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Another Earthquake Affects Japan

04/07/2011 10:58 AM

There's been another earthquake in Japan, reports of magnitude 7.4 or 7.5 are coming in. Another tsunami warning has been issued. This is the only Internet report I could find.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002ksa.php

Does anyone have any other info?
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Re: Another Earthquake Affects Japan

04/07/2011 11:10 AM

This is a developing story, but it is substantially lower in magnitude than the last one (7.4 vs. 9.0), but it is a shallower quake (about 25 miles deep) off the east coast, which can be more destructive than a deeper earthquake.

This is the strongest aftershock following the 9.0 quake.
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04/07/2011 11:36 AM

Admin just posted this under 'Today's News', which confirms the shallowness of the quake:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42473172/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

and apparently the USGS just 'downgraded' the magnitude to 7.1.
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04/07/2011 11:54 AM

yeah, everyone is on edge right now, so the rumble of a cement truck is sure to jitter some nerves.

Also, the media just loves a crises and tends to blow things a little out of proportion.
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Re: Another Earthquake Affects Japan

04/07/2011 11:15 AM

The news is out there, but no more info than what you found.

This is very bad.

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04/07/2011 12:09 PM

Tsunami warning was just lifted.

This has been the Huntley-Brinkley Report.
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04/07/2011 12:20 PM

Huntley-Brinkley??

Wow, my mental picture of you just aged about 25 years.

/They were a great team. I preferred them to Uncle Walter and 'voice of god' Eric Severeid.

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04/07/2011 12:31 PM

OK, then picture a 26-year old interested in the history of broadcast journalism.
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04/07/2011 3:53 PM

"Good answer".

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04/07/2011 4:29 PM

Yeah, but why then did it get an Off-Topic rating? ;-)
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04/07/2011 8:11 PM

I'm guessing Sue off-topic'd herself.

(That's legal now in most states.)

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04/07/2011 8:25 PM

I meant that as a joke. ;-)
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Re: Another Earthquake Affects Japan

04/08/2011 2:00 AM

I've been watching this Japanese TV feed NHK which seems pretty good.

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