Published: July 9th, 2011 at 10:20 pm ET
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Major quake strikes northeastern Japan, MSNBC, July 9, 2011:
A major earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off northeastern Japan on Sunday, triggering a small tsunami and causing the temporary evacuation of the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant.
The U.S. Geological Service said the quake was 7.0 magnitude, the largest aftershock since the devastating March 11 earthquake, which measured at 9.0. [...]
Tsunami advisories issued after quake, NHK, July 10, 2011:
[...] The agency issued tsunami advisories for coastal regions of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures at 10AM. [...]
The agency observed the first wave off Miyagi Prefecture at 10:28 AM. It estimates 50 centimeter tsunami will hit coastal areas.
Tokyo Electric Power Company says it has found no problems with its Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear plants as a result of the quake. It says it ordered its workers to move away from the coast.
Published: July 9th, 2011 at 10:20 pm ET
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It’s a big event:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php
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And the EQ ‘window’ started on lunar perigee 7/7 two days ago, with the 5.6 honshu EQ, and the window continues through the high tides 7/13,14,15, then the full moon 7/15, then through EQ ‘expert’ Jim Berkland’s ‘window’ from 7/17 to 7/24.
Jim may be late this month.
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“…estimates 50 centimeter tsunami will hit coastal areas…”.
If today’s 7.0 EQ is a ‘foreshock’, followed by something bigger in the next few days during the extended EQ ‘window’ from 7/7 to 7/24, the next tsunami warning could be estimated in meters.
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Four months after 3/11, tonight’s 7.0 EQ is not an ‘aftershock’, despite what the lame print and broadcast media will try to tell us: it may be the 2nd biggest honshu EQ in 4 months since 3-11, but it is more likely the start of a new EQ sequence.
Watch here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
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Bigger shocks in the 10 degree sequence, as well as aftershocks, can be quickly followed here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/145_35_eqs.php
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“The U.S. Geological Service said the quake was…’the largest aftershock’ since the devastating March 11 earthquake”.
What they should have said, of course, is more simply that the quake was the largest ‘earthquake’ since…March 11.
If you’re not looking for the bullsh*t that the agency cabals ‘freight in’ to the news, you won’t see the disinfo and the diversion coming.
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New force driving Earth’s tectonic plates discovered
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-07-earth-tectonic-plates.html
Deepening seismic tension agitating tectonic plates across the globe
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/deepening-seismic-tension-agitating-tectonic-plates-across-the-globe/
Increasing seismic turbulence along Indo-Australian and Pacific plates
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/increasing-seismic-turbulence-along-indo-australian-and-pacific-plates/
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Aftershocks numbers 1 and 2 are 4.7 at 7:56 pdt and another 4.7 at 8:14 pdt, see here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php
and here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php
But don’t expect the media to attempt to describe these as ‘aftershocks’ of the recent 7.0 ‘aftershock’ of the 3/11 ‘shock’.
We all should be shocked, shocked.
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It was on the local 11 PM news here in Middle Fl.
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Have you ever read anything about earthquakes coinciding with a shuttle launch? Something having to do with HAARP or something.. I remember reading about it like last year and I can’t find the article.
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We are know to get Sink Holes after lauches ! 7 million + pounds of thrust !
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Tsunami and weather tweet center to be found here http://realitycheck.no-ip.info/nnn.html
A sincere thanks to ene regulars for your tolerence of the reoccurance of this post. Admin is aware of the intention to inform the masses of nuke news in every way possible.
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Upgraded to M7.3
Depth changed to 18 km from 35 km
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Quite a change! Especially depthwise.
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Someone tell the u.s.g.s: they haven’t heard the news:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php
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http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/menu.html
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Wondering if this earthquake is a lot bigger and therefore a bigger tsunami.
Guess we have to wait for “the news”, i.e. YouTube.
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Is it daylight over there?
Seems like it should be, it’s dark here on the right coast.
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Daylight over there is roughly from noon-1 pm pdt, to 3 am pdt.
Unless you’re under water.
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Thanx
underwater, love dry humor.
Hence, we can’t see what is going on over there? correct?
I’ve been looking at cams, but no good.
Also checked a couple of links, no good ther either.
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You can see almost everything going on there if you look a little harder, here:
http://mfile.akamai.com/127380/live/reflector:51361.asx?bkup=52045&prop=a
Time to change your cam views and your links TPU…
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Thanks,
Sweet. can even see the bag moving with the trash it in, leaves moving, etc.
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how is reactor building four looking?
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@ Charlie3
The reactor 4 at Fukushima Daichi may lean further if the foundation underneath melted. Any observations after the major quake on 11th juLY 2011? Dams heat up the earth underneath and friction is the heat generator. See http:// predictingquakes.blogspot.com/
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Changes of geological magnitude are occurring in an instant, rivaling the effects of ‘tectonic plate forces’. See http://earthquakescausedbydams.blogspot.com/
And see http://collateralsofclimatechange.blogspot.com/
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Wasn’t there a 7.1 earthquake on April 11th?
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Check that, April 7th…
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So what does this mean for the other reactors? What are the chances that Japan has made it safe for nuclear reactors to be hit by tsunamis in the last 4 months?
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Only unhappy reactors have problems. TEPCO and the rest have hired Circus Clowns to ride around the plants on bikes, crack jokes, and lighten the mood. All safe now…..
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Reuters says no tsunami, damage to Fuki.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/10/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE76905I20110710?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FworldNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+International%29
@NoNukes.. would you believe them if they said they had. I sure wouldn’t, and I doubt they can do anything at this point. Maybe build up bigger sea walls, that would be about all they could do.
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No, I don’t believe the genocidal penny-pinchers, you are absolutely right, theypoisonus. I can’t believe any of this.
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wasn’t there a 7.4 aftershock in april? i’m not sure, but i think it was before enenews was formed, if not it should’ve been posted here. also, yes, aftershocks are expected to occur for over a year. scientists have said that there is still a high chance of a 8.0 aftershock occurring, just like in indonesia after their 9.0 quake. if you don’t understand the magnitude of the march 11th quake and what it did to the area, and how that explains why these aftershocks are still and will still be occurring for a while, then you should read more on it.
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Before you get completely caught up in the u.s.g.s.-media ‘aftershock’ syndrome, think about how you will categorize an upcoming 9.2 plus EQ.
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http://www.japanquakemap.com
as of this map, there have been
1390 quakes.
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I watched the quake on the FukuCam timelapse, definitely a good shake. Didn’t note any vapor releases or anything in the hour following.
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http://mykiru.blogspot.com/2011/04/japan-earthquake-april-7-2011-71.html
there is a blog on the 7.4 that occurred in april. not sure if the usgs says its the largest because they like to downgrade quakes, or because they have lost count of how many quakes have actually occurred in japan…
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USGS downgraded the April 7th to a 7.1
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0002ksa/
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What was it before?
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So we have more quakes around a nuclear facility built on clean fill with possibly three melt-downs or melt-throughs, (one fueled by MOX plutonium ) nobody knows for sure because we can’t trust the company running it as we know they have with-held info before and under-reported the disaster and in any case as MSM has reported it is apparently just a matter of time before this company goes broke but they have announced a ten year plan to fix it based on technology that is mere conjecture and so far compared to the last nuclear disaster (Chernobyl) are doing very little and what they are doing is being done by temp workers recruited from a poor neighborhood known for its junkies and drunks. Thats it in a nutshell right? And while all this is happening MSM has thousands of reporters reporting on Will and Kate the Royal Visit and maybe one or two bloggers reporting on Fukushima, right? And according to MSM the jury is still out on whether or not nuclear is or isn’t a viable option.
I need a drink!
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good summary of the nightmare!
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That comment has the most badass run-on sentence I’ve ever seen!
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+1
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Make that a double.
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phew! think i will have a drink with ya!!
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+1 beer, well done Mark, well said.
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Generally accepted that all the reactors over there run on MOX fuel.
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And here at 8:43 pdt is the 3rd ‘aftershock’ to tonight’s earlier 7.0 ‘aftershock’ of the 3/11 ‘shock’.
As I have asked, what type of ‘aftershock’ will be an upcoming 9.2 EQ in a new lunar-monthly series?
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3 ‘aftershocks’ here:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php
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Recent activity around the Kermadec Islands. Looks like some serious stress release going on down there. I’m no wiz on plate tectonics but I’d expect some follow-on further down the line.
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Apologies, forgot link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/185_-30.php
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This was an aftershock. To anyone out there who wants to understand, do a net search, or just visit Wikipedia regarding the subject of aftershocks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftershock
You’ll find a perfectly reasonable explanation of the phenomena that doesn’t require any pseudoscience. Then, you can concentrate your concerns on figuring what’s going with Fukushima and its resulting deadly radiation.
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Aftershocks are inevitable. Whatever you call them, there is one matter that is of paramount importance here.
They evacuated the hellholes. No one is monitoring whatever they were doing there except Robby the Robot, if he hasn’t been terminally irradiated. That is all that matters.
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“Aftershock” is a misnomer, a distraction, a lie. This is a separate new quake. The word ‘aftershock’ does not appear in this story. At what point in time do aftershocks end and new quakes begin?
Japan Coast Hit With 10 cm Tsunami after 7.3 Magnitude Quake
July 9, 2011 11:43 PM EDT
A Tsunami with waves 10 centimeters high hit the northeastern coastline of the country on Sunday after a 7.3 magnitude quake struck, prompting officials to warn residents to evacuate for about two hours.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/177252/20110709/japan-coast-hit-with-10-cm-tsunami-after-7-3-magnitude-quake.htm
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Some more links to this story:
Strong earthquake rattles tsunami-weary Japan
Jul 09, 2011 23:15
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/ap/418943_Strong-earthquake-rattles-tsunami-weary-Japan.html#ixzz1RfpVjFsU
Quake jolts northeast Japan; 50 cm. tsunami warning issued
07/10/2011 04:42
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=228626
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An aftershock is a smaller earthquake that occurs after a previous large earthquake, in the same area of the main shock. Aftershocks are formed as the crust around the displaced fault plane adjusts to the effects of the main shock.
The rate of aftershocks is proportional to the inverse of time since the mainshock. Thus whatever the odds of an aftershock are on the first day, the second day will have 1/2 the odds of the first day and the tenth day will have approximately 1/10 the odds of the first day.
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I like your name.
It made me smile, which is more than the news has done for a while.
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I’d be seriously surprised, when it settles back down, if reactor bldg 4 is still standing
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A 7 isn’t that a significant factor? Not really an “aftershock”.
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A magnitude 7 is pretty small actually. A magnitude 8 is 1000 times more powerful than it. A magnitude 9 is 1000,000 times more power than 7.
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7 is pretty small?
The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake
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BUT, Haiti was a vastly poorer country with construction not designed to withstand much. A 9 in Haiti would level virtualy the entire country. It’s all wood frame and cinder blocks….
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incorrect, a mag 8 is 31.6 times stronger then a 7 a mag 9 is 1000 times stronger
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I thought the increase in energy released was approx. 32 times for each whole number on the richter scale. 7.2=twice the energy of 7.0, 7.4=4 times a 7.0, 7.6=8 times energy released and so on……..
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It goes up exponentially. The following information was used to calculate a 3.3 earthquake:
What was that on the Richter scale?
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2008/08_02_21.html
“Since these magnitude scales are all logarithmic, a whole number increase in magnitude represents a 10-fold jump in measured amplitude, for example, a magnitude 4.0 has 10 times the measured amplitude of a magnitude 3.0. The total energy released from an earthquake increases even more rapidly with magnitude. A whole number increase in magnitude represents a jump in released energy of about 31.6 times. A magnitude increase of two whole numbers represents an increase in released energy of 1,000 times….”
“For example, a magnitude 1.0 earthquake is roughly equivalent to the energy release from an explosion of about 70 pounds of TNT (a mid-sized construction site blast), a magnitude 2.0 earthquake is similar to an explosion of 1 metric ton of TNT, and a magnitude 4.0 earthquake is approximately equivalent to the energy release from an explosion of 1,000 tons of TNT (a small nuclear blast).
“Other examples include the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, which released the energy equivalent of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake (or just over 500 megatons of TNT), and the 1883 Krakatoa eruption, which released the energy equivalent of a magnitude 8.5 earthquake (or about 5.6 gigatons of TNT).”
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake is similar to an explosion of 45 metric tons of TNT, well below the energy release from an explosion of a small nuclear blast (1000 metric tons of TNT).
“a magnitude 3.0 earthquake is similar to an explosion of 31.6 metric tons of TNT. “a magnitude 4.0 earthquake is approximately equivalent to the energy release from an explosion of 1,000 tons of TNT (a small nuclear blast.” [“What was that on the Richter scale?”, http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/volcanowatch/2008/08_02_21.html
“As with the Richter scale, an increase of one step on this logarithmic scale corresponds to a 101.5 ≈ 32 times increase in the amount of energy released, and an increase of two steps corresponds to a 103 = 1000 times increase in energy.” [“Moment magnitude scale,” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale
Therefore, to calculate the energy release of a 3.1 magnitude earthquake:
10^1.5 = 31.6228
10^(1.5x.1) = 1.41254
31.6228 x 1.41254 = 44.6684
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The richter scale is a poor means of measuring earthquakes, hence Japan has its own measuring system (JMA) .
Whilst a 7.0 on the richter scale is high, it was only a 4 on the JMA scale, which makes this earthquake a non event.
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The 1994 Northridge earthquake was a 6.7 hardly a non event.
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The Japanese records two scales. The 4 refers to intensity. The Japanese records intensity at each of its many stations.
It also matters how deep the earthquake is, how much it changes geological features, how close it is to population centers, etc.
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10:02, 2011/07/10
Earthquake Activity
Date-Time 2011/07/10 9:57
Epicenter Area -
Depth(km) 10
Magnitude(M) 7.1
Area(LAT) 38.0
Area(LNG) 143.5
Registered Intensity
Intensity Area
4 MORIOKASHITAMAYAMAKUYABUKAWA YAHABATYOUMINAMIYAHABA KURIHARASHIKANNARI TOMESHIMINAMIKATAMACHI TOMESHIHASAMATYOU MIYAGIMISATOMACHIKIMATSUKA IWANUMASHISAKURA MARUMORIMACHITORIYA ISHINOMAKISHIMONOUTYOU TENEIMURASHIMOMATSUMOTO TAMURASHIOOGOEMACHI INAWASHIROMACHICHIYODA
Intensity 3 has a list too long to quote:
http://www.bousai.pref.hiroshima.jp/hdis_eng/main.jsp?link=2&menu=1¶m1=1¶m2=0¶m0=3
The USGS rates this as a 7.1 magnitude. Do you discount the USGS?
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A non event?
Maybe in regions that weren’t heavily damaged by the tsunami in March…but Fukushima is not exactly the poster child for architectural integrity right now.
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* The maximum aftershock was a M7.7 earthquake that occurred at 15:15 on March 11, as of April 11. There were more than 60 aftershocks of M6.0 or over. On April 7, there was a M7.1 earthquake with a seismic intensity 6 Upper observed in Miyagi prefecture. The aftershock area extends approximately 500km in an N-S direction. There is fear that large aftershocks will occur from now on, and there is a possibility that it will be hit by strong shaking and high tsunami.
http://www.jishin.go.jp/main/index-e.html
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There are so many variables with earthquakes.
A lot depends on the proximity of the epicenter to population centers, and quality of infrastucture.
The San Francisco (Loma Prieta) quake in 1989 was a 6.9 magnitude and resulted in 63 deaths and an estimated 6 billion dollars in damages.
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I was there! It was a big deal.
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My daughter was at Candlestick Park.
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(JAPAN) Tokyo Traces Cows Contaminated With Radiation Already Been Consumed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0069qKd6kQ
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Fukushima Has Hospital Set Up On Site For Those Worried or Sick With Radiation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVRtl_42rTs
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I’m waiting for the headline saying that their so-called “water decontamination system” with it’s 4 km of piping’s not working anymore. None of that was EQ safe. Some valves / hoses / whatevers need fixing now, methinks
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“Tepco says it has found no problems…” Do you think any reporter will ask, “How hard did you look?”
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It supposedly took them weeks to find two dead workers in a turbine building, and we’re supposed to believe they have had time to for any detailed inspections.
The press is worthless.
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Maybe everyone is too happy to ask intelligent questions..
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I wonder, ‘While looking did you happen to open either of your eyes?’
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Here it is on the energy release map. Run your cursor over the map to see exact dates.
http://www.japanquakemap.com/dailyEnergy
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Nice papason chair ad at the top there! By the way, remember gaga’s campaign to help japan? http://youtu.be/d8mNuak2HOI
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Agreed. And it’s far from an exact science. This quake is 250km west of Fukushima and has been recorded variously as 7.0 (SED), 7.3 (GSR), 7.0 (NEI), 7.2 (EMS), 7.1 (CSEM) and at various depths from 2km to 40km. There have been to date 5 aftershocks of more than 4.5: 4.7, 4.7, 4.8, 4.7, 4.8
I mentioned on ENENEWS a few days ago that a 7.0 quake was due – and this is why – if you study the Japan Quakes Map page for the Daily Energy Release Graph
http://www.japanquakemap.com/dailyEnergy you can ‘join the dots’ on the ‘red line’ from 23rd June onwards and see clearly the upward curve trending towards the 7.0
We have to see now how that red line settles down and what new pattern emerges over the next few days. It’s a good tool.
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If they have evacuated the plant, then who is minding the store?
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Aha. MSNBC claims they ‘briefly’ evacuated the plant before ‘returning to work’.
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This video is from May 21st and was never posted on the forums. It is about the TEPCO executives:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T5nKa64O3c
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So here it is in a nutshell: There is no prevention of earthquake damage at Fuku. There are not many workers who know anything at all about nuclear power. The powers that be are not releasing any real information about radiation at or around the plant. There have been very few reports of workers with radiation contamination, and no reports of actual sickness. The Japanese government has not evacuated the wonderfully toxic Tokyo or other areas which are contaminated far worse than some of the evacuated areas in the USSR.
Considering the fact that the workers are wearing paper-towel “radiation” suits; the residents are inhaling Plutonium; the press is too busy reporting about Pippa’s date; contaminated cows are being consumed; the water is poisoned; the milk is contaminated; and we all know it is MUCH MUCH worse than anything we have read because the US government is HELPING them bury this whole thing instead of protecting citizens, I don’t really see how another earthquake is going to make this situation THAT much worse. We are fucked. When we are all diagnosed with cancer, the doctors will blame it on our diets or the fact that we had mold in our homes, or (insert lame excuse here); so the government is not at fault. We are. We always will be.
Wow…that was my rant for the day.
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Unfortunately you are correct. On all of it. Here in the U.S. the news is not covering any of this. Afraid of hurting the nuclear industry. In addition, at the nine mile nuclear facility in scriba, ny union workers are on strike. We are told everthing is safe and it is manned by management and non-union workers filling in. B.S.
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Amateur video of fire in Tricastin, France on 2.7.11
http://www.anti-atom-piraten.de/2011/07/tricastin-brennt-amateuraufnahmen-vom-feuer-vom-2011-07-02/
Is it in the news? Nope
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is the discharge from the cooling towers looking heavy or would that be normal?? nice music!
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Do you know what’s burning?
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apparently,,,,,, it was a squirrel eating one of the electrical transformers….i hope to be corrected on this point!!??
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Worldwide map of nuclear power stations and earthquake zones
http://maptd.com/worldwide-map-of-nuclear-power-stations-and-earthquake-zones/
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