[AmericanInTokyo]

runway at Akita Airport has been checked and cleared. no cracks.....

[AmericanInTokyo]

These numbers reflect the JAPANESE earthquake scale, which is not "magnitude based".

You can see the effected areas, though.

And now, the first report of DEATH has now been announced. Somebody ran out of their home in panic and was hit by a car and expired on the scene.

I would expect a number of deaths up there, the average age in some of these towns and village might be 75 or 80!