japan earthquake makes skyscraper dancing

[terminator363]

I'm going to have nightmares. Yeah, looking out of the window and then suddenly tipping over, crashing into the ground.

[NiteOwl1224]

That is really trippy

[TREVOR1900]

Sugoi!

[DJmixmastermicro]

Buddha bless Japanese engineers

[grumpygurl37]

Holy crap! I can see swaying back and forth.. Man! Glad u guys doing ok.. It freaking scary this building..

[ChicagoFan32]

Masterful engineering.

[TheAwakenedHeretic]

Believe it or not, they are designed to move like that, if they were brittle they would be more likely to suffer damage.

[TheMrbean97]

im sweating

[Uchiha13senior]

Engineering Level: Asian

[wiiplayer9revisited]

Can these buildings collapse from such an earthquake? (just curious)

[Gokaiger203heroes]

GOOD TOKYO

[fabiola3565]

se colpiva la mia Italia...eravamo tutti da S.Pietro!

[mcsuckit2121]

omg fuck that

[America100000able]

Most of you don't know what you are talking about. All of NYC's skyscrapers are built to resist a similar force generated by hurricanes. Essentially all of NYC's skyscrapers are earthquake proof because of this. They will survive an earthquake. However apartment buildings that are not reinforced will collapse during an earthquake.

[Dragon123561]

If it was NY buildings would be toppling over. or free falling because of fires

[illisanantexico]

okay, never going to Japan. It is impressive Engineering, though!

[LadyAmanita]

Highrise engineering FTW! If an earthquake hit NYC, I wouldn't be worried so much about the skyscrapers. They're designed with that kind of event in mind, NYC has recorded earthquakes before, engineers know about it. I'd be a lot more worried about all the older unreinforced brick and masonry structures that NYC has a lot of.

[RiversJosh12]

Wait A Second How IS there Building So Still And Stable, Like WTF?

[pbptrick]

amazing engineering

[UtahMike41]

If I were on the top floor of one of those buildings I would be crying like a little girl and sucking my thumb......

[drumherum]

i imagined myself on top of that red/white thing trying to increase the motion...

[RYOTHESOAP]

the building got moves like jagger

[AwesomeNstuff]

I live in Australia we never have earthquakes.

[YnoTdeVil]

@AwesomeNstuff I live in SA and we had 2 mini pussy earthquakes in the past 2 years nothing compared to other countries.

[Markt666]

I would be scared to death if I were on top of one of thouse skyscrapes.. I live in Sweden we never got even the slightest case of earthquakes here

[josmau12]

omfdgdfgsfd... geez that looks scary!@!@

[MaGiCpEnGu1n]

Thats crazy.

[dogyearrex]

seriously that shit is only possible in Japan..... nowhere else in the world.. if it was any other big cities, the buildings would never survive like that

[adlerzwei]

Engineering at its best =)

[SwaggerofaCollegeKid]

The last thing you should do is flee a building during an earthquake - you're more likely to get hit in the head/injured by falling brick or glass. Buildings are designed to sway during an earthquake to absorb the energy. Yay engineering! <3

[MegaLordBanana]

if i saw a giant buliding moving during an earthquake and i was that high up in another skyscraper filming it, id get the fuck out of there!

[unscrup123]

stop farting you dumb ass

[pr9nkaholic]

DAYMN man.... how can a huge structure MOVE like that???



[IBeenALegend]

The two skyscrapers are having a dance battle.

[SantiagoCatalano]

motherfucker look at that shit

[sugarycream]

Those buildings should be on So You Think You Can Dance.

[danieltho9]

¡WOW!, que gran ingenieria la japonesa.... que horror haber estado en los ultimos pisos de estos edificios...

[SnowLeopardStudioz]

If you were in the lift...

[Dillon1108]

wow it's amazing that they are swaying like trees!

[RGclanwii]

dont worry its just chuck norris farting

[Marco81MX]

Those japanese sure know how to build o.O

[7767daniel]

@Marco81MX ul find the same tech in san francisco and L.A (earthquake prone places)

[rhosequimpo]

its really amazing watching this, but evrytime i remember that experience, i feel the same dizziness i felt during that time.

[SeadGBosnia]

I WOULD FREAK OUT!

[carmelo1966]

Amazing engineering they are built to withstand that kind of shaking..

[shadowace421]

wow those building are amazing to be able to move like that without breaking.

[JondogC]

i would shit my pants

[TheChoppergunner100]

wow its amazing like its alliiive. :O

[TheFrancisco2205]

OMG that's scary

[MsSasukefangirl]

did you know?

20% of the most massive earthquakes hits Japan O.e

Luckily they have already invented buildings and homes that can withstand almost any earthquakes.

[Gioagla]

oohohohohhooohhh...i m all sweat .... i can t belive what i just saw .. pfffffffff

[Hubieee]

the resonance frequency is 1/6 per second ^^

[eros84v]

Nice! Is not usually to see this! Incredible! Better to see in a video that see in real!

[winmac2565]

RIGHT! LEFT! RIGHT LEFT!

[JoeA320Pilot]

Rollers. They are used on 20+ story buildings to sway 1-2 inches in normal conditions. But they are built for earthquakes.

[xXChineseBoiXx]

@JoeA320Pilot dats not 1-2 inches xD dats alot more

[ELDANIELS2791]

PARA CAGARSE DEL MIEDO Y SIN EMBARGO SE RIEN, SE NOTA LO ACOSTUMBRADO QUE ESTAN ANTE ESTOS FENOMENOS.

[spitfirescotty123]

epic vieo, but who the fuck named it ?

[zoe87192]

oh shit o.o

[kurocuddles]

I would literally wet myself ._.

[glasfurd31]

Love how relaxed the guys in the background are. I guess when you live in an earthquake zone you just don't panic.

[mrshizno91]

not a single fuck was given by mother nature that day

[Arti575]

wtf 0:46

[bboof1986]

Its like a Junior high school dance!

[xOxSweet238LipsxOx]

WHOA! I never seen such awesome dance moves like that. GO SKYSCRAPER!!! o.o

[mpmanuelportillotvma]

@xOxSweet238LipsxOx LMFAO 

[SittingMooseShaman]

...those window-cleaning crews got one helluva nice ride...

[louisekaille]

Building Level : Asians \m/

[baniyas2011]

good job

[loco410ajain]

that would be living the dream.

[UltraRobbie]

Oh my god D:

[marivanisfan1hm]

i will be dancing on the ground like a skycraper !

demi lovato ♥

[MsPopprincess1000]

wow japanese build ANYTHING! even buildings capable of moving! :D

[komaroff1]

movable fundament. The finest of construction engineering.

[JeanettBunourinen]

Impresionante! D:

[ILLZUKUNT]

surreal

[Chibzilla]

So crashing a plane into one would bring it down from the ground up? Yeah okay America...

[najurinajuri]

@Chibzilla It's a whole different effect, the impact of a plane is a sudden load, that has much to do with the behavior of the building, that without taking into account the fire that changes the properties of the structural steel

[Chibzilla]

@najurinajuri I don't even feel like putting a response together, you're just a typical brainwashed yanky. Sad to be honestly :(

[najurinajuri]

@Chibzilla yeeeaah I was thinking the same when I commented this video, but you know I had time left to loose loose with stupidities like your comment.

[TeddiLovesApples]

Fuck... if i were there... i'd shit myself at that very moment....

[wiggles2522]

man u really hold that camera still

[gothicgrowler]

We have 60 floors buildings in Panama, and I was at the tallest floor on one once during and earthquake xD it was scary, though the quake was just 3-4 in Richter Scale :p

[go4broke360]

damn thats nuts

[rzr666nl]

Even though nothing could happen to tat building, if i were there, i would have sit myself a hundred times. wouldn't even be near any of those buildings O.o i know it's a little strange.

[Anton21Soto]

Japan builds everything EXCELLENT quality

China is like the opposite of Japan...chinese people are rude, gross and cheap...

heck if this was china millions of people would have died....

YOU GO JAPAN!!!

[dingdongditch1000]

BRING THAT BITCH DOWN!!!

[lashatotladze]

how the hell do you build those buildings?

[SomeGuyInSandy]

I've never seen anything this extreme. Wow.

[M424Filmcast]

Man...That's some good footage.

[yhc25]

made in japan = confidence guarantee... japan golden standard. japan, no wonder why you are so strong..

[Aliendear]

It's just incredible, nothing came crashing down.

[Aspekitteh]

And in New Zealand, 114 people are killed when a 4 storey

Studio/Language School building collasped and caught fire.....

Makes our "standards" absolutely pathetic compared to Japan.

[RHVids100]

I think in feeling seasick. OxO *smashes a window and pukes on someone on the street around 70 meters below me*

[tbfdude]

amazing footage, especially seeing the 2 buildings swaying

[dhksrksalem]

most of these buildings are made in 70's

[ratcats]

I wish we had these kinds of buildings here in Christchurch, NZ....

[gueydejalisco]

its not amazing enganering every civilized country with high rise buildings makes it to where the building will sway during erthquakes to obsorbe the shock of the movment duh

[boeingt]

@gueydejalisco ya so engneering doesnt go into it

[hiashiro1]

@gueydejalisco if an earthquake of that magnitude hit new york, the entire city would be leveled.

[AdamGen88]

@hiashiro1 because new york is built on nothing but a land fill.

[Aliendear]

@hiashiro1 And New York IS a Big City.

[firebreather333]

me the whole time watching this video: fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfu­ckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck

[BigScaryFace]

any damage on those building? need repair?

[bombarderoazul]

@BigScaryFace probably none, maybe just damaged furniture and computers! LOL.

[SoulArtSound]

woW!

[westy44cal]

Buildings were probably Union made :)

[MrOceanPenguin]

Truly amazing ... The Japanese are genius! I'm jealous :D

[miamivicepastels83]

im not even there and it made me nervous

[markzilla6969]

unstable ground, lots of earthquakes, fookit,let's build a skyscraper! mental.

[Elysium3006]

Holy Hell.....that is amazing how much those buildings are swaying!!

[ChuckieMcHaggis]

Insanely cool.

[LOLZpersonok]

If there was an earthquake like Japan's where I live, we'd all be dead.

[Gamercrazygirl2468]

omg i would hate to be in the buildings... I wonder how many had motion sickness in the buildings...

[im415again]

the answer my friend is blowing in the wind

[Trinitrotoluo]

I'd be shitting my pants if i was on the top floor.

[Lubbeliten]

WELCOME TO JIGGELY WORLD!!!!

[thomasward00]

Amazing Engineering and Building standards

[Crustenscharbap]

Wow. I can't imagine it. I Think it will be scary, if you are inside this Skyscraper.

[G3zX]

Imagine being on top of that building when it was doing that....Scary



[dickondaway]

wow crazy

[jiankabe]

This is the Nomura building. I was there on the 48th floor! Thanks for posting.

[senchaisgreen]

You can see the curtains sway with the main building, fourth floor from the top. It made me a little sea sick watching!

[debelabibica]

if i was in that building i probably make a couple of brownies

[ENMDRAGON]

this people are good architect

[lifevest1]

I had no idea buildings swayed that much! amazing how well designed they are

[astrocosmo77]

Great Footage & great steady recording of this event!, thanx for posting

[franjaserra]

We also had structural classes for seismic effects in high structures back 30 yrs ago, but to see the real thing is really amazing. Excellent teaching tool for engineering students.

Also the cameraman and companions have really guts to stay there filming this.

[keelertron]

i remember that they used to design buildings with big suspended weights in the top which would sway to counteract the swaying of the building and so would stop it toppling over

[2008shiny]

the dynamic response dissipates the energy. but i wonder how specifically they manged to make it sway

[TheJeleb]

@2008shiny It's to do with the structure and most probably something underground. Interesting point though... I'll have to research this.

[2008shiny]

@TheJeleb u doing earthquake engineering mate? o seismic studies?

[TheJeleb]

@2008shiny Nope, just something I remember looking at in a text book not long ago. I'm not fond of earthquake or geographical studies.

[2008shiny]

@TheJeleb Hmm interesting, but i thk the height of the structure determines whether its inertia dominates over stiffness o damping. Sry, my structural dynamics sucks so hard... XD btw... y the heck was ur msg flagged as spam

[TheJeleb]

@2008shiny Woah... I don't even remember writing this actually.

It's okay, your structural dynamics is better than mine. I don't really know much about it, just the basics.

I don't know why it was flagged as spam... maybe haters jealous of my knowledge? xD (jk)