Published: January 5th, 2012 at 8:28 am ET
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UPDATE at 4:45 pm EST: USGS: Two magnitude 5.0+ quakes hit eastern Japan -- One in Ibaraki, one near Sendai
UPDATE at 7:47pm EST: 4.9 quake hits Fukushima at 6:28p EST
Shallow M4.2 earthquake right under Fukushima plants, Fukushima Diary, Jan. 5, 2012:
- 21:41 1/5/2012 (JST)
- Magnitude 4.2
- Epicenter is Fukushima Nakadori, where Fukushima plants are located
- It’s shallower than 10km
- No information about the plant is announced
- JNN Fukushima live camera got down immediately after
*UPDATE*
More earthquake at Fukushima plants, Fukushima Diary, Jan. 5, 2012:
- 2 more earthquake happened
- Epicenters of both earthquake are right under Fukushima plants
- 1) 22:03 1/5/2012 (JST) M2.6 7.1km deep under ground.
- 2) 22:13 1/5/2012 (JST) M4.1 20km deep under ground. (Scale 4 in Fukushima)
UPDATE 2 (h/t Anne):
Earthquakes 5 Jan JST
22:13 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 20 km 4.1 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105221718391-052213.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
22:03 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 10 km 2.6 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105220752391-052203.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) on land SW from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
21:37 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 10 km 4.2 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105214158391-052137.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
17:44 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.8N 141.5E 40 km 3.9 Fukushima-ken Oki
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105174901391-051744.html
This earthquake is 36.5 mi (58.74 km) NE from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
Published: January 5th, 2012 at 8:28 am ET
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Earthquakes 5 Jan JST
22:13 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 20 km 4.1 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105221718391-052213.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
22:03 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 10 km 2.6 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105220752391-052203.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) on land SW from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
21:37 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 10 km 4.2 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105214158391-052137.html
This earthquake is 32.6 mi (52.51 km) from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
17:44 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.8N 141.5E 40 km 3.9 Fukushima-ken Oki
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105174901391-051744.html
This earthquake is 36.5 mi (58.74 km) NE from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Fukushima #1 37.422972N 141.032917E
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You can see up to date earthquake info here:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
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Maybe not a Quake at all !!!
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I’m thinking corium has hit water and causing anomalies !
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Just in this updated info. showing more EQ’s than were posted before. The question is, should we be looking for EQ’s on 1/5/12, 1/6/12, or both?
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
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It looks like the 1/5/12 EQ’s have now been posted — even the local ones at Fuku. What could be affecting their seismic data network?
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Japan always has a lot of earthquakes. Nothing unusual about this activity.
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Can’t get the TEPCAM at work, but JNN cam had several episodes of shaking…winds are 13mph there, does it usually shake at those speeds? If not, there may be more quakes hitting even now.
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Oh fuck.
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Roger that.
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oh fuck indeed
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ditto!
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This JNN cam up now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmiq5CtF3N0
I couldn’t see anything on this time lapse cam:
2012.01.05 21:00-22:00 / ふくいちライブカメラ (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XORjGodhlDw&list=UUDu1KkkwuzybKx6MXQgGHuw&index=1&feature=plcp
The 22:00-23:00 time lapse isn’t posted yet:
http://www.youtube.com/fuku1live
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Probably just wind, but nerve-wracking when quakes are being recorded!
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TEPCO Live Cam:
http://www.tepco.co.jp/en/nu/f1-np/camera/index-e.html
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The time lapse cam for 22:00-23:00 is posted now. I couldn’t see anything.
2012.01.05 22:00-23:00 / ふくいちライブカメラ (Live Fukushima Nuclear Plant Cam)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf6Jm7Nin38&list=UUDu1KkkwuzybKx6MXQgGHuw&index=1&feature=plcp
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http://lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/lucaswebcamwatch.html
above TBS/JNN both views
Fukuichview on Android is working but I don’t know if its a live feed. App
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NEW TWEET!! GOOD FOR THEM!!
Vote NO on New Nuclear Power in Iowa
http://www.blogforiowa.com/2012/01/05/vote-no-on-new-nuclear-power-in-iowa/
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http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/gmap.php
no updates here on EQ maps.
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There has been no quake recorded 4.0+MM anywhere in the world for the past 5 and a half hours. Reminiscent of the situation prior to the great 9.3 MM Banda Aceh quake of 2004 December 26th.
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@RK That is at the emsc and USGS sites.
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I hope Reactor 4 holds up and the numerous leaks and cracks, Unreal
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yes, and joints and quick-fixes…..
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OMG!
How deep does China Syndrome have to be to cause earthquakes?
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I wouldn’t think the hot blob would cause tectonic plates to shift. No.
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I don’t know. Not a damn clue.
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B&B, I think it is possible. Drilling for geothermal energy can and did cause earthquakes. So these hot blobs can do it, too, I fear. We saw many earthquakes very shallow directly under the plant over the last months.
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Hmmmm…..how deep is a geothermal drilling? As far as I know the ones which can cause earthquakes are between 3.000 and 5.000 m deep…
But who knows? I certainly don’t.
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I don’t think it is possible either. We know that hydrofracking causes earthquakes but we are talking about deep horizontal wells traversing up to 17 miles. That is a huge amount of pressure and a very large area of rock being cracked. I highly doubt this is connected to Fukushima.
None the less, I am sure this has further weakened the containments and concrete underneath. We just saw the pictures of fuel mixed with concrete and how it became more brittle. This would lead me to believe a much lower stress threshold for the concrete; Making these quakes much more dangerous to the weakened plants and possibly causing more leakage that we can’t see underneath the containment. Then we have the SFP and the cooling systems…makes you want to laugh for some sick reason.
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Makes sense to me bones. Fracking, yes they dig real deep.
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And also when water is turned to steam at 1700 times it’s volume in a split/second could also cause a quake !
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Lest there be any doubt:
Ohio earthquake caused by fracking
By Kim Palmer, Reuters January 5, 2012 7:07 AM
Read more: http://www.canada.com/news/Ohio+earthquake+caused+fracking/5950653/story.html#ixzz1ibOeKHHj
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Ohio+earthquake+caused+fracking/5950653/story.html
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Pu239,
Causeing Arkasas to have thousand quakes in months, stopped all fracking there !
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Arkansas Earthquakes Decline After ‘Fracking’ Injection Well Closures
Mar 14, 2011 … LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The number and strength of earthquakes in central … activities with nearly 1000 quakes in the region over the past six months. …. Don’t make me drive down there to NW 63rd Street to tell you how many …
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/15/arkansas-earthquakes-2011-fracking_n_835868.html
Earthquake Outbreak: Arkansas Bans Fracking Operations Inside …
Aug 10, 2011 … Geologists have tied fracking wastewater disposal wells in central … Before the ban was instituted, a months-long moratorium had been in place … From a July 28 Wall Street Journal piece: … One Response to Earthquake Outbreak: Arkansas Bans Fracking Operations Inside Thousand-Square-Mile Area …
http://www.stuarthsmith.com/earthquake-outbreak-arkansas-bans-fracking-operations-inside-thousand-square-mile-area
Guy, Arkansas: The tiny town that gets a dozen earthquakes EVERY …
Feb 7, 2011 … Residents of Guy in Arkansas have lived through thousands of minor quakes in just six months after gas drilling apparently destabilised the …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1354514/Guy-Arkansas-The-tiny-town-gets-dozen-earthquakes-EVERY-DAY-gas-drilling-goes-awry.html
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..and if the earthquakes are not alarming enough…Talked to a guy that is working up in North Dakota.. he says fracking fluid in open pools everywhere… companies buy water wells,from the poor locals, which are supposedly abandoned, to dispose of the crap.. pump it down into the ground with no barriers or anything.. out of sight out of mind..
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Cataclysmic,
They can get oil now because of new technoligies !
I would think they are pumping that man made virus makes oil slicker that produces carbon monoxide and get 40% more oil from wells, shell wells too, what BP used in the GOM pressures increased to much to hold back !
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No tweets of Eq’s. Obvious situation. Gov sensors and blocks all links.
http://ptwc.weather.gov/
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php
http://beforeitsnews.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4NXqIy4qqg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/
http://earthquake-report.com/2011/09/25/el-hierro-canary-islands-spain-volcanic-risk-alert-increased-to-yellow/
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/gmap.php
http://datapoke.org/partmom/a=114#
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@ CB.
BS.
Quake get reported (Warning Sign)
even on the TV
but a Mag.4 something do nothing
and no one cares!
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Hi Human (no nativo, lol)
I know, you Japanese folks are used to earthquakes – I never experienced one so far!
Don’t you think that a very shallow M4 could do much more harm than for example a very deep M 6??
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@ Bread and Butter,
i am not a Japanese,
only a Immigrant who looked
for a better Life,
a shallow Mag 4 is not harmful in Japan,
you need to be only careful,
a very deep Mag 6 is more dangerous,
of course!
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..I don’t agree …any geological disturbance it the area in question…Fukushima…HAS to be of scientific interest..
Particularly shallow…
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Depends largely upon geological strata in the affected area, nearby faults, etc. In the S.F. Bay Area, cities built on landfill and lying northward along the San Andreas and Hayward faults experienced shaking more severe than what was felt near the Loma Prieta Fault itself. S.F. was at least 60 miles north of the epicenter.
Have looked at some Univ. of Nevada Reno engineering studies on shear stress, and some EQ modeling from the Seismology Lab there. Discussion by the PhD’s there was the shear stress at some distance was greater than at the epicenter of the Loma Prieta Quake. That’s why the Bay Bridge and the Cypress Structure suffered so much damage.
This is not to minimize damage or loss of life in communities such as Santa Cruz, CA, which also got a lot of damage, and had loss of life.
I happened to be sitting in the 4th floor of a 5 story building sitting almost smack dab on top of the San Andreas fault in S.F. at the time. The shaking was unbelievably intense, and that was “only” a 7.1 magnitude EQ. It was so bad we were unable to get up off the floor for at least 60-120 seconds. That’s how badly the shaking messes with your body’s equilibrium.
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Excuse me, I’m not sure of the distance from Loma Prieta epicenter to S.F. Could be roughly 45 or 50 miles.
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Is this report referring to these quakes? I’m not sure what the coordinates would be.
EQ-20120105-224999-JP
Magnitude: 5.1
Mercalli scale: 5
Date-Time [UTC]: 05 January, 2012 at 16:47:09 UTC
Local Date/Time: Thursday, January 05, 2012 at 16:47 in the afternoon at epicenter
Location: 38° 43.200, 142° 13.800
Depth: 60 km (37.28 miles)
Region: Asia
Country: Japan
Distances: 51.16 km (31.79 miles) of Shirahama,
Source: EMSC
Generated Tsunami: Not or no data!
Damage: Not or not data!
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=224999
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http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/01/breaking-news-more-shallow-earthquake-at-fukushima-plants/#.TwW3aP2Gm_Q.twitter
Data missing for some reason my as!.
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I thought the USGS does not record events that it understands not to be of geological events of natural origin. If I am correct in that recollection than that might be why these events are not being recorded as EQ’s.??? More disturbing because obviously to register that high trouble is underfoot…
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No no. They have recorded underground atomic blasts before. And they record nowadays quakes outside USA of mag 4.5 and + only. emsc records 4.0+
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Thanks, RK. But USGS does still record events greater than 2.5.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php
On the side found this interesting:Nuclear Explosions and Seismology
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/faq/?categoryID=12&faqID=88
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@ShineTheLight
January 5, 2012 at 10:29 am
Latest Earthquakes Magnitude 2.5 or Greater in the United States and Adjacent Areas and Magnitude 4.5 or Greater in the Rest of the World – Last 7 days
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RK. I stand corrected.
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USGS and GEOFON GFZ do not show ANY earthquakes for Japan except the 6.7 earlier this week. What gives?
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You can see Japan Meterological Agency list of earthquakes here:
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/quake_local_index.html
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You can get server info. for every seismic data station, and can look at the waveforms there. Once you know what the wave form for a natural EQ looks like vs. different types of manmade events (such as nuclear test blasts) you can usually tell what type of event it is.
Will do a little bit of hunting and will see if I can post links here. It depends upon what seismic network you want to look at. Since these are often maintained by Universities, a lot of the info. is available to the public. I’m not sure about Japan, though.
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Here’s a link to a good Swiss-based Seismic Data network:
Red Puma
http://www.seismo2009.ethz.ch/redpuma/redpuma_ami_list.html
Interestingly, Red Puma isn’t yet showing the smaller EQ’s right around Fuku yet, either.
The best way I can think of to get at this data is to find the seismic network with servers for each of the seismic monitoring stations, and looking at the waveforms directly. The data will not be given with magnitudes, but you can get a “visualization” of the wave forms there. Will take some reseach on my part to find the stations, but I’d guess the Universities in Japan probably have their data linked to USGS, UC Berkeley, Stanford Univ., Univ. of Nevada, Reno, etc. along with other prominent Universities worldwide. It is an interactive network of seismic data monitoring.
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My idea behind this is to see for yourself if the EQ’s occurred, w/o getting “scrubbed” data or that deemed “not worthy to report” by whoever is calling the shots.
Personally, I can’t imagine a global effort to just quash data on EQ’s. That would mean you’d basically have to control every seismic scientist on the planet. I cannot imagine that happening. The reputations of prominent seismologists would be on the line, and I quite frankly can’t imagine them going along with that ….
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Where does there funding come from?
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http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120105221718391-052213.html
Earthquake Information (Information on seismic intensity at each site)
Issued at 22:17 JST 05 Jan 2012
Occurred at (JST) Latitude
(degree) Longitude
(degree) Depth Magnitude Region Name
22:13 JST 05 Jan 2012 37.1N 140.6E 20 km 4.1 Fukushima-ken Nakadori
Seismic Intensity at each station
(* mark: Local Governments’ or NIED’s station)
Prefecture JMA Seismic Intensity Station Name
Fukushima 4 Furudono-machi Matsukawa*
2 Nihommatsu-shi Yui*
Samegawa-mura Akasaka-nakano*
Hirata-mura Nagata*
Asakawa-machi Asakawa*
Tamura-shi Miyakojimachi*
Tamura-shi Takinemachi*
Naraha-machi Kitada*
Kawauchi-mura Kamikawauchi-hayawata*
Katsurao-mura Ochiai-ochiai*
1 Fukushima-shi Gorouchimachi*
Koriyama-shi Asahi
Shirakawa-shi Shin-shirakawa*
Shirakawa-shi Higashi*
Sukagawa-shi Hachiman-yama*
Sukagawa-shi Iwase-shisho*
Nihommatsu-shi Kanairo*
Nihommatsu-shi Harimichi*
Kawamata-machi Gohyakuta*
Kagamiishi-machi Fujinuma*
Ten-ei-mura Shimomatsumoto*
Tanagura-machi Tanagura-nakaino
Ishikawa-machi Shimoizumi*
Tamakawa-mura Otaka*
Ono-machi Naka-dori*
Ono-machi Ono-niimachi*
Tamura-shi Funehikimachi
Tamura-shi Ogoemachi*
Tamura-shi Tokiwamachi*
Fukushima Date-shi Maekawara*
Fukushima Date-shi Yanagawamachi *
Fukushima Date-shi Ryozemmachi*
Motomiya-shi Motomiya*
Motomiya-shi Shiraiwa*
Iwaki-shi Onahama
Iwaki-shi Miwamachi
Iwaki-shi Taira-yotsunami*
Iwaki-shi Nishikimachi*
Soma-shi Nakamura*
Fukushima Hirono-machi Shimokitaba-oyachihara*
Fukushima Hirono-machi Shimokitaba-nawashirogae*
Tomioka-machi Moto-oka*
Kawauchi-mura Shimokawauchi
Kawauchi-mura Kamikawauchi-koyamadaira*
Shinchi-machi Yachigoya*
Iitate-mura Itamizawa*
Minami-soma-shi Haramachiku-mishimacho
Minami-soma-shi Haramachiku-takamicho *
Minami-soma-shi Kashimaku*
Miyagi 2 Iwanuma-shi…
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you have to go to the link to see this information, all below the map.
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Quick, get out some more baling wire and duct tape…
What spin can we use in case something even worse happens, like a building with spent fuel pool falls over?
How about this?
The FUKU complex experienced minor turbulence. The captain reports that everyone should put on their seatbelts and put their tray tables up.
If you see a building falling over, it is because we have scheduled a tear down, and it is all part of the normal and safe operation of the company, as authorized by the government, during cold shutdown.
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TBS WEBCAM PHOTOSHOPPED AGAIN! So means something is going on. Its an insult to all for them to cover-up.
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I CAN’T imagine going on like this for another -what?- 3 years until they think they will get the fuel out of the pools.
Not to talk of the remains of the pressure vessels.
Nervewrecking, to say the least.
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What could this stand for?
Totally
Emphatic
Plausible
Coverup
On Steroids
Hmmmmmmm?
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Earthquakes not showing up here yet either
http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/
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Here’s a non-USGS source. Will look for some others.
http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/gsn
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Here’s a map of EQ events on IRIS:
http://www.iris.edu/servlet/eventserver/map.do
Zoom in to the area around Fukushima, give it a date range, and go. I’m using Safari, so it’s not working too well. (Firefox browser recommended.)
Some discussion of wave forms:
http://www.iris.edu/data/seismograms/
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Very interesting…
Global earthquake activity since 1973 and nuclear power plant locations
http://maptd.com/map/earthquake_activity_vs_nuclear_power_plants/
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Is there a map legend or explanation somewhere? Thanks.
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This site reports all earthquake activity over Japan, including ones that weren’t strong enough to be reported by JMA or USGS.
http://www.hinet.bosai.go.jp/hypomap/
If it matters, the quakes this evening were inland (80km or 50 miles south-west of the plants) and not directly underneath the nuclear plant. That particular area has had a lot of shallow activity since 3/11 and has been noticed by seismologists. The activity is said to be occurring on the Idosawa Fault line which is not connected to the NPP(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idosawa_Fault).
A little more info here:
http://unit.aist.go.jp/actfault-eq/Tohoku/nairiku/index_e.html
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wow memphis, great links.
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The March 11 2011 earthquake of 9 MM magnitude occurred 152 km away from the Fukushima Daichi Plant.
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It is FD#1!
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Ramaswami, what is FD#1?
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Fukushima Daichi #1 Plant.
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Excellent. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time!!
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Thanks. I was calculating with reference to the Kudankulam plant, the distance to the nearest hotspots. The hotspots get converted to quakes eventually when quake conditions mature. And then I wanted to compare the Fukushima distance with these distances. Ominously hotspots at Kudankulam are coming close indeed(Closer than Fukushima Plants to the epicenter).
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Greetings. What do you mean by “hotspots” ? What do the hotspots represent? Of what are they constituted? Thanks.
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Do you mean swarms of small EQ’s prior to the main EQ event?
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Swarms of earthquakes produce heat when they are of the order of 3 to 5 MM(moment magnitude). But nowadays hotspots are also caused by friction between faces of rock caused by forces of water content changes behind clusters of dams the world over. And when the surges cause the rocks to melt earthquakes result because of the huge bending moment surges. Rayleigh and Love wave surges travel along the earth’s crust to reach these points which offer resistence to these surges. See http://earthquakescausedbydams.blogspot.com/
and http://predictingquakes.blogspot.com
The hotspot maps are at http://firefly.geog.umd.edu/firemap/
The hotspots are always correlated with dam content changes, for example for dams in the India-China Region.
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Earthquakes are like jiggling a bowl of jello..and the jello is the nuclear fuel which is now a mass of corium in the ground. All it takes is to shake new materials close to each other..or add more water..or reach the groundwater. This is going to go on longer than we are alive..our childrens lives..grandchildrens lives..great-grandchildrens lives……
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local geological diturbances caused by the corium…I’ll bet half my sandwich on that..
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JNN..is back up..you know… they have to be curious
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Where’s TACO, … going to miss this event ????
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lol
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..and the spent fuel boys.. aka kevin and james2.. 5.1 is a good shake, have to wonder how that sfp is doing..
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“spent fuel guys” …. Thats funny.
As you point out, 5.1 is a decent shake and depending on distance from Fukushima could well have an impact. TEPCO reported exactly what you seemed concerned about on January 1st, however “Acts of God” are convenient legal loopholes in liability terms, so once again the truth may well allude us on that particular occassion as well.
That said, as someone who lives on the “rim of fire” 5.1 is a concern, certainly given the proximity as I understand it. The others however are barely noticable given the proximity so present little or certainly less concern.
I think overall the primary concern lies on the obvious potential of serious aftershocks nearing the magnitude of the original quake.
My point has always been the same. I am not satisfied with the evidence that SFP 3 did not send Spent Fuel up in the original explosion, which given the MOX factor (and I understand it is disputed whether MOX fuel was in the SFP) presents a danger that exceeds concerns about SFP 4. Largely because we have evidence that SFP 4 remains mostly intact and “may” sometime in the future present a danger, but SFP 3 has “left the barn.” If my concerns are validated the TEPCO/Government/Industry coverup is multiplied by a factor of many and soars into the realm of a highly criminal affair. The focus on SFP 4 seemed to be an effective communications tactic to steer clear of this concern I have for SFP 3, however, at least there maybe something within the realm of possibility we can do to mitigate future the danger it presents. Which to me is the only valid reason to focus so much attention on SFP 4, while ignoring the clear and present danger SFP 3 has been all along.
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“…The activity ratio of (238)Pu/(239,240)Pu in the aerosol sample was 1.2, indicating a presence of the spent fuel of different origin than that of the Chernobyl accident.” http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2012/01/plutonium-from-fukushima-detected-in.html
Interesting read.. perhaps fuel for your fire Kevin.. you have probably already seen..but just in case sharing it here for you. I was not able to get the whole document..so if you have a link that works for it, I would like to read.
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Geothermal wells here in N California are over 2 miles deep and casue a bunch of 3.5 -4.5 quakes yearly.
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Sorry, link here.
http://www.geysers.com/
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Remember reading the other day… “Boring survey around reactor 2 is coming to the climax.” They are drilling… so, between that, steam, the radiation decay that is impacting concrete and steel…now the earth. I too believe that corium may have left the building
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/01/breaking-news-whistle-blower-talks-container-vessel-is-melting-like-honeycomb/
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Another shake next door to Fuku….
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120106015151391-060147.html
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Thanks. emsc is reporting 5.2 MM magnitude:
2012-01-05 16:47:09.019min ago 38.85 N 142.16 E 54 5.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
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U.S.G.S. reports it at 5.1; very close in magnitude to EMSC report.
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Nice map..showing 5.1 off of Japan…http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/read/index.php?pageid=seism_read&rid=224997
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oh and Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant is 50 km away..so closer than Fukushima..but not by much.
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Yes. Good useful work.
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The latest quake is 5.1 MM as reported by USGS:
5.1 2012/01/05 16:47:05 38.772 142.249 20.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
and the distance from FD#1 is 184 km.
The distance to the epicenter of the March 11 2011 9.0 MM quake is 154 km and not 152 km as reported by me above.
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Earthquake 6 Jan 1.47 JST
01:47 JST 06 Jan 2012 38.7N 142.3E 40 km 4.9 Miyagi-ken Oki
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20120106015151391-060147.html
Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time
• Thursday, January 05, 2012 at 16:47:05 UTC
• Friday, January 06, 2012 at 01:47:05 AM at epicenter
Location 38.772°N, 142.249°E Depth20.1 km (12.5 miles) RegionNEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances132 km (82 miles) ENE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
140 km (86 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
176 km (109 miles) ENE of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
407 km (252 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0007gjl.php
This earthquake is 114 mi (183.9 km) NE from Fukushima Daiichi (#1) Nuclear Power Plant
This earthquake is 31.8 mi (51.11 km) N from March 11 earthquake 9.0
This earthquake is 47.9 mi (77.08 km) NE from Onagawa) Nuclear Power Plant
http://www.movable-type.co.uk/scripts/latlong.html
Fukushima #1 37.422972N 141.032917E
Onagawa nuclear power plant: 38°24′04″N 141°29′59″E
march 11, 9.0 38.322°N 142.369°E
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perhaps a useful link..
http://tenki.jp/earthquake/detail-9395.html
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Heart of the Rose, the link is picturesque but can you please offer a commentary.
Thanks, (I do not know Japanese language.)
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[Google translation]
Top> Earthquakes> Past presentations (41 minutes occurred on December 26, 2011 at 2:00)
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Earthquake information
2 hours, 46 minutes announced on December 26, 2011
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There is no fear of tsunami.
2 hours 41 minutes time of occurrence, December 26
Ibaraki offshore epicenter
Position latitude 36 degrees north latitude
Longitude 140.9 degrees east longitude
M4.4 earthquake magnitude
Depth of approximately 30km
State Regional Municipality seismic intensity intensity
Kamisu Ibaraki Kashima, Ibaraki, Ibaraki Prefecture in southern depth of 2
Northeastern Asahi-machi Katori, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Kite
City of Kasumigaura city 鉾田 Namegata Chikusei Inashiki Itako Tsuchiura Ishioka City, Ibaraki Hitachinaka ball at Hitachi city, Ibaraki Prefecture, Mito, Ibaraki northern depth of 1
Moka, Tochigi Mashiko, Tochigi Prefecture, southern
Narita City, working with city 東庄 Sanbu Yokoshibahikari town Togane northwestern Chiba Choshi, Chiba
※ The intensity of the list view, please click here
Historical earthquake information
Up to 26 December 2011 magnitude seismic epicenter Time announced on generation time (Monday) as M3.5 2011 December 26, beaches, Fukushima Prefecture 25 minutes 13:00 20:13 Mon 11:30 35 min at 11 December 26th minute off Fukushima Prefecture M3.7 2011 (Monday) December 26 M2.9 2011 20:11 Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture 25 minutes at 11 (Mon) 10:00 Iwate Prefecture 24 minutes 28 minutes at 10 M3.5 2011 Southern December 26 (Monday) December 26, Ibaraki offshore M4.4 2011 46 min 41 min 2:00 2:00 (Mon) M3.4 off Miyagi Prefecture during 54 minutes at 1:59 0 0 December 25,…
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hi…i’m at work until late…try bing translator…
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The 2nd Fukushima diary link above includes this tweet at the bottom:
“The friend of mine who told me reactor 4 is in crisis sent me and email now.It was an order “Do wear a mask when you go out.”. Looking around on twitter, a lot of people are concerned about the situation, but there is no official info from the government or Tepco. and her husband is .. involved in nuclear plant”
tweeted reports aren’t confirmable, but if it’s true, it sounds like really bad news. It sounds like they are expecting (or experiencing) an increase is radioactive particulate material in the air.
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right click on the page..it should come as an option..i’m interested ..in what you think as well..
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Nationwide dense seismic observation networks in Japan
http://www.jamstec.go.jp/ifree/j/topics/gloria/pdf/23-11Obara.pdf
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Earthquakes – Japan – How quake prediction works (or not)
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/03/11/6247882-how-quake-prediction-works-or-not
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If you click on the individual quake, you het wave pattern. The last link gives the most recent quakes:
http://www.fnet.bosai.go.jp/event/tdmt.php?LANG=en&ID=20110331222400&all=
http://www.fnet.bosai.go.jp/event/joho.php?tm=201201&all=&LANG=en
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Magnitude 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake (3/11/11) and its aftershocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0-8C3ggC30
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Japan quake map of 500 + earthquake aftershocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT9FkaTyMw&feature=endscreen&NR=1
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Japan earthquake: magnitude 6.7 aftershock rocks Honshu
June 23, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0623/Japan-earthquake-magnitude-6.7-aftershock-rocks-Honshu
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Hypocenter of Tohoku earthquake and aftershocks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=994BPqL5cv4
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I have prognosis for the coming days at
http://predictingquakes.blogspot.com/
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Is this is why TEPCO has been pulling workers from the Complex?
I really hope that the Corium(s) are N☢T playing hokey pokey,
… With the water below the complex
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this reminds me of the earthquakes here in the us being caused by the injection of waste water back into the ground from fracking wells.
http://thinkprogress.org/green/2012/01/05/398406/after-earthquakes-ohio-decides-to-stop-fracking-process-to-help-stop-the-ground-from-shaking/?mobile=nc
The corium from at least one reactor has probably started its decent. between the heat from melted core and the water as a lubricant and the resulting steam creating pressure its only a matter of time. How many earthquakes can #4 pool take? If I was younger I would be looking for a place in the southern hemisphere.
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heres a tidbit from Arnie
“The other things I am telling friends in Tokyo is keep your eye on Unit Four. If there is an earthquake and Unit Four topples don’t believe the authorities you are well beyond where science has ever imagined and it is time to get on a flight and get out of there. “
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