quake moved Japan 17 feet., sunk it 4 feet.

[ensho]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/19/japan.disaster/index.html?eref=rss_topstories


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Meanwhile, the March 11 tremors shifted the Oshika Peninsula near the epicenter by just over 17 feet and dropped it by just over 4 feet, the Geospatial Information Authority in Tsukuba, Japan, reported Saturday.

Those two land mass movements are records for Japan, according to government figures.

The global positioning system data from the Tsukuba University-based authority revealed the peninsula on the Pacific coast moved in an east-southeasterly direction toward the epicenter. The quake also moved land masses in many areas ranging from the northeastern region of Tohoku to the Kanto region including Tokyo, the authority said.

Search and rescue efforts have been hampered by snowfall in the hardest-hit areas, said spokesman Patrick Fuller of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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[dkf]

1. Whoa that is a lot.

[xchrom]

2. Wow. Nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. Geez. The sinking part is the scary of the two.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. GPS will need some fixes.

17 feet is a hell of a lot.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Holy smokes. Thant's just incredible.

[deaniac21]

6. Holy Smokes! They'll have to shoot free throws backward.

[liberal N proud]

7. That is a significant shift