Our Man In Japan

16 August 2005

Another Big Earthquake

In teh office on my own today and I felt the low, lazy rumblings of an earthquake. It felt like the earthquake that hit Chiba in July, so I guessed it was another strong but distant earthquake. Looking around teh web, I found this report of the earthquake on the USGS Website. Looks like it was a magnitude 7, 50 miles out to sea near Sendai so it wasn't the Big One that's expected to hit Tokyo. Made me worry though.

UPDATE, 2:20pm: The news agencies have caught up and started reporting the earthquake. Reuters, Japan Times, The Guardian

1 Comments:

kelly said...: what time was that? didn't feel anything here but then again with the exception of the big ones last year i never notice! maybe it's all the jumping around i do...; 16 August, 2005 12:40

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When I'm not teaching Japanese kids how to speak with a Hull accent, I'm enjoying Japan as much as I can; Hanami in Spring, music festivals in Summer, Koyo in Autumn and snowboarding in Winter. Tanoshimashou!
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