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Earthquake and Tsunami - Japan

Tuesday, November 15, 2005 10:06:40 AM

A strong earthquake (magnitude around 7) shook northern Japan early Tuesday 15 November, triggering a small tsunami that struck coastal towns about 200 miles from the epicentre.

This event is in the Pacific plate in the bending zone before subduction, a normal-faulting event related to flexure of the lithosphere rather than the more dangerous thrust faulting typical of subduction zones. (See my log of Monday, 7. November 2005)




Ole

Krakatau tsunamiQuake and Tsunami 2 (Japan)

Comments

TimothyX Monday, April 13, 2009 8:24:31 AM

Tragedy is what we regard earthquake for the reason that it has the capacity to devastate all your possessions and properties.Just recently an earthquake struck in L’Aquila, Italy it has 6.3 magnitude and the damage is far more than any online cash advance can help with. The death toll is expected to climb over 100 and up to 50,000 are left homeless. Italy is no stranger to nature's fury, as Mount Etna in Sicily and Mount Vesuvius and Mount Strabo have all wreaked havoc since ancient times. Let us count ourselves fortunate if all we have to worry about is an online cash advance instead of an earthquake

Ole Nielsennielsol Monday, April 13, 2009 8:58:43 AM

Of course you are right.

The latest numbers I have seen was a death toll of 278, with 179 of the injured in a serious condition, and some 28,000 people left homeless.

I posted about the L-Aquila earthquake here
http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/2009/04/06/italian-earthquake
and here
http://my.opera.com/nielsol/blog/show.dml/3129515

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