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General Category => World News => Topic started by: EC on October 25, 2013, 05:24:27 pm

Title: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: EC on October 25, 2013, 05:24:27 pm

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BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; Tsunami advisory has been issued - @weatherchannel

Tweets only so far.

Title: Re: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: ABX on October 25, 2013, 05:25:55 pm

Those poor folks keep getting it over and over and over.

Title: Re: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: EC on October 25, 2013, 05:32:58 pm

Yep - they really do keep getting screwed.

https://twitter.com/robertspeta/status/393789672154882049/photo/1

Title: Re: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: EC on October 25, 2013, 05:35:18 pm

Reuters has it now: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-japan-quake-idUSBRE99O0T820131025

(Reuters) - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck 231 miles east of the Japanese island of Honshu on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

A U.S. Pacific tsunami warning center said there was no destructive widespread tsunami threat following the quake.

Title: Re: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: EC on October 25, 2013, 05:36:24 pm

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NEW: "Yellow" warning of 1-meter tsunami issued for Fukushima region, due to hit coast in 10 minutes: Japanese weather agency - @Reuters

Title: Re: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Post by: Atomic Cow on October 25, 2013, 11:23:27 pm

Turned out to be all hype.  The tsunamis were about a foot high and little if any damage has been reported.

The media was just salivating at being able to run more anti-nuke stories.