[Dianna]

Magnitude revised to 7.2 I know Japan has reasonable building codes for earthquakes... is this likely to be a major disaster? That's an awful big quake.

[Strategerist]

is this likely to be a major disaster? That's an awful big quake.

It was 50 miles offshore and 30 miles deep; it would be a major disaster directly under a city, but isn't at those distances.