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applegrove

(118,749 posts) Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:29 PM Jul 2014

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Fukushima, Japan, the center of a nuclear crisis following a

CNN Breaking News email:

"A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Fukushima, Japan, the center of a nuclear crisis following a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency reported.

The agency issued a tsunami warning for the Pacific coast of Tohoku, a region of northern Japan."

Vibes to one and all.

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A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Fukushima, Japan, the center of a nuclear crisis following a (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2014 OP

................... get the red out Jul 2014 #1

RUH ROH Peacetrain Jul 2014 #2

Oh God Aerows Jul 2014 #3

Oh no Hekate Jul 2014 #4

Dammit...I wish my Japanese friends could catch a break! Rex Jul 2014 #5

IF Fukishima wasn't currently in such a damaged state, this would probably not be a big deal MohRokTah Jul 2014 #6

Never would have figured it was a bad place to build nuclear power plants. nm rhett o rick Jul 2014 #7

The plant did fine with the quake in 2011. MohRokTah Jul 2014 #8

8 inch tsunami recorded uppityperson Jul 2014 #9

get the red out

(13,468 posts)

1. ...................

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:34 PM

Jul 2014

Scary news.

Peacetrain

(22,878 posts)

2. RUH ROH

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:34 PM

Jul 2014

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

3. Oh God

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 04:38 PM

Jul 2014

Not again.

Best wishes to our Japanese friends!

Hekate

(90,769 posts)

4. Oh no

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:32 PM

Jul 2014

Rex

(65,616 posts)

5. Dammit...I wish my Japanese friends could catch a break!

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:34 PM

Jul 2014

Love an positive vibes! Hopefully there will be no tsunami.

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

6. IF Fukishima wasn't currently in such a damaged state, this would probably not be a big deal

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:36 PM

Jul 2014

So long as there is no Tsunami, of course.

Under the current circumstances, nobody can say how bad this might be, or how much worse it can get if there is another Tsunami.

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)

7. Never would have figured it was a bad place to build nuclear power plants. nm

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:37 PM

Jul 2014

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)

8. The plant did fine with the quake in 2011.

Reply to rhett o rick (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:39 PM

Jul 2014

It was the tsunami that screwed everything up.

I believe the design took this size of quake into account, but the engineers never took into account what might happen with an ensuing tsunami after such a quake.

Edited to add. The Designs took into account potential structural issues after a quake of this size and incorporated shutdown procedures. In 2011, the shutdown procedures were moving along fine, then the tsunami hit and nothing was going to stop the massive failure that happened afterwards.

In this quake, the damage is already there and even without a tsunami, the consequences could again be disastrous. Should there be another tsunami, I expect a worse disaster than 2011.

uppityperson

(115,678 posts)

9. 8 inch tsunami recorded

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Fri Jul 11, 2014, 05:39 PM

Jul 2014

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/strong-quake-hits-japan-triggering-tsunami-24528357

A 20-centimeter (8-inche) tsunami reached the coast of Ishinomaki Ayukawa about 50 minutes after the quake. Smaller waves were observed at two other locations along the coast.

Changes to the shoreline, however, were not visible on television footages of NHK public broadcaster.

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