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Japan - 5.9 Magnitude earthquake south of Tokyo
USGS.gov ^
| January 15, 2007
Posted on 01/15/2007 10:51:25 AM PST by HAL9000
TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; godzilla; honshu; japan; shizuoka; tokyo
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posted on
01/15/2007 10:51:28 AM PST
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HAL9000
To: HAL9000
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posted on
01/15/2007 10:54:16 AM PST
by
struggle
((The struggle continues))
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
To: struggle
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posted on
01/15/2007 10:57:22 AM PST
by
JRios1968
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To: JRios1968; SevenofNine
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.
To: struggle
That big quake last weekend probably set the whole region in motion.
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:01:40 AM PST
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Isn't less than six pretty much a yawner?
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:07:06 AM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
To: RobRoy
Isn't less than six pretty much a yawner? Depends on how shallow/deep. A five close to the surface could be devastating.
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:09:04 AM PST
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paulat
To: paulat
"I did not know that" I thought it was simply measuring the severity and length of time of shaking on the surface.
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:12:12 AM PST
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:14:45 AM PST
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JRios1968
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To: HAL9000
Didn't they have another big quake further north?
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:16:46 AM PST
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: JRios1968
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:20:22 AM PST
by
JRios1968
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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.
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:23:54 AM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: July 4th
CA is overdue for a big shaker.
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:35:11 AM PST
by
staytrue
To: HAL9000
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:37:46 AM PST
by
blam
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!!!
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:42:39 AM PST
by
paulat
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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)
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posted on
01/15/2007 11:48:56 AM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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