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FYI - If anyone is interested, there was two small earthquakes off the coast of Fukushima earlier today. Now the JNN camera feed has been off, since they started working extensively on Reactor #4. Probably just a coincidence. Radiation levels around Fukushima #1 and #2 have not changed much. With the main camera down recommend these two sites to monitor any possible problems with #4 SFP. Keep track of the radiation levels.

Fukushima 1

Fukushima 2

Have actually identified some of these monitoring locations with Google translate. Can also explain the readings if anyone needs the help. Current highest reading equates to basically 1 chest xray exposure every 2 hours (location close to Fukushima 1 plant).

Now getting back to the two small earthquakes off the coast near Fukushima today. The question is, did they cause ground movement at Fukushima #1. Answer - Yes they did. You can see the ground movement on the video archives for the Tepco live camera. Both earthquakes and the video with time location of ground movement are listed below. This is a intuitive way to see the amount of ground motion that the plant experiences.

First Quake.

Magnitude 4.7 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Local time was about 4:10 pm. You can see the resulting ground movement via the camera shaking at the 32 to 33 second mark. Basically archive video is fast forward of 1 hour crammed into 3 minutes of video time. So 30 seconds of video is about 10 minutes of real time.

2012.01.09 16:00-17:00 / Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)

Second Quake.

Magnitude 4.7 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Local time was about 5:50 pm. You can see the resulting ground movement via the camera shaking at the 2:30 to 2:31 minute mark. Basically archive video is fast forward of 1 hour crammed into 3 minutes of video time. So 2:30 minutes of video is about 50 minutes of real time.

2012.01.09 17:00-18:00 / (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)

Note to Japan - Please do not turn off the Tepco live video feed or the updated radiation monitoring in Fukushima.