Major quake strikes northeastern Japan

[Viva_La_Revolution]

Source: msnbc

TOKYO — A major earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off northeastern Japan early Sunday, triggering a tsunami alert and the evacuation of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.

The U.S. Geological Service said the quake measured 7.0 magnitude. Japanese measurements put it at 7.1.

The quake's epicenter was 130 miles east of Sendai, a city hard-hit by the huge quake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan in March. The depth was about 20 miles.


Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43699676/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

[robinlynne]

1. shit. shit. shit. too much suffering.

[kestrel91316]

2. Aftershock. Expect several more this size in the coming years.

[defendandprotect]

14. There have been more than 350 aftershocks after original 9.0 quake --

some aftershocks still as high as 7 and 8 --

Five or six years ago, the Mayor of Fukushima wanted to shut down the nuclear

reactors in that town --

How fortunte we would have all been had that happened --

Here's the story ....


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=125x309897



PS: There was also an earthquake off of New Zealand the other day -- didn't see anything

here on it --

[robdogbucky]

16. I posted about the 7.6 defend, but look at the responses I got:

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1437465


I just got in from a day on the road and read about this one for the first time now.

I will check the Japanese media sites I rely on and get back to this thread if there is any pertinent news.

Some here have it all figured out.




Tick tock

[defendandprotect]

32. Kicked it -- and thanks for trying to keep DU informed --

Obviously, it was immediately jumped on by a few here who don't want

Global Warming -- and especially the earthquakes -- discussed.


Also, we've lost a lot of good posters here at DU who keep it up to the second --

now I find I have to add posts frequently.

[robdogbucky]

17. Here ya go, tsunami alert lifted. Whew!

Tsunami advisories lifted at 11:45

The Meteorological Agency lifted tsunami advisories for coastal regions of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures before noon.

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit northeastern Japan on Sunday morning. Tremors felt at around 9:57 AM had an intensity of 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 0 to 7. Tsunami advisories were issued for the areas at 10AM.

The agency observed 10 centimeter waves at Ofunato port in Iwate Prefecture and Soma port in Fukushima Prefecture. But after that, it observed no major tsunami and lifted the advisories at 11:45 AM.

The agency says the quake had a focus off the coast of Sanriku, at a depth of 34 kilometers. It originally estimated the magnitude at 7.1, but later upgraded it to 7.3. Local police and fire departments report no major damage as a result of the earthquake.

Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:14 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_17.html




TEPCO: Quake caused no problems at nuclear plants

Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has found no problems with its Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants as a result of Sunday's quake.

TEPCO says it ordered Daiichi plant workers to move away from coastal areas to higher ground after tsunami advisories were issued for the Fukushima coast. It also stopped moving low-level contaminated water from the plant to a giant steel storage barge.

The company confirms the safety of all the workers.

TEPCO says the work to inject cooling water into the reactors is proceeding as usual. It adds that no problem was found with external power supply. As for radiation readings, the company says no changes were detected at monitoring posts around the 2 plants...

Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:51 +0900 (JST)

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_16.html



M7.3 earthquake jolts northeastern Japan


TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Areas in northeastern Japan hard hit by the March 11 mega earthquake and ensuing tsunami were jolted again Sunday morning by a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 9:57 a.m. quake, which registered 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in 11 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures including the city of Morioka in Iwate.

The agency initially put the quake's magnitude at 7.1 but later revised it to 7.3. A warning for a tsunami of up to 50 centimeters was issued for Pacific coastal areas of the three prefectures immediately after the quake, but was lifted at 11:45 a.m.

Ten-cm tsunamis were observed at Ofunato port in Iwate at 10:44 a.m. and at Soma port in Fukushima at 11:11 a.m., the agency said, adding that another 10-cm tsunami reached Ofunato port at 11:20 a.m...

(Mainichi Japan) July 10, 2011

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110710p2a00m0na001000c.html



10cm tsunami reaches Japan after quake

Updated 3 hours 16 minutes ago

A small tsunami reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan today after a strong earthquake hit the region heavily damaged by the March quake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The port town of Ofunato in the Iwate prefecture saw a 10-centimetre tsunami, the agency said.

The agency had issued a tsunami advisory for Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the main island of Honshu at 09:57am (10:57pm AEST). The alert has since been lifted.

No damage has been reported from the tsunami and quake.

Television footage of the port in Ofunato did not show any visible sign of the tsunami, with the water surface seemingly calm and flat...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/07/10/3265745.htm

[WhiteTara]

31. Thanks for the update. msm has nothing of course.

If it weren't for DU, so much information would be lost in the world.
Thanks!

[defendandprotect]

33. Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake

Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The port towns of Soma and Ofunato saw 10-centimetre (four-inch) tsunami waves triggered by the 7.3-magnitude earthquake that struck off the main island of Honshu at 9:57 am (0057 GMT), the agency said.

No damage has been reported from the tsunami and quake, which was strong enough to sway skyscrapers in Tokyo, some 400 kilometres from the epicentre.

The Japanese agency and the US Geological Survey originally estimated the quake's magnitude at 7.1, hitting the same general area as the 9.0-magnitude quake of March 11 which triggered a massive tsunami.

http://news.yahoo.com/japan-lifts-tsunami-advisory-033258747.html


This is also interesting --

Japan upgraded the quake to a 7.3 --

and the US AGency "revised" it to a 7.0 --

[Art_from_Ark]

18. It wasn't the *mayor* of Fukushima

It was the *governor* of Fukushima

It's like saying "Mayor Cuomo of New York".

[defendandprotect]

34. "MAYOR" of Fukushima is what he is called --

but evidently neither the power of the Mayor was insufficient to hold back

the insanities of the nuke industry or capitalism -- nor W Bush politics based

on all of that.

A dollar bill is valueless -- but it does shift power -- and it corrupts.

We need to think about that and STOP judging everything by the yardstick of a

dollar bill --

You can't plant it -- you can't eat it --

It will never show you a sunset --

[uppityperson]

37. fwiw, did you know Art lives in Japan?

[defendandprotect]

38. How would I know that when his username says "Ark"? Meanwhile...

I get what he was trying to say I think in the sense of the power the "Mayor"

may have had -- but they still called him "Mayor" --

Where is Art in Japan?

[uppityperson]

41. He's posted a bunch after the earthquake/tsunami/nuke crap.

We learn about each other when things happen that directly affect them, I find this interesting, didn't know he was there either until recently.

[Art_from_Ark]

44. If you checked my profile

you would see that I am in Japan.

[Art_from_Ark]

42. No, not mayor-- governor

You are thinking about Eisaku Sato, the former *governor* of Fukushima *Prefecture* (="state", not "city") who was against nuclear power and was removed from office.

http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/2275

[defendandprotect]

39. Where are you in Japan if I may ask?

And what are the Japanese actually saying about all of this?

Has that former "Mayor" had anything to add?

[Art_from_Ark]

43. I am about 70 miles south of Fukushima Prefecture

The Japanese have varied opinions about this, but recent opinion polls show that a large majority support at least a phase-out of nuclear power.

And former GOVERNOR Eisaku Sato has been speaking up about the accident, such as in this speech he gave in front of foreign journalists on April 18:

http://blog.livedoor.jp/amenohimoharenohimo/archives/65736378.html

Please do not call him mayor-- the *Mayor of Fukushima* only has jurisdiction over the *City of Fukushima*; the *Governor of Fukushima*, which Mr. Sato was at one time, has jurisdiction over the entire 5,500 square miles of *Fukushima Prefecture*, which includes the sites of the nuclear reactors, which are NOT in Fukushima City.

[boppers]

3. Well, I guess the world is learning more about the foundations of Japanese culture.

Western mindset: "Why are they so suicidal, fatalistic, curt, and eccentric?"

Because they know life is short, brutal, and harsh. Live while you can, but don't expect it to last.

[StarsInHerHair]

7. fatalistic?!?! I've NEVER seen THAT in anime, nor in youtube videos made

by Japanese women, in fact they say the ideal for them is to be happy.

[boppers]

9. Fatalistic in *which* sense, I guess....

In western cultures, "fatalistic" gets confused with "nihilistic".

"Be happy while you can, we all die too easily, so maximize the happiness while you can, and die well" might be a somewhat awkward translation of the concept/ideal. Death is part of culture, not a taboo to be avoided...

The closest western thing I've experienced is the Tucson, AZ version of Dia De Los Muertos, a huge celebration of death. It's literally a party, a huge celebration of fatality.

[StarsInHerHair]

40. well....I know day of the dead & I dont think it's about fatality, & it still

doesnt explaing ullzang or kuwaii, or what I've seen from the U.S. Back to the Azteca/Mexican holiday-I think it's more a celebration of what is precious & limited & cherished even beyond death, not necessarily about fake forced happiness because soon you may die.

[plumbob]

10. Sounds like Middle Ages Europe.

Or Wisconsin under their current governor.

[boppers]

11. Hm. eom

[JI7]

12. no

[defendandprotect]

15. Rather, it is the US which gave us the death of the Atomic Era ... and we began it in Japan--!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. Tsunami warnings...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4913321

[jimlup]

5. Got to worry about Fukashima

The reactors are not in good readiness for this. There is concern for the reactor 4 structure.

[Arrowhead2k1]

6. 10cm tsunami reported. Sounds like it's nothing this time.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/

[Auntie Bush]

8. Acccording to CNN weather...

if a tsunami were coming it would have hit by now...so no worries. No tsunami coming. :)

[Lugnut]

13. Damn.

Those poor people.

[TalkingDog]

19. Tsunami Warnings/Advisories (Japan)

Source: Japan Meteorological Agency

Tsunami Warning/Advisory

Issued at 10:00 JST 10 Jul 2011

******************Headline******************
Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
PACIFIC COAST OF TOHOKU
*******************Text********************
Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:
<Tsunami Advisory>
IWATE PREF.
MIYAGI PREF.
FUKUSHIMA PREF.

***********About Tsunami Forecast************
<Tsunami Advisory>
Tsunami height is expected to be about 0.5 meters. Attention advised.

******* Earthquake Information ********
Occurred at 09:57 JST 10 Jul 2011
Region name SANRIKU OKI
Latitude 38.0N
Longitude 143.5E
Depth about 10 km
Magnitude 7.1

Read more: http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/

[lbrtbell]

20. Enough, already!

:cry:

[Xipe Totec]

21. Don't worry, there's little that can be done to make the Fukushima reactors any worse nt

[chervilant]

22. No?

But, if a tsunami inundates the stricken plant, couldn't tons of radioactive water surge back into the Pacific?

[ixion]

23. Where do you think they're dumping the radioactive water now?

[chervilant]

24. Well,

despite reports to the contrary (and pictures of rows of 'containment' vessels), I think they're dumping radioactive water into the Pacific.

Regardless, a tsunami could significantly increase the radioactive contamination.

[jimlup]

25. That's not true...

It could be very serious ...

[Xipe Totec]

26. Very serious? As opposed to the mess we have already?

We're already beyond Chernobyl.

[jimlup]

30. I know but a further disruptive event could mean

loss of Northern Japan/plutonium everywhere... not an exaggeration.

I wouldn't go around saying "it couldn't get worse." It could get substantially worse.

[defendandprotect]

35. Agree -- and whether Japan or the United States with our 106 nuclear reactors ....

Americans had best get busy thinking about Global Warming which

among much other chaotic weather conditions as we HEAT the atmosphere

is bringing increasing earthquakes -- not only in number but in severity.

Anyone else see the info on the wind storm in Phoenix the this week?


No one can say how all of this will compound --

We should be shutting down our nuclear plants --

Takes something like 6 months to properly shut them down -- and then there's the waste!!


The decision is ours -- not a mess of representatives pre-owned by corporations -- !!

[defendandprotect]

36. Of course there is -- "A Whimper, or a Bang?" .... We need to decide on 103 reactors here ...

[Art_from_Ark]

27. A tsunami of 1/10 meter (3.3 inches) was recorded at Soma

just north of the reactors, and at Ofunato (Iwate Prefecture) far from the reactors. The greatest seismic intensity on land was 4 on the Japanese scale (possibility of very minor damage). Nothing to get worried about.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20110710-00000265-yom-soci

[nolabear]

28. Crap. My husband's headed to Japan in a couple of days.

CrapCrapCrap.

[ooglymoogly]

29. Oh my god....anguish. What can one say.

taxcuts for the rich. They need to be hung or better guillotined. Whatever money needs to be spent for these folks who have suffered so much, should not even be in question.