7.8 Japan earthquake: Tremors felt across nation

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7.8 Japan earthquake: Tremors felt across nation

A powerful undersea earthquake south of Japan has shaken buildings in Tokyo and been felt across the country.
The US Geological Survey said the 7.8-magnitude earthquake was centred 874km (543 miles) from the Japanese capital, at a depth of more than 660km.

The earthquake struck at 18:30 local time (11:30 GMT). Buildings in the capital swayed for almost a minute as the quake built in intensity.

There are no reports of serious damage. No tsunami alert was issued.

However, Tokyo's fire department has received calls about people suffering injuries as a result of falls, broadcaster NHK said.

Reuters reports that services on the Shinkansen high speed train line between Tokyo and Osaka were briefly halted by a power cuts.

Some trains in Tokyo also stopped for safety checks, causing crowds of commuters to form around some of the city's busier stations.

Michiko Orita, a resident of the island of Hahajima, near the epicentre, told NHK: "It shook violently. Our Buddhist altar swayed sideways wildly.

"I have not experienced anything like that, so it was so frightening."

Naoki Hirata, of the University of Tokyo's earthquake research centre, said: "This was a very big quake... the shaking was felt over a broad area... fortunately, because it was deep, there is little danger of a tsunami."

Japan is one of the world's most seismically active nations.

In March 2011, a massive 9.0 magnitude quake started a tsunami that left nearly 20,000 people dead in north-eastern Japan and caused nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

source: Japan earthquake: Tremors felt across nation - BBC News

 

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How long before did the one near Alaska go off? (if that was the 1st the waves should go south along the rift as well as to the west. So far Chili is how far you have to go to find a visible open vent. However there is that area off Oregon that is pumping up warm water from below, . . . a lot of warm water.

 

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How long before did the one near Alaska go off? (if that was the 1st the waves should go south along the rift as well as to the west. So far Chili is how far you have to go to find a visible open vent. However there is that area off Oregon that is pumping up warm water from below, . . . a lot of warm water.

What, now you're a seismologist now? First you played a know-it-all about Oil and Gas and got pwned by Petros.

 

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Which part was that, fracking shale for gas or fracking pipe in a straight hole in an oil producing well. Look up Cold Lake or production methods that need heat. Ones needing only pressure get fed NG and when the liquids are gone the gas is extracted and used. That the sort of 'owned' you are talking about?

I look things up rather than imigineer them, take you pick or go as you dearest combine pilot.

 

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You mad? :lol:

 

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No, . . . determined to wipe that smile off your (avatar's) face, . . . yes. Watch the longer one. 5:00 for the shorter one.

 

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No, . . . determined to wipe that smile off your (avatar's) face, . . . yes. Watch the longer one.

No thanks.. have better things to do with my time this morning..

 

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Run along then because our path only has one track available.

 

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Run along then because our path only has one track available.

 

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Tsunami warning issued after quake off Fukushima in Japan
Ken Moritsugu, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Monday, November 21, 2016 04:29 PM EST | Updated: Monday, November 21, 2016 11:16 PM EST
TOKYO — Coastal residents fled to higher ground as a powerful earthquake sent a series of moderate tsunamis toward Japan’s northeastern shore Tuesday and fueled concerns about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a much larger tsunami five year ago.
Lines of cars snaked away from the coast in the pre-dawn hours after authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged residents to seek higher ground immediately. The warning was lifted nearly four hours later.
The magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in the same region that was devastated by a tsunami in 2011, killing some 18,000 people.
There were reports of minor injuries and damage, Japanese broadcaster NHK said. The earthquake shook buildings in Tokyo, 240 kilometres (150 miles) southwest of the epicenter.
NHK also showed one person’s video of water rushing up a river or canal, but well within the height of the embankment. It was eerily reminiscent of the 2011 disaster, when much larger tsunamis rushed up rivers and overflowed, wiping away entire neighbourhoods.
On Tuesday, tsunami waves were recorded along the coast. The highest one was 1.4 metres (4.6 feet) in Sendai Bay. A tsunami advisory for waves of up to 1 metre (3 feet) remained in effect along the coast.
The operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant said there were no abnormalities observed at the plant, though a swelling of the tide of up to 1 metre was detected offshore.
The plant was swamped by the 2011 tsunami, sending three reactors into meltdown and leaking radiation into the surrounding area. The plant is being decommissioned but the situation remains serious as the utility figures out how to remove still-radioactive fuel rods and debris and what to do with the melted reactor cores.
Plant operator TEPCO said a pump that supplies cooling water to a spent fuel pool at the nearby Fukushima Dai-ni plant stopped working, but that a backup pump had been launched to restore cooling water to the pool. Both plants are run by Tokyo-based TEPCO.
Naohiro Masuda, head of TEPCO’s decommissioning unit, said he believes that the pump was shut off automatically by a safety system as the water in the pool shook.
He said decommissioning work at the destroyed Dai-ichi plant had been temporarily suspended because of the earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey measured the magnitude at 6.9.
Tsunami warning issued after quake off Fukushima in Japan | World | News | Toron

 

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Powerful Japan quake and tsunami bring back memories of 2011
Ken Moritsugu, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
First posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 09:56 AM EST | Updated: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 10:05 AM EST
TOKYO — At first, it was 2011 all over again.
“It really came back. And it was so awful. The sways to the side were huge,” Kazuhiro Onuki said after northeastern Japan was jolted Tuesday by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake, the strongest since a devastating quake and tsunami five years ago.
“But nothing fell from the shelves,” Onuki, 68, said in a phone interview, his voice calm and quiet.
Coastal residents returned home from higher ground, and fishing boats to port, after tsunami warnings were lifted along Japan’s Pacific coast. The earthquake gave Tokyo — 240 kilometres (150 miles) away — a good shake, but was much less powerful than the magnitude-9.0 quake in 2011, and only moderate tsunami waves reached shore.
The Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which leaked radiation for kilometres (miles) after the 2011 tsunami, reported no abnormalities. Decommissioning work on the destroyed reactors was suspended and the site inspected.
At least 14 people were reported injured, three with broken bones, and Japanese TV showed items scattered on the floor in a store and books fallen from shelves in a library.
On the coast, lines of cars snaked away in the pre-dawn darkness after authorities urged residents to seek higher ground immediately.
The first tsunami waves hit about an hour later. The highest one, at 1.4 metres (4.6 feet), reached Sendai Bay about two hours after the quake. By comparison, the waves in 2011 were 10 to 20 metres (30 to 60 feet) high.
The evacuation appeared to proceed calmly. Katushiro Abe, a 47-year-old tourism official in Ishinomaki, a city hit hard by the 2011 tsunami, was on the early shift and already in the office, but his wife and teenage daughter fled their home.
He said his family jumped in a car and drove to the foot of a nearby hill and rushed up.
Tsunami alerts have been issued at least two times since 2011, he said, so his family was prepared and wasn’t that alarmed. “We stayed in touch by email,” he said.
It was the largest earthquake in northeastern Japan since the one in 2011 and some large aftershocks the same day. The U.S. Geological Survey measured Tuesday’s quake at a lower magnitude 6.9.
The Japan Meteorological Agency described it as an aftershock of the 2011 quake, which triggered a tsunami that killed about 18,000 people and wiped out entire neighbourhoods.
“Aftershocks could continue not only for five years but as long as 100 years,” Yasuhiro Umeda, a Kyoto University seismologist, said on Japanese broadcaster NTV.
In some areas, water could be seen moving up rivers, which funnel the waves to even greater heights, but remained well within flood embankments. It was eerily reminiscent of the 2011 disaster, when much larger waves rushed up rivers and overflowed, sweeping away houses and automobiles.
Captains took their boats out to sea to avoid any damage as the waves rolled in.
“When I evacuated offshore, I experienced unusual waves,” crew leader Hideo Ohira said after returning to Onahama port. “But they were not that big.”
TEPCO, the utility that operates the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, said a swelling of the tide of up to 1 metre (3 feet) was detected offshore.
The plant is being decommissioned after the 2011 tsunami sent three of its reactors into meltdown, but the site remains at risk as the utility figures out how to remove still-radioactive fuel rods and debris and what to do with the melted reactor cores.
At the nearby Fukushima Dai-ni plant, TEPCO said a pump that supplies cooling water to a spent fuel pool stopped working, but a backup pump was employed after about 90 minutes, and the temperature rose less than one degree.
Naohiro Masuda, head of TEPCO’s decommissioning unit, said he believes a safety system shut off the pump automatically as the water in the pool shook.
Onuki, the man who recalled the 2011 quake, has not been able to return to his home in Tomioka since then. The town remains a no-go zone because of radioactive contamination. He was staying at what he calls one of his temporary homes on Tuesday.
“I felt again that we should not have nuclear power,” he said.
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Associated Press writers Yuri Kageyama and Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo and Koji Ueda in Onahama, Japan, contributed to this story.
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