are designed to absorb up to a certain amount of seismic energy, usually 7-8 magnitude. However, if it felt like an 8.0 or higher, then I'd be trying to get away from all buildings. In fact, I would be more concerned about being clear of stick (wood) framed buildings just a few stories tall as opposed to steel framed skyscrapers.

[brain1les1]

@BurleyKTFO

From someone who lived there: There are buildings literally everywhere, and they tell you to try and not be in one when earthquakes happen, since more people get hurt from things falling on them indoors than outdoors. It's TOKYO. If you stand outside, like they tell you to, you WILL be surrounded by buildings.

[Fluidrazor]

No reference point.

[blondeno1girl]

Yep..that is the sound my 13 story office building made! I'll never forget it.