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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts) Fri Apr 12, 2013, 04:51 PM Apr 2013

M 6.0 Earthquake , 9km NW of Sumoto, Japan

Source: US Geological Survey

An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 occurred near Wakayama, Honshu, Japan at 20:33:16.24 UTC on Apr 12, 2013. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Read more: http://www.google.org/publicalerts/alert?aid=1b098450ac9a01a7&hl=en&gl=GB&source=web

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M 6.0 Earthquake , 9km NW of Sumoto, Japan (Original Post) dipsydoodle Apr 2013 OP

gotta check and see how close Fukushima is. PearliePoo2 Apr 2013 #1

Far Chalfont Apr 2013 #2

Is Japan subject Apr 2013 #3

I sincerely Sea Stories Apr 2013 #4

Welcome to DU! BumRushDaShow Apr 2013 #5

That's small for Japan? what is really cool are those 2,000 year old stone warning markers. Sunlei Apr 2013 #6

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

1. gotta check and see how close Fukushima is.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 05:38 PM

Apr 2013

A 6 is a nasty jolt and those leaking, melting-down nuke reactors are already teetering...especially number 4 (with the spent "fuel rods from hell&quot

Chalfont

(53 posts)

2. Far

Reply to PearliePoo2 (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 07:39 PM

Apr 2013

It's about as far from the epicenter as Chicago is to Minneapolis.

subject

(123 posts)

3. Is Japan

Reply to dipsydoodle (Original post)

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 08:04 PM

Apr 2013

just gonna freakin explode one day?

Sea Stories

(3 posts)

4. I sincerely

Reply to subject (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 05:33 AM

Apr 2013

hope not. It would be a long swim to South Korea. But today's shake makes me glad I am moving from a place on the 10th floor to a place on the 2nd floor in a couple of weeks!