This doesn't look good....maybe not as bad as it sounds---now being upgraded to 7.6 by some sources
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wir ... n-20683990
Japan gets hit with a 7.3 earthquake
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DeE
Re: Japan gets hit with a 7.3 earthquake
"Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a 1-meter (3-foot) tsunami warning for a long stretch of Japan's northeastern coast. It put the magnitude of the quake at 7.1. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not post warnings for the rest of the Pacific.
There were no immediate reports of damage on land. Japanese television images of harbors showed calm waters."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/2 ... 64181.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/25 ... its-japan/
There were no immediate reports of damage on land. Japanese television images of harbors showed calm waters."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/2 ... 64181.html
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/10/25 ... its-japan/
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DeE
Re: Japan gets hit with a 7.3 earthquake
Apparently the Japan government has given an all clear----if you believe the government & Tokyo Electric Power Co.
" There were no reports of damage or serious injuries from the quake, which the agency said was an aftershock of the deadly March 2011 disaster that killed 19,000 and devastated one of the Fukushima nuclear plants.
The epicenter of the 2:10 a.m. quake was located 231 miles east of Japan's Honshu Island at a depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The tremor was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.
The USGS, which initially reported the quake at a magnitude of 7.3, later downgraded it to 7.1. The meteorological agency revised its initial estimate from magnitude 7.1 to 6.8.
"No irregularities were reported at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, about 160 miles northeast of Tokyo, which was damaged by a tsunami triggered by the 2011 quake off the Japanese coast. As a precaution, plant workers evacuated the waterfront, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
The 2011 disaster caused multiple meltdowns and massive radiation leaks at the facility, and all but two of Japan's 50 reactors have been offline since then.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... n/3189061/
" There were no reports of damage or serious injuries from the quake, which the agency said was an aftershock of the deadly March 2011 disaster that killed 19,000 and devastated one of the Fukushima nuclear plants.
The epicenter of the 2:10 a.m. quake was located 231 miles east of Japan's Honshu Island at a depth of 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Service. The tremor was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.
The USGS, which initially reported the quake at a magnitude of 7.3, later downgraded it to 7.1. The meteorological agency revised its initial estimate from magnitude 7.1 to 6.8.
"No irregularities were reported at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, about 160 miles northeast of Tokyo, which was damaged by a tsunami triggered by the 2011 quake off the Japanese coast. As a precaution, plant workers evacuated the waterfront, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said.
The 2011 disaster caused multiple meltdowns and massive radiation leaks at the facility, and all but two of Japan's 50 reactors have been offline since then.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/worl ... n/3189061/