Were there any injuries or damage from the Tokyo earthquake today?
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While quite long and scary (as all earthquakes are) it was not nearly powerful enough to do damage, due to it's distance away from land.
This gets at the problem of media reporting.
In the US it was a "7.1 magnitude earthquake near Tokyo!". In Japan, it was a 4 (on their scale that is based on the amount of damage potential) in Tokyo and a 3 in Saitama.
In other words, it was not sensationalized in Japan, but in the US media it is made in to a big news story by just using the big numbers.
I wish this didn't happen as it scares my family back home unnecessarily.
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Possible reasons for no damage from this magnitude of a quake.
- 200 miles south-southwest of Tokyo
The quake happended in the ocean, away from land mass and structures
- Epicenter: 188 miles deep
With an epicenter that deep, there was probably some damage to the ocean floor, but it wasn't close enough to the top of the ocean floor to cause a tsunami
Damage takes some time to reveal itself though and get reported. If its small, some damage won't get reported at all. (ie: a few new cracks in the sidewalk)
www.foxnews.com
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The seismic scale used in Japan is also different than the one used in the US.
I have included links to several informative sites.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20090809202521391-091956.html
http://www.jma.go.jp/jma/en/Activities/intsummary.pdf
News:
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200908100046.html
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_JAPAN_EARTHQUAKE_ASOL-?SITE=YOMIURI&SECTION=HOSTED_ASIA&TEMPLATE=ap_national.html
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It did for me too!
I should add that the earthquake was very quickly moved out of the news in Japan to make way for 24 hour a day coverage of a pop star busted for using cocaine....
This is good to hear, I am a west coast newb here in Canada and everybody always tells me we are due for "the big one" ... what would I do if my monitors fell from my desk??/
This actually gives me an idea for a question...
I'm glad you're okay!
Thanks for the information.
Growing up in San Francisco, I've had my share of quakes and have a keen understanding of the richter scale.
This makes me angry at our media machine.
I get more and more skeptical every day!