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Japan - 5.9 Magnitude earthquake south of Tokyo
USGS.gov ^ | January 15, 2007

Posted on 1/15/2007, 6:51:25 PM by HAL9000



TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; godzilla; honshu; japan; shizuoka; tokyo
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1 posted on 1/15/2007, 6:51:28 PM by HAL9000
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To: HAL9000

Not good.


2 posted on 1/15/2007, 6:54:16 PM by struggle ((The struggle continues))
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To: struggle
Earthquake Shakes Tokyo Buildings

Updated: 18:28, Monday January 15, 2007

An earthquake has shaken buildings in Tokyo, it is reported.

More follows . . .

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1247506,00.html

3 posted on 1/15/2007, 6:56:08 PM by maquiladora
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To: struggle

4 posted on 1/15/2007, 6:57:22 PM by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: JRios1968; SevenofNine

5 posted on 1/15/2007, 6:58:37 PM by monkapotamus
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To: struggle

That's not too big for a country that is prepared for earthquakes. Japan is prepared for earthquakes just like our country.

You only have problems with earthquakes that size in countries that don't have earthquake codes.

It's when they get above 7 that you need to worry in developed countries.


6 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:01:19 PM by luckystarmom
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To: struggle

That big quake last weekend probably set the whole region in motion.


7 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:01:40 PM by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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To: HAL9000

After shock.


8 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:06:03 PM by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: HAL9000

Isn't less than six pretty much a yawner?


9 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:07:06 PM by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
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Isn't less than six pretty much a yawner?

Depends on how shallow/deep. A five close to the surface could be devastating.

10 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:09:04 PM by paulat
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"I did not know that" I thought it was simply measuring the severity and length of time of shaking on the surface.


11 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:12:12 PM by RobRoy (Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
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To: HAL9000

Tokyo??


12 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:14:45 PM by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: HAL9000

Didn't they have another big quake further north?


13 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:16:46 PM by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: JRios1968

Not Thailand?


14 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:19:40 PM by Constantine XIII
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To: Constantine XIII

Seriesly!


15 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:20:22 PM by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: luckystarmom
Japan is prepared for earthquakes just like our country.

In the late 80's, while living in Tokyo, I experienced an earthquake that registered 6.5. Everything shook like mad for about 30 seconds. The trains were all running again within an hour and very little damage was reported.

16 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:23:54 PM by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: July 4th

CA is overdue for a big shaker.


17 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:35:11 PM by staytrue
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To: HAL9000
Japan: Huge rock below earth's crust may have caused catastrophe millions of years ago
18 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:37:46 PM by blam
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To: RobRoy
"I did not know that" I thought it was simply measuring the severity and length of time of shaking on the surface.

I was in San Francisco in 1989. If the quake had been shallower, the entire Marina District (right by the Golden Gate Bridge) would have disappeared, because it's built on landfill. The landfill would have liquified.

Think about cake batter. You pour it into a pan and thunk it to get rid of bubbles, the top surface barely moves.

If you swirl the pan around...the movement is shallower and the top can slop over the top.

Would appreciate a better analogy from anyone else!!!

19 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:42:39 PM by paulat
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To: monkapotamus; maikeru; Dr. Marten; Eric in the Ozarks; Al Gator; snowsislander; sushiman; ...
Great Gojira photoshop!

Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

20 posted on 1/15/2007, 7:48:56 PM by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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