Week #2, Earthquake #2
Update: The earthquake has now been updated to 7.2 magnitude.
This is our second week here and our 2nd earthquake. The press release is below. It was the longest earthquake I have felt in my years living here and traveling here. It just seemed to go on forever. it must have lasted 20 seconds or more. The boys thought it was neat to see the lights swaying and hear dishes, windows, etc. rattling. I was instant messaging with my brother-in-law at the time. It was interesting, to say the least.
We watched the TV coverage of injuries and some building/road damage. Even for Japan, where they are used to earthquakes, this was a little more than the ordinary.
BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts northeastern Japan, injuries reported. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan on Tuesday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coastal region of Miyagi Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 11:46 a.m. quake registered lower 6 on the seven-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in southern Miyagi Prefecture, about 300 km northeast of Tokyo.
Many in the city of Sendai, the capital of Miyagi, were reported injured, according to the local fire department. Japan's Kyodo News reported that a roof fell in at a sports center in the city, injuring many.
The Japanese government has set up a task force at the crisis management center of the prime minister's office.
The quake, which also swayed high-rise buildings in Tokyo, originated about 20 km off the coast of the prefecture in the Pacific Ocean, the agency said.
The Onagawa nuclear power plant, located about 70 km north of Sendai, automatically shut down, Kyodo reported.
Bullet train services on the JR Tokaido, Tohoku, Joetu, Nagano Shinkansen lines from Tokyo were temporarily suspended, the train operator said.
The Japan Times: Aug. 16, 2005(C) All rights reserved
This is our second week here and our 2nd earthquake. The press release is below. It was the longest earthquake I have felt in my years living here and traveling here. It just seemed to go on forever. it must have lasted 20 seconds or more. The boys thought it was neat to see the lights swaying and hear dishes, windows, etc. rattling. I was instant messaging with my brother-in-law at the time. It was interesting, to say the least.
We watched the TV coverage of injuries and some building/road damage. Even for Japan, where they are used to earthquakes, this was a little more than the ordinary.
BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts northeastern Japan, injuries reported. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan on Tuesday and a tsunami warning was issued for the coastal region of Miyagi Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 11:46 a.m. quake registered lower 6 on the seven-point Japanese seismic intensity scale in southern Miyagi Prefecture, about 300 km northeast of Tokyo.
Many in the city of Sendai, the capital of Miyagi, were reported injured, according to the local fire department. Japan's Kyodo News reported that a roof fell in at a sports center in the city, injuring many.
The Japanese government has set up a task force at the crisis management center of the prime minister's office.
The quake, which also swayed high-rise buildings in Tokyo, originated about 20 km off the coast of the prefecture in the Pacific Ocean, the agency said.
The Onagawa nuclear power plant, located about 70 km north of Sendai, automatically shut down, Kyodo reported.
Bullet train services on the JR Tokaido, Tohoku, Joetu, Nagano Shinkansen lines from Tokyo were temporarily suspended, the train operator said.
The Japan Times: Aug. 16, 2005(C) All rights reserved
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