An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 struck off Fukushima Prefecture on Friday afternoon. The quake, which occurred at 12:52 p.m., jolted parts of Ibaraki Prefecture, where it measured 4, as well as Fukushima, Saitama and Tochigi where it measured 3, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported. In Tokyo, Chiba, Gunma and Miyagi, it measured 2. No tsunami warning was issued.
The agency said the epicenter was at a depth of 20 kilometers off the Fukushima coast.
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alloverit
My phone was going crazy with its quake warnings but didn't feel a thing as I was on a train heading to southern Saitama. Hope all is well further north though.
kurisupisu
Is fuel pool 4 still standing?
Herve Nmn L'Eisa
It was felt as far as Odawara.
Meguroman
didn`t feel it at all this time here in Meguro.
Thunderbird2
I'm in Tokyo and felt nothing. 12:15 I was walking in Ueno.
SquidBert
Definitely rocked the house a bit in mid-Ibaraki.
Elbuda Mexicano
No feel in my part of Tokyo, but the nurses sure felt it! As I was joking with my doctor that the okyu incense smell like weed.
Ranger_Miffy2
Rocked where I was in Ochanomizu!
nath
didn't feel it in Gunma at all... mind I did change all the lights over so I don't notice any swaying and freak myself out ;)
Ann von Mehren
There was also a major earthquake in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Guatamala on November 7. The news reports say the U.S. Geological Survey and the Japan Meteorological agencies are reporting "depth of 20 kilometers" -- I believe they must mean distance rather than depth, because my understanding is that the deepest depth of the ocean is no more than approximately 12 kilometers (in the Challenger trench of the Marianas). Any clarification on these measurements would be most helpful.
Apsara
They mean depth. 20 km is how far below the surface of the earth it is, i.e. as you move towards the core- 40 km isn't unusual for an earthquake. It's got nothing to do with the depth of the ocean anywhere.
Ann von Mehren
To elaborate, I suppose this means at a depth under the earth's crust, but it is confusing in a news report about an earthquake "in the Pacific Ocean."
Open Minded
In Sumida, 5th floor, it was quite a significant one. Not frightening nor requesting self-protection, but quite a nice 30" jolt.
kurisupisu
It wasn't just one earthquake but several......
alladin
The big one is soon to come so everyone in the Kanto area should get out. If you think that the Fukushima earthquake was big, wait until the next one comes and you will see that the Fukushima earthquake was not so big after all.
nandakandamanda
All we can really say is that these earthquakes will keep happening, in greater or lesser size, in that area of Japan.
Each one will be a fresh shock to get the tongues wagging again.
The question that pops up in my mind is always, like kurisupusu above, how much of this terrible shaking can No.4 used-fuel-rod pool continue to take?
Apsara
I don't think so. Earthquakes are always reported with their magnitudes and depths, and anyone used to seeing earthquake reports (which anyone in Japan very much is) understands immediately that the depth given is beneath the crust, regardless of where the earthquake happened.
Elbuda Mexicano
Zichi, so after 30 years Japan will have no more earthquakes??
lucabrasi
@Elbuda
That's like the weather forecaster saying " Rain will continue till Friday in Kyushu" and you replying "So after Friday Kyushu will have no more rain??"