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[L0st Id3ntity]

(Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck off northern Japan on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The USGS recorded the quake at 0305 GMT. It later put the depth of the quake at a relatively shallow 10 km (6 miles).

The epicentre of the quake was located 275 km (170 miles) northeast of Kuril'sk in the Kuril Islands, the USGS said. There was no tsunami warning issued immediately after the quake.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/19/japan-quake-idUSL3N0D67G020130419

 

[Kaladin]

WTF IS GOING ON?

 

[BlazingDarkness]

:O

 

[XiaNaphryz]

Oh crap...stay safe Japan-GAF.

 

[LakeEarth]

I think I'm going to wear a helmet the rest of the month.

Stay safe Japan.

 

[Passive Assassin]

:[

 

[genjiZERO]

Hope everyone is ok

 

[HoJu]

What a week.
Stay safe Japan

 

[Maninthemirror]

What is going on ?! 2012 a year late ??? This is insane

 

[jaxword]

WTF IS GOING ON?

God is angry.

 

[triplestation]

i hope they do something like evacuate everyone to somewhere else somehow japan has just been receiving nothing but bad news

 

[Camp Lo]

Is 7 high?

2011 disaster was 9.0

Stay safe, Japan-GAF!

Oh damn. It's a wrap.

 

[Mechazawa]

Wow nature, maybe let Japan catch it's breath for a few dozen decades first.

 

[Ingueferroque]

Strange, I don't see any mention. Just the MIT shooting.

 

[shinobi602]

WTF IS GOING ON?

Natural phenomena?

 

[Chris R]

Terrible angle for a big tsunami right? Not far enough east.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mlhf9p#summary

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Strange, I don't see any mention. Just the MIT shooting.

Same here. OP, where did it say anything about this on Reuters?

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Is 7 high?

2011 disaster was 9.0

Stay safe, Japan-GAF!

 

[cdkee]

Reported by USGS

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mlhf9p#summary

 

[Meus Renaissance]

Conflicting reports on whether or not a tsunami warning has been given

 

[Lavalamp1138]

Yeah I'm not seeing any reports on a 7.0, only a 4.6 within the last four hours.

 

[Kaladin]

Same here. OP, where did it say anything about this on Reuters?

Confirmed:

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=313200

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Conflicting reports on whether or not a tsunami warning has been given

goddammit Wolf

 

[sappyday]

This week has been really depressing.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Hopefully it's nothing major, I don't need to see people being swallowed up while driving away from it again.

 

[teh_J0kerer]

Weird, hear near Tokyo I didn't feel anything.

 

[TheNatural]

2011 disaster was 9.0

Stay safe, Japan-GAF!

The point changes are orders of magnitude, so a 9 is considerably more powerful than a 7.

 

[tj hazuki]

There's also a shooter at MIT.. This fucking week

 

[Foffy]

This week has been really depressing.

This month, more like. ):

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

The point changes are orders of magnitude, so a 9 is considerably more powerful than a 7.

Definitely. That doesn't mean that 7 isn't any powerful.

 

[androvsky]

Magnitude 7 with the epicenter about 500 kilometers from Japan would seem to suggest it's not going to be a major disaster.

 

[L0st Id3ntity]

Same here. OP, where did it say anything about this on Reuters?

They removed it, reports are emerging from other sources now. Will update the op.

 

[B-Dubs]

Terrible angle for a big tsunami right? Not far enough east.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00mlhf9p#summary

It looks like it wasn't in the worst possible spot, it looks far enough north not to cause a lot of damage to Japan.

Weird, hear near Tokyo I didn't feel anything.

It happened way, way to the north.

 

[Mesoian]

goddammit Wolf

Aww...I shouldn't laugh at that, but I did...

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Magnitude 7 with the epicenter about 500 kilometers from Japan would seem to suggest it's not going to be a major disaster.

It can result in a tsunami though, as it did before. Hopefully its not as bad as it sounds and I hope you're right.

 

[jacobs34]

I think everyone is entitled to a drink or two this weekend. What a terrible week.

 

[ginger ninja]

Fuck's going on with the world this week

 

[JordanLMiller]

I guess the Mayans were just a little off.

 

[Kacho]

What terrible news.

 

[_woLf]

reuters took that off their breaking news line and put this up instead:

Breaking News: Gunshots heard on Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus: university website


what a strange week

 

[The Main Event]

The fuck dudez.

 

[cntr]

Jesus, this week.

 

[Strike]

This week has been really depressing.

Save for the Alison Brie thread, this is true.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

This is odd. You'd think if there were a tsunami warning, NHK would have something up, but they don't.

 

[jambo]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/19/us-japan-quake-idUSBRE93I04320130419

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck off northern Japan on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The USGS recorded the quake at 11:05 p.m. ET (0305 GMT). It later put the depth of the quake at a relatively shallow 10 km (6 miles).

The epicenter of the quake was located 275 km (170 miles) northeast of Kuril'sk in the Kuril Islands, the USGS said.

There was no tsunami warning issued immediately after the quake.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Stay Safe Japan-gaf. Hope shit doesn't get bad like last time.

 

[NomarTyme]

Oh boy.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/19/us-japan-quake-idUSBRE93I04320130419

Good news?

 

[Collete]

Too much pain and misery this week...Stay safe, Japan.

 

[Jarmel]

Those preliminary numbers can change guys.

 

[Kenny Blankenship]

gah this week has been crazy, wasn't there another earthquake in the middle east