Japan Earthquake - Street in Japan 'moving like an island'

[HERPDEDERP49]

if i saw the electric wires swaying like that i would have quickly shit my pants befor running away

[machinaecity]

mini tsunami's at 0:27 projected by street movements

[DVSCNT]

liquifaction just like in chch, it sucks and takes ages to clean up

[MrDuckWeather]

Does anyone else get a sinking feeling watching this? (No pun intended and with respect to the residents). I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if I was outside my house watching this movement and flooding happen. Unnerving to say the least.

[MegaTuputamadre]

Fuck men scary shit move out

[MYM45ONTUBE]

Good video!

[fisikes]

He wanted to say: "we are moving like a piece of shit on water..."

[80slvr87]

I wouldve been shitin' in my breeches!!!!!!!

[Kerguelen1]

Lets see.......the power lines are flopping around over your heads so you decide to stand in a puddle of water beneath them? Hmmm

[highfivemf]

"our whole block is moving like we're on an island"

"we are actually"

"duh, yeah i meant... *complaining*"

that was a damn nice one!

[organisten]

"Moving like an island" - I didn't know islands moved...

[londongamer]

@organisten They do,.. over millions of years they move miles, but in a short space of time they moved inches, feet etc, even within our life-spans. So, yes, they do move.

[organisten]

@londongamer we are talking about the simile, not geology. The simile does not work. We do not generally think of islands moving - that they do over thousands of years, or as a result of an earthquake is also not what we are comparing to; the latter is what we need a comparison FOR. Thus the simile is poor.

[londongamer]

@organisten Ah,. ok. Fair enough. :)

[poorlittlerichiegirl]

Moving like an island? Also, the water is not "tidal" or from the "ocean" as he says. The sandy soild this was built in has water already in the pore spaces between the particles. Also for the person who said this is clay...it's not, liquefaction does not occur in clays.

[danichan19]

Um... is it not wise to stand in water when power lines SLACK INTO THE WATER!?!?!?!?!?!

[Traces1000]

Strange.....why arent people swimming in those water?

[screamingmustard]

@Traces1000 It's not so much water as it is errupted sewage pipes and clay.

[Traces1000]

@screamingmustard i was just joking but thanks for explaining to me anyway....

From this day onwards the world wont be so good to live in anymore...

[screamingmustard]

@Traces1000 Agreed. I can't help but think the guy filming this is a little bit silly....the powerlines swaying dangerously above....the water spilling all over the road. He's just asking for trouble standing there filming. Hope he got out okay.

[poorlittlerichiegirl]

@screamingmustard it's not sewage or erupted pipes. it's water that was already present in the ground/soil that is being compressed now and pushed up. This is called liquefaction.

[jmeove]

Oh Lord God!

Pussy.

[jimmyrx8]

very strange

[BIEBERfevered1994]

Thumbs up if you think he drowned cause he got to close :(

[TheMrSlappykins]

holy crap i would not stand anywhere near those powerlines

[xhemexx]

@TheMrSlappykins I know I was thinking the same thing, he neads to just friggin' RUN!!!!!

[namfel1028]

I think Japan is sinking people just don't know... that shit is scary...!

[astrocosmo77]

yeah this is wild xD, one right comment :)

[jacprc]

It's called Liquefaction.

[Mrpeacelove1]

Do Islands Move Sinds When ??

[xmusicisall2me]

ahahha , volgens mij is japan nog net geen eiland x)

[MartirSterling01]

Holy Crap.. the aftershock was crazy (what a dumbass btw ''see how are street is moving back n forth like were on an Island'' I was waiting for the girl to Own him by saying: We are on an island. . .

[LetzPlayWicked]

"The intire block is moving like it is on an island"

It is!

[naacillep12]

smart thinking girl..

'wow it looks like we are on an Island'

'we ARE on an Island'

[rodney1415]

Finally a house with seasight., always wanted that

[dennix2000]

Co za asy!

[janamatchavariani]

omg that is crazy!! jesus the ground splits.. the ocean is coming out of it?! you're staying so calm.. I would have taken the first plane somewhere to the other side of the world

[DualGunBlade]

That guy just got told by whatever women was behind him.

[QSLxBanana]

Lets all donate 5 to Japan! Yen!

[eenDraak1]

Look its an earthqauke, lets stay and watch it destroy everything

[Inaste666]

yea.. that's awesome

[decorationn]

HOLY SHIT, that's fucking awesome. Okay not really but yeah...

[Kiobas99]

''we are an island..'' XD

[alexjuuh1]

"it's moving like an island!" shaking the camera does not look like it's moving like an island..

[soularrows]

they kind of diserved it....living on an island...on a crosspoinbt of earthplates....

[JustMeMason]

@soularrows

Yeah, dude, you're so right, they totally 'diserved' this, man.

Silly people, why do they get born in Japan? That's like so silly of them, man.

[soularrows]

@JustMeMason i know right silly people with there silly animes and earthquakes its probably all fake like the moonlanding of USA and 9/11

[kotekninek]

@soularrows asshole

[SlakjeJasper]

5 people.. wait why would you even LIKE this video?

[albertoo69]

the God is alive and show us the power. but we still do not believe

[SlakjeJasper]

@albertoo69 That or there was a gigantic earthquake

[paperclipguy2]

@albertoo69 If God excisted why didn't he do something about that earthquake you little titbiscuit.....

[TurkishRapTube]

it's like we ARE on an island. > we Are. on an island > oh thats what i ment

lololol

[Doodleedeedoodleedoo]

What kind of scary ass trippy island is this crackhead used to? ><

[TheSweetPinkBerry]

japan is a island lol

[B3NGstephan93]

@TheSweetPinkBerry AN island, n00b.

[TheSweetPinkBerry]

@B3NGstephan93 well sorry GEEKK!!!

[B3NGstephan93]

@TheSweetPinkBerry sorry just kidding xd

[coolkidcater]

@TheSweetPinkBerry its not a joke bitch

[TheSweetPinkBerry]

@coolkidcater wow darnn it ,kill me bcuz i said LOL

omggg

you've got some serious problems ,try calling someone else a bitch

bcuz it takes a bitch to know a bitch!

[coolkidcater]

@TheSweetPinkBerry ur giht i shouldn't have gotten a angry sorry

[441meatloaf]

@TheSweetPinkBerry

ur ignorant. There is a large part of Tokyo that have been constructed on water by moving sand and rocks into the ocean to make land.

That is why it is flooding, not because it is an island. 

[xxxyaarxxx]

maybe it's me, but doesn't he mean moving like a ship xD

[wesleyinter]

JAPAN IS AN ISLAND....

So quite normal if it moves like one...

[kurwavids]

gotta smoke some more shit

[Cityj0hn]

Who here believes islands are in fact landmasses floating geo-statically in the water?... (take one guess what nation that guy came from...)

[moluksefreefighter01]

really crazy shit!!!! good luck to all the japanese and other people who lives there!

[vuurwerkOfniej]

cool

[MrTychot]

"our entire block is moving like it's on a island"

"we are actually"

Haha.

[ITSaJOKEx]

wow the ground alive!

[RnBHiphopXclusive]

op een onbewoond eiland..

[alarmcentra]

@RnBHiphopXclusive tralalala xd

[muntoniG60]

@RnBHiphopXclusive holland!!

[dylanBBE]

@muntoniG60 nederland!!!

[musicjermy]

@RnBHiphopXclusive ..omg lol

[B3NGstephan93]

@RnBHiphopXclusive stiekum toch wel grappig en extreem random xd.

[Zifip]

More like a boat

I'M ON A BOAT!

[Einzaimesclaun]

hahaha

[MrMortjon]

damn that electrical wires are fucking dangerous if they hit you when the aftershock. or was the power off bcuz of the earthquake?

[RolfFishMan]

0:41 you don't want to die before what?

[thefoxdude]

it was charizard....

[Tjohawk]

GODZILLAAOMAIOWANANDESUKA??!?!­?!!! !

[MrWonderfull77]

Its alive!!

[markamanic]

dont island just ... stay there and dont move at all?

[hoemper]

@markamanic No islands (in fact every landmass) are moving constantly.. Because the earth plates slide and move (or crash like here in Japan..)Why do you think that Mt. Everest grows each year with 8 cm ?

[markamanic]

@hoemper Yeh i know about the earthplates but the bit of land that sticks out of the water doesnt move of its own but the massive earthplate its attached to is moving. that is kinda what i meant

[2theothers2]

@hoemper you know, i wasn't thinking about how mt. everest grows every year!

[Mr3Words]

Scary

[thedudsonette]

those poor people

[ooSLMooSucks]

why most earthquakes happens in asian??

[ScizorTheOverlord]

@ooSLMooSucks because of the earth-plate locations

Its not all that unlikely to hit Japan

There is a good reason that for example EU almost never gets hit by it

[hoemper]

@ScizorTheOverlord Europe for the win!

[ScizorTheOverlord]

@hoemper lol we r lucky

[Hoerenstoep]

@ooSLMooSucks, jeez pay attention at school, its because there live alot of moles in asian.

[JonasBuyip]

Its moving, its like we are on a island!

'' We are.. ''

haha ;p

[PizzaBakkerijNR12]

Een filmpje over een aardbeving, en de nederlanders hier moeten het over Wilders hebben? =S

[UndercoverLdn]

@PizzaBakkerijNR12

achja, sommige mensen hebben niks beters te doen....altijd maar discussieren/ruzie maken.

[ScizorTheOverlord]

@UndercoverLdn wacht eens.. we hebben het hier over iets serious and han beginnen we over ''Nederlandse'' politiek? that is gewoon absurd..

Sorry if my Dutch is bad ^^;

[UndercoverLdn]

@ScizorTheOverlord

Haha it's pretty good actually. But I was commenting on some1 who said "a video about an earthquake, and dutch people here are discussing politics?!", where I replied "Oh well...some people cleardly don't have anything better to do. always arguing/fighting"

[bombingdude]

@teh1owner will you stop adressing the dutch? jus because one asshole does not give a fuck, doesnt mean the rest of us dont care.

@pleite567 jij meneer, bent een egocentrische klootzak.

[teh1owner]

@bombingdude

That was wrong of me to do. You are right and I apologize for that.

[bombingdude]

@teh1owner nah its ok, i just wanted to make myself clear, i also think that @pleite567 is an egocentric asshole :|

[predator1491]

Lost.

[cor1001]

That looks smelly!

[DylanNL1]

'' ooh my gosh''..

[eeyk1993]

Japan is sinking.

[frederik893]

oh boy oh boy. just standing there while filming, no idea there was a tsunami coming!

[LassedeV]

lol gross:P is that all feaces

[frankjesradario]

0:42 AAAAHHH SO SAD

[OriMedian]

"I don't want to die before I get laid!" That made my day.

[hplovertje]

thats wat you get when u mess with the wales!! they united and maked a big tsunami

[rolandrozen]

If that hapens when you're alone you become crazy i think. What a resilient neighbours you have with those colapsing phonepoles around them still comforting eachother.

[stealthstyle1]

to all the people that say islands can't move.... Open a book and lear how the continents are formed

yes and islands can't move like it looks on this video

But every inch of land on earth is moving constantly

[PaudinsDrawings]

Islands can't move? O_o

[MrRiddick]

i think what this guy means, is that look's like the place is moving like he is on an boat close to the shore!! the poor reporter was to nervous to speak correctly! impressive anyway! and yeah they could stop messing with the animals of the sea specially mamals!!! its still a big tragedy for the japanesse people! ;(

[pleite567]

i'm sorry i'm not feeling soorry for those people

[teh1owner]

@pleite567

That's because you're white and their not. Isn't it?

[pleite567]

@teh1owner no thats not true because whale wars and ww2 my friend, in general i don't care about people who i don't know i'm sorry. Sorry japan, i just don't care

[teh1owner]

@pleite567

Oh yes. You are so right. All of those people who died during this disaster were involved in ww2 and killed at the very least 42 whales each. Even the children.

You dutch, ignorant fool will never know what it is like to have a soul.

[jopmanz]

@teh1owner hey don't start addressing the dutch here, cuz I care about Japan...

[NordicMe]

@teh1owner

If you cry for every child dying or even every person dying...

You'll be dried up by the end of the week, for with nearly 7 billion people on earth, people die all the time. Off course it's pretty bad for the Japanese, but if any land is able to regain it's strengths and stay alive in the international community. Still though, you can choose not to care for every person on the planet. Doesn't immediately mean you haven't got a soul. Kinda overreacting there dude.

[teh1owner]

@NordicMe

Quite funny you saying that I am overreacting. Of course you shouldn't cry for every child that dies in the world. That was a stupid statement to make in the first place.

However, just bluntly going on the internet and saying that you don't care for thousands of people dying ... that's a whole different story.

What story you ask? Well, the story of an ignorant person wanting to prove their superiority by being a plain douche.

[NordicMe]

@teh1owner

I'm not gonna discuss with you by personal attack. That'd be pointless. We have different opions that I accept. (Don't know about you, since I don't know you) Point is, that you were the first to generalise, by impying that pleite is a racist for not caring. He's ignorant, arrogant and a douche. For not caring and admitting he doesn't, and actually feels BAD about that! He could be a whale lover, that'd be a reasonable acquisation. Why so angry? Did you lost people there?

[teh1owner]

@NordicMe

''and actually feels BAD about that!''. Where in God's name did you read that? The most remorseful thing he said was that it was ''pretty bad for them''.

Adding ''i'm sorry'' after just saying he doesn't give a flying f'*** about people dying doesn't seem very sincere to me.

And him/her saying ''because of ww2 and whale wars, my friend'' to justify not caring about the Japanese is the equivalent of an American that keeps spamming ''9/11, kill all muslims''.

[76oudorper76]

@teh1owner i know im turkish and i live in the netherlands, there is too much discrimination and dont care about us, but we turkish people really care about japan

[teh1owner]

@76oudorper76

I can relate to that. I am very familiar myself about the dutch mentality. Seems to be quite horrible living amongst them if you're not one of them.

[76oudorper76]

@teh1owner it is horrible yes

[bombingdude]

@76oudorper76 dat valt toch ook nog wel mee? ik bedoel er zijn groepen die discrimineren, maar dat is nog geen 15% van de nederlandse bevolking :'D

[76oudorper76]

@bombingdude o nee??

veel stemmen gingen naar wilderrs volgens mij :)

[bombingdude]

@76oudorper76 mensen die wilders stemmen zijn natuurlijk niet automatisch racistisch hea, maar ik vind het ook belachelijk dat er niet gewoon samengeleefd kan worden hier in Nederland.

maar je hebt wel gelijk, wilders is een racist, maar niet alles wat hij in de politiek wil bereiken is dat ook.

ik heb ook niet op hem gestemd, ben meer een SP man :'D

[76oudorper76]

@bombingdude klopt

[9044904]

@bombingdude linkse rat :)

[pleite567]

@teh1owner What a shane;)

[BeginningDrawer]

I bet this will make a wave of interest :3

[cheng164]

jacinto!!

[nsG0]

does this stop them from hunting whales? if not, gtfo

[Diepzeetegel]

woman: "we ARE on an island" haha

[Strijthagen]

0:41 "i dont wanna die?"

[markistof]

It's called liquefaction

[PHeMoX]

Technically islands don't usually float and therefore won't move like a floating rack indeed.

I seriously doubt the streets were moving in the sense the reporter assumes here though. Looks like pure up and down movement of the upper ground layers only and not the entire ground.

Otherwise you'd see some massive ground sinkage for sure.

[NoxitOfficial]

1:12 "we are actually"  xD

[brandmannetje]

hmmm toilet water comming up

[s1002546]

So ur trying to tell me that the whole street is covered with shit and pee and puke and people are walking on the street??? :D :D :D

[rramerongen]

hahahah that women at the end 'dude, we ARE on an island'

[DutchTomas]

moving like an island......since when Japan aint an island anymore D:

[SuperDaxos]

@DutchTomas hahahahah smart quess xD

[murukan28]

Do you mean like a flooating rack? Island don´t move, and yes Japan is an Island! 

[Brulluhman]

Now try to do the moonwalk.

[vit0r1979]

damn, looks like the ground is alive!!

[thommelorus]

@vit0r1979 In a way it is.

[stardustbin]

Idiot, you seem to be enjoying it.

[myusernameisluc]

@stardustbin

Why does that make him an idiot?

[KrimReefa]

Dude I have to warn you and many other, parts of Japan have been LIQUEFIED This means beneath your feet what was solid ( rocks dirt etc ) has now turned to to mush, water is going into the ground below you and in turn your whole land mass is moving side to side.

Man with you filming it in motion confirms what is going on.

Id get the hell out of there man, you are walking on floating land !!!

Tell other please !!!

[cuddlymaverick]

wikipedia: soil liquefaction

[megapaulie]

islands don't move like that..

[ILuvDirtyElectro]

@megapaulie islands dont move at all -.-'

[isisrufus]

@megapaulie no and how u would sat this is fake..

[macylapy]

Prayers out to all

[crazyhillbillies]

is that sewage water?