M5.2 earthquake jolts eastern Japan

National Jun. 01, 2012 - 08:55PM JST ( 21 )

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Jun. 02, 2012 - 05:12AM JST

No solar cells were damaged in the quake.
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FadamorJun. 01, 2012 - 10:28PM JST

I would think M5.2 quakes are "old hat" to people in Japan. No?
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FadamorJun. 02, 2012 - 02:17AM JST

Probably want to hold off restarting the ones near these recent earthquakes, though, until things settle down a bit. It's SUCH a pain stopping them after they've been started.
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Jessica Marie SatoJun. 01, 2012 - 10:12PM JST

@Berniek They are sideways.
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Rick KisaJun. 01, 2012 - 10:53PM JST

M5.2 earthquake jolts eastern Japan

a reminder to those pressurising to restart the nuclear plants despite reject by the people that earthquakes and tsunamis, not Hashimoto and the likes, will always say the last word and give the last advise on nuke reactors.
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BernieKJun. 01, 2012 - 09:56PM JST

I felt it up here in Sendai too. Are these shakers near Tokyo up and down or sideways?
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wanderlustJun. 01, 2012 - 10:21PM JST

That's the second in two days, virtually the same intensity and the epicenter in the same area. What will the expert seismologists will make of it?
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JimizoJun. 02, 2012 - 12:54AM JST

Think I'll stick with the expert seismologists. Beats a Mayan calendar.
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nandakandamandaJun. 02, 2012 - 05:29PM JST

Quote WiiliB: "The nuclear plants survived the earthquake just fine, thank you."

Covered up and unthinkable, I know, but the very real suggestion is that it was the earthquake that trashed Fukushima, even before the tsunami struck. Only workers on the ground would breathe this kind of heresy, though.

http://www.simplyinfo.org/?p=1692
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Vernie JefferiesJun. 01, 2012 - 10:31PM JST

That one knocked down a couple of pictures off my wall.
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Veronica Siwa DacioJun. 01, 2012 - 10:52PM JST

I live here in Tochigi, but i didn't feel anything. Maybe because i was driving. Good to hear nobody was hurt.
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almostshatJun. 01, 2012 - 11:07PM JST

Thought I was drunker than in fact I was; but not, it transpires. Hic.
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hoserfellaJun. 01, 2012 - 11:24PM JST

It felt like the one exactly two weeks ago.

pukey - Absolutely! it felt EXACTLY like the one two weeks ago that shook for about 15 seconds and then stopped. Two earthquakes unlike any others in the past 10 years and sure to lead to more death and destruction.
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WilliBJun. 02, 2012 - 12:01AM JST

Quite noticable that one. And I notice it was centered here in Kanto again, Looks like the activity is shifing here.
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YongYangJun. 02, 2012 - 12:05AM JST

So, NO to nuclear power plants then, right.
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David Quintero NavarroJun. 02, 2012 - 06:46AM JST

This one felt quite strong even felt it on my first floor!!!
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Tom DeMickeJun. 02, 2012 - 05:14PM JST

Glad I'm in Okinawa though we have them too, just not as frequent or as intense. Scary!
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avigatorJun. 01, 2012 - 11:38PM JST

At Garagegames.com there is a prediction for a big one in the Tokai Region by 8 July. Will monitor news while on vacation.
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Pukey2Jun. 01, 2012 - 11:08PM JST

It felt like the one exactly two weeks ago.
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Jun. 02, 2012 - 05:09AM JST

Time to restart all the nuclear reactors. What could possibly go wrong?
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WilliBJun. 02, 2012 - 01:43AM JST

Rick Kisa:

" a reminder to those pressurising to restart the nuclear plants "

Why?? The nuclear plants survived the earthquake just fine, thank you. And would think that by now, emergency plans have been modified sufficiently to make sure that a tsunami can not take out emergency generators any more.

This knee-jerk ludditism is so not what we need.