Published: November 23rd, 2011 at 4:01 pm ET
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Magnitude-5.9 quake hits near Japan nuclear site, AP, Nov. 23, 2011 at 3:10 pm ET:
A strong earthquake struck Thursday morning near the Japan nuclear power plant hit by a powerful tsunami earlier this year. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-5.9 quake struck shortly before 4:30 a.m. local time. It hit 62 miles (101 kilometers) east of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. The quake struck at a depth of 23 miles (37 kilometers).
Published: November 23rd, 2011 at 4:01 pm ET
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I’d been watching the “Club Fuku Daichi” TEPCOTRONIC Rave & lightshow on & off before finally hitting the pillow at 4:00amCDT & noticed a lot of “fixed” light-emitting objects that were not obfuscated by the intentional psychedelia that TEPCO “assumed” would all but cover-up their runaway train of a FUKuBAR’d,oversized Mr. Coffee with its “ghostly appatitions” & “bubbling cauldrons” & “purple haze” complete with its own built in “fog generator” to please the local “Raver” crowd-who’d seemingly have to be on some hallucinogenic drugs or very strong tranquilizers to even find the will to crawl into their Tyvex suits & latest generation of the “Devo”-”Whip-It” garb & gear knowing the whole place is ready to either be vaporized in a huge “Tsar Bomb” type of explosion or turn into the next attraction for Japan’s Disneyland-their version of Yellowstone’s “Old Faithful”!!?? It figures I’d have to go maneuver through pre-holiday Chicago traffic when the earthquake struck! But I did note that there was something going on that made me think the spotlights were FUKu’D up since they started flickering a little bit? Perhaps I didn’t miss the latest 5.9 EQ to strike nearby although the worst of them were usually at the depth of 10 miles,and this one was 62 miles away & 26 miles deep-soo I guess they dodged a bullet for now,but didn’t other strong quakes with the epicenter closer as well as that worrisome 10 mile depth the events which seemed to shake things up-followed by more activity showing up both visually via the cams & just prior to new waves of releases & higher radiation levels seen on all fronts~air,land & sea ?? I’m just a poor boy’s fool without a college degree,but I’ll be damned if 98% of my “premonitions,predictions & their outcomes” weren’t right on the money!!(unfortunately)
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Johnny B well said! But fear not for the dead when the living are still in harms way. Earthquakes are no longer a concern at Fuku. In fact a righteous one my do 2 possible things and they are both better than what they have now- A tidal wave might just wash it all out to sea killing all life out there but hey less rad for the Island folks B quake might reach up and swallow that crap infolding itself in the creamy nu nugg- ah creamy center of the earth itself
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Or C: It knocks over that already damaged spent fuel pool and kills us all a little faster.
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even a small tidal wave will pick up all of tepco’s unsecured sea defences and will use them to pulverise what remains.
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Japan is along the “Ring of Fire” where 90% of earthquakes occur occur.
Here’s a map of nuclear power plants in Japan:
http://www.gnfjapan.com/english/business/images/nuclear_fuel_map1.jpg
Here’s a map of the ring of fire:
http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Pacific_Ring_of_Fire.png
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Thanks Mack, this map is useful also.
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/gmap.php
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This is also a good place to monitor earthquakes worldwide.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
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Posted here if it shows… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/fukushima-plant-disaster-long-term-effects_n_1103874.html
TY!
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Looks like the earthquake was upgraded to a 6.1
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hope they worked any bugs out in the new version.
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Every little tremor and shaking increases the chance of a fission event. A few good shakes and it could all go up again. Lets hope small events in the ground are not responsible for the recent fission events. Fukushima is now like a blister oozing pus all over the land.
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Nice analogy Grampybone.
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Is it possible that if anything were to occur at FUKU, like another explosion, perhaps this explosion would take out the cameras then we would be left in the dark. Japan could report whatever they wanted, then when some form of order were restored they could hang the cameras in such a way to hide the damage and call it a techno problem. They might also have hours of film which they could just rebroadcast from another location in the case of extreme damage.
When I see close up images of the reactors each time they look more destroyed. Yet the destruction isn’t reported except for small fires.
If Fuku blows and no one records it, and no whistle blowers come forward…then it never happened except when we (no the authorities like UC berkley) find evidence on our gieger counters. I can only image that this is perhaps what tepco is planning.
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This is my fear also except perhaps an explosion of that magnitude could not be hidden?
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So true mm. It’s so unimaginable to think of what MIGHT happen. Or worse yet…what probable has ALREADY happened.
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http://articles.cnn.com/2011-04-20/politics/markey.bp_1_worst-offshore-oil-spill-deepwater-horizon-bp?_s=PM:POLITICS
http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/GovernmentCommittees/Markey%3A+BP+Delivers+12-Camera+Feed
How to pressure Tepco to do the same? We know they have multiple feeds.
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Tepco officially admitted they don’t need nuclear power
11/22/2011, it turned out that Tepco estimated that they can cover all the electric consumption even without nuclear plants.
By using pumped-storage power generation and steam-power generation ,next summer they can supply more than 57 million kilowatts, which is the maximum supply capacity of this summer. This year, we did not run out of power. 57 million kilowatts is even OVER supply.
The annual peak of the electric consumption is late August in Japan. By proving that they can cover the potential demand of …
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/11/tepco-officially-admitted-they-dont-need-nuclear-power/
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for the love of … .. sheesh! Paradise lost for nothing. Thanks xdrfox. Again ya got me on the chin.
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Another earthquake with it’s ensuing mess and Tepco(n) have a cover for their ineptitude since March!! What if a huge crack appears under the reactor and the corium slips down it rapido style?? A fast track to total disaster!! Dudes!!!!!!
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Earthquake, Nov 24, 4:24 AM JST, 20 miles from Fuku Daiichi and Fuku Daini
Magnitude6.1 Date-Time
• Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 19:24:31 UTC
• Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 04:24:31 AM at epicenter
Location37.373°N, 141.387°E Depth33.3 km (20.7 miles) RegionNEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0006x3y.php
[The distance on USGS is to Fukushima City, not to Fukushima Daiichi]
This earthquake is 19.7 mi (31.77 km) E from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
This earthquake is 20.2 mi (32.57 km) E from Fukushima Daini (#2) Nuclear Power Plant
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Fukushima #1 37.422972N 141.032917E
Fukushima #2 37.316389N 141.025556E
You can see this earthquake, horrible, on the time lapse cam:
http://www.youtube.com/fuku1live#p/u/8/M7g3DZhiD-E
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[The distance on USGS is to Fukushima City, not to Fukushima Daiichi]. The earthquake was only 20 miles from Fukushima Daiichi and Fukushima Daini.
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Hey anne, something for your notes – this one repositioned the camera. Don’t recall that happening before. Not enough data to make any assumptions… maybe the gaffa tape that holds the cam on the pole is getting soft from all the rads.
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No. 4 IS GLOWING! Right now! http://radioactive.eu.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&layout=item&id=4&Itemid=193
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Omg, my site is getting hammered again… :/ direct link…
http://www.youtube.com/v/24eGVuK4G4M?version=3
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When i click the link it says the video is being processed and cannot be played.
What does it mean when it glows? Whats happening?
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It appears that the video is 39 hours long? lol can you please tell us where in the video it shows unit 4 glowing? much appreciated.
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I am doing the bit to get governments to move more aggressively towards solar and clean energy( not nuclear) http://www.signon.org/sign/increase-government-support.fb1?source=c.fb&r_by=548645
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save this and pass it along, thank shttp://www.signon.org/sign/increase-government-support.fb1?source=c.fb&r_by=548645
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Watch it here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/fuku1long#p/u/40/NjZcd1qe8RM
Earthquake occurs just after the 6:00 minute mark.
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It’s that time of the month when sun and new moon pull the hardest of the earth’s seas and plates: perigee 11/23 and new moon today 11/25, with u.s. west coast tides yesterday, today and tomorrow of 7.6, 7.7 and 7.5 feet among the year’s highest.
Here near Desparate Hot Springs and the locked-up San Andreas we sleep for a few days with out ‘boots on’ and the van parked outside the garage. The P’wave detector will give a few seconds warning to gather your thoughts before an incoming local eq starts to rattle the house.
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