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    bigfujiyama

    From the USGS

    This deep section of the Pacific slab beneath the Sea of Okhotsk has hosted several large earthquakes in the past , four above M 6 within 200 km of the May 24 event since 1988. These included a M 7.7 earthquake in July 2008, 115 km to the southwest at a depth of 630 km, and a M 7.3 event in November of the same year, 95 km to the southeast at a depth of 490 km. Because of their great depths, none are known to have caused damage. Intermediate-depth (70-300 km) and deep-focus (depth > 300 km) earthquakes are distinguished from shallow earthquakes (0-70 km) by the nature of their tectonic setting, and are in general less hazardous than their shallow counterparts, though they may be felt at great distances from their epicenters.

    Posted in: M8 earthquake hits Russia's Far East

  • 5

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    A 75-year-old Pakistani man was hacked to death in Birmingham on May 2nd. That never made it on to Japan today.

    Of course both attacks were heinous, but the response to the Woolwich one has been ridiculous. I've seen people screaming for lynchings, mass deportations, ethnic cleansing.

    Stupidity on a massive scale.

    Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

  • 1

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    They have closed several stores outside of Kanto already. It must have been pretty bad for the staff after their arduous auditions.

    Posted in: The arduous audition process to become a Cold Stone Japan part-timer

  • 1

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    Three letters

    V.P.N

    Posted in: YouTube launches paid channels, in TV challenge

  • 5

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    Mt Fuji was rejected as a natural heritage site several years ago because it was too polluted.

    I hope this will encourage them to limit the number of climbers on the mountain, and bring in some kind of park ranger system to stop companies dumping trash all over the place.

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    I LOLed when I read people using the word 'normal.

    What awful grey lives you must lead if all you aspire to be is 'normal'

    Posted in: Rainbow Pride

  • 1

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    A lot of people believe a lot of things.

    Basing an earthquake-prediction system on historical sunspot activity is just irresponsible. The same guy predicted the Tokai quake for July 2012. It didn't happen. They drop lots of dates and just hope that one fits. Even if earthquakes are slightly influenced by eclipses or sunspots, there so many other factors that affect their production. What happens if an undersea mountain on the edge of a subduction zone delays a quake by 10, 50 or 150 years?

    Japan has one of the most complex tectonic systems in the world. It is almost impossible to predict quakes here with any accuracy, especially if you concentrate the prediction on a single factor.

    Posted in: Quakes hit southern Honshu, Fukushima

  • 1

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    bigfujiyama - oh really? And how do you know that? Im going to place money on the fact that, as the big clever scientists at the Japanese Meteorological Agency can still >not predict huge earthquakes within a couple of minutes of them, that either can you. And the fact they can also not >rule out it all being related to each other, that either can you.

    Well you would lose your money. I have a degree in geology, specifically plate tectonics. Nobody can predict earthquakes, but with a little knowledge you can tell the difference. If you knew anything about quakes, you would know it was a deep-focus quake. Deep quakes occur on a different mechanism from shallow focus ones, although scientists don't know the exact reason it is thought that they occur when minerals in part of a subducting slab go through a change. They don't cause after shocks and they don't cause tsunamis. They are felt over a wide area because of the depth. There was a 7.0 deep quake down there on New Years day 2012. Again there were no aftershocks, but it was felt over a wide area. The Miyake-jima quakes are related to magma movement at an undersea volcano close to Miyake. That movement could lead to an eruption and the magma movement could be an after effect from the 2011 quake. However, the 6.7 quake today was completely different.

    Big quakes can happen at any time in Japan. The only thing you can do is prepare, but a little understanding of how they work goes a long way.

    Posted in: Quakes hit southern Honshu, Fukushima

  • 0

    bigfujiyama

    6.7 was a deep quake. 450km down.

    Not related to any other recent activity.

    Posted in: Quakes hit southern Honshu, Fukushima

  • 2

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    a bit freaky if you ask me. Something is going on with the plates down there...

    Something is always going on with the plates down there.

    Posted in: M7.0 quake jolts islands off northern Japan; no tsunami warning

  • 1

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    Well, according to my brother-in-law, they knew exactly when and where the last missile was launched. As if the US didn't know, either.

    They has some kind of major bluff going with the press.

    Newspaper reporters make great smoke bombs.

    Posted in: Japan deploys Patriot missiles in key locations around Tokyo

  • 14

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    My brother-in-law was a PAC engineer in the SDF.

    PAC missiles are a last line of defense if enemy rockets get past the Aegis destroyers' interceptor ABMs, which are designed to take down BMs in the early stages after launch.

    NK isn't going to be firing hundreds of rockets. They will be lucky to get a couple off the ground. The PAC deployment is more a show of strength than a real fear of missiles landing on Tokyo.

    Posted in: Japan deploys Patriot missiles in key locations around Tokyo

  • 2

    bigfujiyama

    The same article has been written over and over since the 1980s.

    Originality please.

    Also don't assume that all 'Western' is the same.

    Posted in: Differences in business culture between Japan and West

  • 3

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    Me think getting me out of a temp house and helping me find a new job will give me more hope than a miracle tree and a stone statue.

    As someone who nearly died from disease last year, I can tell you on the road to recovery a simple act of kindness can be worth more than all the material goods in the world.

    Posted in: Easter Island statue to give hope to tsunami-hit town

  • 1

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    Mount Fugi's eruption might cause the world another little ice age, and yes, where would they go?

    Mt Fuji is not that big a volcano. Now, if Hakone blows, it could have more far-reaching consequences.

    Posted in: 3 prefectures to draw up evacuation plan for Mt Fuji eruption

  • 2

    bigfujiyama

    It's simple.

    If you don't like same-sex marriage, don't have one. Nobody is forcing you to.

    Posted in: First gay wedding held at Tokyo Disney Resort

  • 5

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    because they are white Americans they get a documentary made about them.

    Hardly - the filmmaker is black and has made several films about the experiences black people have in Japan. He chose a story that would be of interest to his audience. If it raises interest about the quake and its aftermath, it can only create positive results for the survivors- wherever they are from originally

    Posted in: Filmmaker Regge Life honors American tsunami victim

  • 1

    bigfujiyama

    It's not just about trash.

    One of the biggest problems on fuji is the environmental damage caused by the waste from toilets seeping into the water table.. Only a few of the facilities are bio-toilets.

    The money from climbing fees will allow bio-toilets to be fitted on all of the routes.

    I also hope the fees will stop some people from climbing at all. The sheer number of people stomping up there causes huge damage to a unique ecosystem.

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  • -2

    bigfujiyama

    It's nothing that deliberate.

    The poster simply mistook the kanji 巻く ma(ku) wrap for 撒く ma(ku) spread, which shows they aren't thinking at all.

    Posted in: AKB fan threatens sarin gas attack over commercial

  • 0

    bigfujiyama

    Hope it doesnt blow up when I'm in the onsen in Hakone....

    Hakone is also under close watch. It is a huge, dormant caldera.

    The last Fuji eruption happened after a quake in the Tokai region. There were also 8+ quakes in the Nankai and Tounankai areas.

    Those quakes caused the Fujikawa fault system to pop, which scientists think were the final cause of the eruption. Basically it was rocking and rolling all over.

    Fuji will blow. As to when, nobody really knows.

    Posted in: Mt Fuji may erupt by 2015, says Ryukyu University professor

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