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EMSC earthquake notification (REVISION)

Magnitude 8.8 11/03/2011 05:46 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

These parameters are preliminary and subject to revisions.
For updates, please consult: http://www.emsc-csem.org


A magnitude 8.8 earthquake has occurred NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN at:
38.33N 142.40E Depth 30km 11/03/2011 at 05:46:24 (Universal Time)

Earthquake location with respect to nearby cities:
97 km E Ishinomaki (pop 117233, local time 14:46:24.4 2011-03-11)
90 km SE Kesennuma (pop 59116, local time 14:46:24.4 2011-03-11)

Comments :

Manual location disseminated on 11/03/2011 06:35 (UTC)
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Links to regional seismological observatories:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsw...

This location has been computed thanks to the data provided by the
following seismological institutes:
BGSG GFZ NEIR SC3
See the full list of data providers at:
http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/c...


This EMSC service is jointly operated by the LDG (Laboratoire de
Detection et de Geophysique, Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France) and the
IGN (Instituto Geografico Nacional, Madrid, Spain).

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[Christian K.]

Haha, i never said that i would go back to using oil and coal, fucking idiot. I know, we need the fucking nuclear energy right now. You should read better, my dear.

[TheArtkaw]

It's weird... Imagine if someone said America deserved to be attacked by terrorists because of shit they did during the Vietnam war... I don't think they'd appreciate people saying shit like "that's karma for you".

[68LEELU]

karma.........

[91rummy]

We must learn a lot from Japan. Nature always works against them. And once even people did. Still their will power shot them back to their best and they play a key role in many industries. Now they stoppedNucleR power. That's the kind of action!!! Not enough words to appreciate them..