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Comment by goginko | Hacker News Reader

This was my first real earthquake since moving to Kyushu. After it stopped I looked it up, and the first place to post the epicenter and shindo was NERV's twitter...which is named after the org from the anime and has an anime screenshot as its banner (https://x.com/EN_NERV). Apparently it's a real disaster information service, though.

It's been mentioned before but maybe interesting to some (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38835419).

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It started as a Twitter account during the Tohoku 2011 earthquake, and then subsequently became a “real” service; the IP owners for the Eva agreed to let them use it going forward.

I really love hearing/learning about this! Imagine "The Mickey Mouse Earthquake Alarm" vs. "Yeah, NERV-Alerts, nbd..."

I never watched much anime, but an old college roommate put me through Neon Genesis Evangelion and it holds a special place in my heart. :-)

You can keep an eye on this english tracker in the browser too https://earthquakesjapan.com

The Nerv app is quite good. It usually gives real-time alerts faster than the official sources.

You can even have the weird experience of being notified of an earthquake, watching the shockwave move outward from the epicenter, and feeling it as it passes.

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Somewhat unrelated but how did you find the process of moving to Japan (assuming you emigrated there)

You might get more helpful responses if you ask a more specific question.

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