The Associated Press is reporting (via Fox News):
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 rattled a group of Japanese islands in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo early Tuesday, Japan's weather agency said. No tsunami warning was issued.The quake struck at about 6:18 a.m. (2318 GMT) and was centered near the Ogasawara island group, about 483 miles south of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said.
The quake was extremely shallow, said agency official Toshiyuki Suzuki. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake, he added.
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Let me save the trolls some... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Old Coot | October 23, 2006 9:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Let me save the trolls some trouble...this is all W's fault. Or we're driving too many SUV's. Or both.
1. Posted by Old Coot | October 23, 2006 9:55 PM |
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Posted on October 23, 2006 21:55
2. Posted by Jo | October 23, 2006 10:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's that evil Karl Rove again, pulling the strings of Earth.
2. Posted by Jo | October 23, 2006 10:07 PM |
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Posted on October 23, 2006 22:07
3. Posted by Jim Addison | October 23, 2006 11:06 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My thoughts and prayers for those affected.
6.8 was the intensity of Northridge, if memory serves correctly, so it's pretty big.
3. Posted by Jim Addison | October 23, 2006 11:06 PM |
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Posted on October 23, 2006 23:06
4. Posted by robert | October 24, 2006 1:07 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And close to the 6.7 in Hawaii last week. Couple this with the MT St. Helens mini eruption and you never know something could be coming.
4. Posted by robert | October 24, 2006 1:07 AM |
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Posted on October 24, 2006 01:07
5. Posted by Lurking Observer | October 24, 2006 3:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
OTOH, I question the timing.
North Korea tests a bomb, and a week or so later, Japan (with extensive technical expertise, oil drilling ability, and plenty of plutonium) suffers an earthquake?
Isn't that convenient?
No, I'm not being serious---but one of these days, the Japanese may well have a shallow earthquake that looks awfully funny on a seismograph.
5. Posted by Lurking Observer | October 24, 2006 3:45 AM |
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Posted on October 24, 2006 03:45
6. Posted by VagaBond | October 24, 2006 7:37 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
This, of course, means that Godzilla is loose again.
6. Posted by VagaBond | October 24, 2006 7:37 AM |
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Posted on October 24, 2006 07:37
7. Posted by spurwing plover | October 24, 2006 3:36 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
First it was HAWAII now its JAPAN and i suppose the idiots at GREENPEACE will blame it on GLOBAL WARMING the same way they tried to blame it for the 2004 earthquake and tsunami
7. Posted by spurwing plover | October 24, 2006 3:36 PM |
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Posted on October 24, 2006 15:36