Earthquake

There was an earthquake in the middle of the night. The quake was given international news coverage, even getting an alarmist headline on DrudgeReport.com.

However, no major damage has been reported and only a few people suffered light injuries:

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking up people 100 miles away in Tokyo.

Two people suffered minor injuries from falling furniture, public television broadcaster N-H-K reported. An 18-year-old man was hit when his stereo speakers fell onto his bed, and a 25-year-old man was hit by objects rattled off shelves.

There were no other immediate reports of injuries or damage from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake, N-H-K said. No tsunami warning was issued.

The earthquake occurred at 1:45 a.m. offshore at a depth of about 25 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was about 100 miles northeast of Tokyo.

kenji

biggest one i’ve felt since i’ve been here. and it happened at like 2 am…-___-
http://neilduckett.com Neil Duckett

Felt it alright …. it was massive.
Peter

I saw the NHK morning news report on it at a local Japanese restaurant 2 hours ago. Looks scary.
Brian

Has it been mentioned anywhere that there was a 6.2 quake about 40 minutes early at the same spot? It’s been a shaky day: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/140_35_eqs.php
somegirl

does anyone know exactly where in the northeast it hit? . .I was too groggy this morning to really care about turning on the news but it seems the aftershocks we got here went on for a long time.

http://sleepytako.blogspot.com David

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/08015400391.html

You can go back and forward in time and see how the after shakes hit too. Also clicking on the map lets you zoom in.

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morningstar

I just hope citizens were all OK.

seema

What about non-citizens? Do you hope they are ok too?

Kevin

I think he’s trying to avoid the mention of aliens – particularly Tommy Lee Jones and Mujin-kun.

http://alecinjapan.com Alec

I felt it and the one less than an hour before it. I know Tokyo’s due for its big earthquake but are there any clearer signs when it migh hit? Would there be a serious of smaller earthquakes like this in the lead-up?

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

The Great Kanto Quake? Yeah, it’s been going to happen “this year” for the past 20 years. Any day now, hey?

As the urban legend goes, it’s going to hit “this October without fail.” If you predict disaster for a long enough time, it’ll eventually come true.

http://swiftywriting.blogspot.com Swifty

Yeah, at first I thought I was having dizzy spells because of my flu.
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Kirbz

Sleeping came in last place that night. Yay, go Tochigi-Ken for being at the forefront! Shook things pretty decently, ran to get to a door frame before it stopped.

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