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[DunDunDunpachi]

Stay safe, JapanGAF.

A powerful earthquake jolted northwestern Japan on Tuesday night, and officials warned of a tsunami up to one meter (3.3 feet) high along parts of the coast.​

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Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake registered magnitude 6.8 and was located off the western coast of Yamagata about 50 kilometers (30 miles) southwest of the city of Sakata.​

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It said the quake was fairly shallow, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the sea's surface. Shallow quakes tend to cause more damage on the Earth's surface.​

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The agency predicted a tsunami as high as 1 meter (yard) along the coast of the northwestern prefectures of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa.​

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Kyodo News agency said service was suspended on two bullet train lines to check for damage.​

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All seven reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata were off line and no abnormalities were reported.​

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I'm glad they have warned the populace and are already checking infrastructure for damage. The loss of reliable infrastructure is often what hinders recovery efforts after a disaster. They also verified the nuclear reactors are taken care of. The world doesn't need another Fukushima incident.

 

[Ellis]

What was 2011 ?

Not looking at anything on that scale again, are we ?

 

[J-Roderton]

Stay safe.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

What was 2011 ?

Not looking at anything on that scale again, are we ?

9.0.

And remember that earthquake magnitude works on an exponential scale.

The effect of a tsunami is likely more dangerous than the earthquake itself (which is over).

The agency predicted a tsunami as high as 1 meter (yard) along the coast of the northwestern prefectures of Yamagata, Niigata and Ishikawa.​

 

[#Phonepunk#]

The world doesn't need another Fukushima incident.

otm. just to note that Fukushima was not just an incident that happened and is done, it is still happening:

The Fukushima crisis is far from over, however. Millions of tons of contaminated, radioactive water (used to keep the molten reactors and spent fuel rods cool to prevent further radioactive releases, and from pumped groundwater that continues to seep into the reactors’ basements) is stored on-site in more than 900 tanks. Despite efforts to prevent seepage using “ice walls” (man-made permafrost), and special processing technology intended to clean radionuclides from the water, Tepco was forced to admit late last year that these efforts had failed, confirming that levels of several long-lived, cancer-causing isotopes were still present in the stored water at more than 100 times legally permitted levels.

Update:Eight Years After Fukushima | NEC

www.yournec.org

IMO the big fear is that an earthquake or tsunami will hit those 900 tanks of radioactive water.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

One meter in itself doesnt sound so bad. Im no tsunani expert though.
Good luck, Japan.

 

[Vlaphor]

One meter in itself doesnt sound so bad. Im no tsunani expert though.
Good luck, Japan.

It's 3 ft of ocean slamming into people, cars, and houses at very high speed. It could be bad.