7.3 earthquake (revised to 6.8) off the coast of Fukushima, 1-meter tsunami expected

[BluegrassStateBlues]

Breaking News @BreakingNews
Magnitude 7.3 earthquake reported off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; tsunami advisory issued - @weatherchannel

Breaking News @BreakingNews
Update: Authorities expecting a 1-meter tsunami by 1:40 p.m. ET after earthquake off coast of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan - @weatherchannel

[uponit7771]

1. not what they need right now

[BluegrassStateBlues]

4. It gets worse...

Hiroko Tabuchi @HirokoTabuchi

NHK: Tepco has ordered evacuation of workers from near its sea wall at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

[Skink]

2. ls that tidal wave glowing

[kydo]

3. More info

Event Time
2013-10-25 17:10:16 UTC
2013-10-26 03:10:16 UTC+10:00 at epicenter
2013-10-25 13:10:16 UTC-04:00 system time


Location

37.194°N 144.663°E depth=10.0km (6.2mi)


Nearby Cities
325km (202mi) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
326km (203mi) E of Namie, Japan
331km (206mi) SE of Ofunato, Japan
333km (207mi) ESE of Yamoto, Japan
475km (295mi) ENE of Tokyo, Japan

http://comcat.cr.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000kn4n#summary

[maddezmom]

5. Oh no

[kydo]

6. Another link

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 has hit near the Fukushima prefecture in Japan, according to USGS.

Japan Meteorological Agency puts the quake's magnitude at 6.8 currently.

Japanese authorities have issued a tsunami advisory for Fukushima Prefecture, expecting a 3-foot tsunami by 1:40pm ET, according to the Weather Channel.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/earthquake-hits-near-fukushima-japan-172839930.html

[Zorra]

7. History of the anti-nuke movement

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_anti-nuclear_movement

Many of us have been trying to shut down nuclear power plants, and the proliferation of nuclear power plants, for decades.

The threat posed by Fukushima is precisely why corporations must be strictly regulated and totally eliminated from having any influence whatsoever over politicians and governments. Corporate power and greed inevitably leads to a deadly threat to every living thing on our planet, and the very structure of our planet herself.

[brooklynite]

8. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center not reporting a threat moving east

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
720 AM HST FRI OCT 25 2013

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0710 AM HST 25 OCT 2013
COORDINATES - 37.2 NORTH 144.6 EAST
LOCATION - OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.5 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

9. Expanded to 5 perfectures.

Breaking News Storm @breakingstorm

Japan tsunami advisory expanded to 5 prefectures after earthquake - @weatherchannel bit.ly/1aqGulC

[theHandpuppet]

10. Exactly what I've been fearing

Will they even have time to remove those rods before another devastating earthquake hits? How could this situation possibly get any worse?

[flamingdem]

11. Yikes! This is terrifying

Imagine if they were midway into removal of the materials in Unit 4.

However this may mean the whole thing will be swamped.

[FBaggins]

14. Then you terrify far too easily.

Roughly 1/100th the quake much farther away... a wave that isn't any higher than the difference between high and low tide (far below the sea wall)... and this is terrifying?

Don't believe all the lies about how precarious a task it is to move almost 3-year old fuel from a pool of water. All the nonsense about fuel bursting into flames (or even exploding) upon contact with air or going critical if dropped... was never remotely possible.

[SidDithers]

12. It's an hour past 1:40 pm ET, any updates?...nt

Sid

[randome]

13. The tsunami was called off when the National Diet refused to lift the debt ceiing.

Isn't it strange how we never expect to hear crap like that from other countries?
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[Th1onein]

15. That's a 3.28 foot tidal wave.

Not big.