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Apr 6, 2011 Japan quake moved sea bed 24 metres: coastguard TOKYO - THE seabed near the epicentre of the massive earthquake that rocked Japan last month was shifted 24m by the tremor, the country's coastguard said on Wednesday. Sensors found that one part of the ocean floor had been stretched to a point 24m east-southeast of its position before the 9.0 undersea quake, which triggered a massive tsunami that engulfed large areas of Japan's northeast coast.

Tokyo (CNN) -- A mammoth earthquake and subsequent tsunami may have caused radioactive material to leak from an atomic power plant in northeast Japan, a major electric company said Saturday, according to a news agency report. Citing the Tokyo Electric Power Co., Japan's Kyodo News Agency said that radioactive substances may have seeped out of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors, about 160 miles (260 kilometers) north of Tokyo. Meanwhile, potentially dangerous problems cooling radioactive material appear to have cropped up at another of the Tokyo Electric Power Company's nuclear plants. Kyodo reported Saturday that the power company alerted authorities that...

Radiation Levels Surge Outside Two Nuclear Plants in Japan Published March 11, 2011 | Associated Press TOKYO – Japanese nuclear officials say radiation levels inside a nuclear power plant surged to 1,000 times its normal levels after the cooling system failed. Japan issues state of emergency at another nuclear power plant after cooling system failure. The location of the second plant is unclear

TOKYO – Japan declared states of emergency for five nuclear reactors at two power plants after the units lost cooling ability in the aftermath of Friday's powerful earthquake. Thousands of residents were evacuated as workers struggled to get the reactors under control to prevent meltdowns. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/11/japan-issues-emergency-nuke-plant-leak/#ixzz1GLApKL9w

I have potassium iodide tablets, I thought they were expired but they're good through 4/11 so I'm good. Drudge has a nuclear plants ready to blow in Japan and another ready to blow (who knows?). I have three kids. How are we going to know to use these tablets if we have to? I hope the stupid people in charge don't keep us in the dark until it's too late. What are we to do?