Tokyo told to prepare for massive earthquake

New York Post ^ | Sept 1, 2011 | Newscore

[CharlotteVRWC]

TOKYO - Japanese scientists were warning Thursday that Tokyo could soon be hit by a massive earthquake, following a surge in seismic activity.

Seismologists at the University of Tokyo detected a huge increase in the number of small quakes in the tectonic plates below the capital.

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[forgotten man]

Here comes another excuse for 0bama.

[Da Coyote]

Why Tokyo?

Why not Tehran?

Why not Mecca?

[dragnet2]

Japan is becoming like Godzilla movie.

I wish them the best of luck.

[Admin Moderator]

This isn’t Activism.

[Pharmboy]

Sheesh...those folks have had enough. Redirect this elsewhere, please...

[Beowulf9]

http://www.livescience.com/15919-japan-typhoon-talas-deadly.html

Japan just got over this typhoon, worst in 7 years, they are having a hell of a time.

[gaijin]

This sounds....very bad.

But earthquake prediction is super IFFY.

My bet is that nothing happens.

[Beowulf9]

and straight across from Japan is California.

[woofie]

Can some of the islands get larger or sink?

[RichInOC]

Earth’s fault.

[hinckley buzzard]

Exactly my reaction at the headline. LOL!

[Keith in Iowa]

ping

[ETL]

"The islands of Japan are primarily the result of several large oceanic movements occurring over hundreds of millions of years from the mid-Silurian to the Pleistocene as a result of the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the continental Amurian Plate and Okinawa Plate to the south, and subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate to the north.

Japan was originally attached to the eastern coast of the Eurasian continent. The subducting plates, being deeper than the Eurasian plate, pulled Japan eastward, opening the Sea of Japan around 15 million years ago.[1] The Strait of Tartary and the Korea Strait opened much later.

Japan is situated in a volcanic zone on the Pacific Ring of Fire. Frequent low intensity earth tremors and occasional volcanic activity are felt throughout the islands. Destructive earthquakes, often resulting in tsunamis, occur several times a century. The most recent major quakes include the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the 2004 Chūetsu earthquake and the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995. Hot springs are numerous and have been developed as resorts."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_Japan

[StolarStorm]

I wish we could relocate the Japanese here. Our economy would boom due to that surge in immigrants who don’t accept welfare, work hard, and are smart and educated.

[hinckley buzzard]

Really. After last March this "big one" would be a kill shot on Japan. The people there don't need this sh*t.

[Flag_This]

Have they checked any satellite imagery for an increased infrared signature over Tokyo?

[Victor]

"...I wish we could relocate the Japanese here. Our economy would boom due to that surge in immigrants who don’t accept welfare, work hard, and are smart and educated....."

And their women are very pretty.....

[al baby]

You mean like Guam ?

[max americana]

>I wish we could relocate the Japanese here. Our economy would boom due to that surge in immigrants who don’t accept welfare, work hard, and are smart and educated.<

As someone who is a member of fansubber group for raw Japanese anime and manga coming from Tokyo, I agree to some degree....the latest rape dojinshi that we got raw are far sicker than previous years.