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Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« on: December 08, 2025, 02:06:11 pm »
Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
By Kantaro Komiya and Mariko Katsumura
December 8, 20251:10 PM EST

    * Tsunami warnings issued, later downgraded to advisories
    * No irregularities at nuclear plants, but power outages reported
    * Yen weakens against major currencies after quake news

TOKYO, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan late on Monday, prompting orders for about 90,000 residents to evacuate and tsunami warnings that hours later were downgraded to advisories.
The Japan Meteorological Agency initially said a tsunami as high as 3 metres (10 feet) could hit Japan's northeastern coast after the earthquake struck off the coast at 11:15 p.m. (1415 GMT).

Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20 to 70 cm (7 to 27 inches) high were observed at several ports, JMA said.  ...

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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2025, 02:06:33 pm »
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2025, 02:21:32 pm »
The earth farts and everyone loses their minds!
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2025, 03:37:08 pm »
The quake was off the coast of Aomori Prefecture, which is the northern tip of Honshu. The nearest significant city was Hachinohe, ~40 miles SE of Aomori. For the sake of comparison, this quake was around 7X the energy of the 1989 Loma Prieta quake that was centered near Santa Cruz and did damage in SF and Oakland. Depending on local geography, the quake was probably felt at least from Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido south to Sendai on Honshu.

Some people in that area probably lost something more odoriferous than their minds. A 7.5 at New Madrid might be felt as far east as parts of the US East Coast and as far north as Chicago or into Canada.
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2025, 03:41:12 pm »
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2025, 07:51:41 pm »
I think that is 3 quakes I've read about just recently.  :shrug: *bouche*
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2025, 08:32:02 pm »
Japan experiences hundreds of earthquakes a day, though most are not felt. California is a bit less seismically active but it still experience a couple hundred a day. Again, most are not felt.
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2025, 09:06:50 pm »
Quote from: PeteS in CA on December 08, 2025, 08:32:02 pm
Japan experiences hundreds of earthquakes a day, though most are not felt. California is a bit less seismically active but it still experience a couple hundred a day. Again, most are not felt.

When the big one comes it will make Arizona great.
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Re: Powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan's northeast
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2025, 09:51:39 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on December 08, 2025, 09:06:50 pm
When the big one comes it will make Arizona great.
@Cyber Liberty will have some nice oceanfront property.
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Quote from: mountaineer on December 08, 2025, 09:51:39 pm
@Cyber Liberty will have some nice oceanfront property.

He won't need his moat.
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