Posted on 04/20/2026 5:50:46 AM PDT by Drago
Tokyo — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern Japanese coast Monday, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) to issue a tsunami alert for a wide section of coastline, though waves of only about three feet were observed and the emergency appeared to be easing.
The quake registered a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 but was later upgraded to 7.7. It occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. (2:53 a.m. Eastern on Sunday), at a depth of about 6 miles below the sea surface, the agency said....
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Hopefully, there is not a nuclear power plant there
*Not a nuclear power plant below the Line Of Sorrow.
My search missed this earlier post/thread by Az Joe:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4375665/posts
22 miles down.
No Tsunami.
Japan Meteorological Agency just issued a rare warning for a potential mega-quake for two of the deep trench faults that run along the east coast of Honshu. They think this 7.7M quake might be a foreshock for a really big one.
That’s pretty scary.
We’ve had increased activity off rhe Oregon/CA/BC Coast and inland to Idaho. There is a normal pattern in this area, but it has increased.
Yes Tsunami. 2.6’
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