Big earthquake hits Iwate/Miyagi
There was just a strong earthquake in Northern Japan (6-upper on the Japanese scale, 6.9 on the Richter scale):
Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures appear to have been hit the hardest. Not a lot of information is available at this time, but judging by how this quake is as strong as the one that hit Niigata last year, there will probably be buildings damaged and people injured or killed. (The closest nuclear plants to the earthquake-hit area have already reported in that they have suffered no damage.)
Update: At least 3 people are dead and 167 people injured at the time of this update. 10 people have been reported missing (may include a group of 3 foreign English teachers and 1 Japanese person who had gone camping near Komano-yu-onsen).
There has also been a bizarre discovery: an old Black Jack manga by Tezuka Osamu had an earthquake in Tohoku around 8:00AM on June 14th of an unspecified year. [hat tip to Toru]
Update 2: The death toll is up to 10, and rescue crews are still searching for missing people.
In case you were worried about the foreign English teachers who had been reported missing, it turns out they never actually went on their planned camping trip.
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We felt it strongly down in Fukushima.
I wrote a brief entry on my morning.
Dutch news (NOS) reports 2 people killed, some wounded by falling glass, mortar etc.
Just about everyone in my Tokyo office went nuts saying they felt a HUGE earthquake, but I stood there not noticing a thing. Apparently, they were right and I’m oblivious. It must have been big for them to feel it strongly down here.
The USGS reported something like 10 aftershocks around the 5.0 level. crazy.
TBS has just reported that a few people including a foreign teacher maybe missing. They are not sure yet. I really hope they are OK.
BTY, did you see this?
Tezuka predicted the North Japan earthquake
It lasted for a good 30 seconds for me in Tokyo.
german news said that small amount of radioactive water have leaked but not in dangerous quantities
Death toll now at 7 confirmed.
I hope very fast recovery for all the people in Sendai region.Take good care.
That article doesn’t mention that the three gaijin that are missing are English teachers. Where did that come from?
TV news reports.