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I just realized, theres never been any mention of earthquakes in the Japan forum...

Well, the Kansai area and most of western Japan got hit by 2, yes 2 earthquakes tonight:

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My area and dare I say Troys area too got hit by a level 3 or 4, while Mie (where I used to live) got hit by a level 5 intensity on the Japanese Omori scale.

What made tonight interesting was that we had 2 quakes, both within 2 hours of each other, both the same intensity, and both lasting at least 15 - 20 seconds (in Hyogo). Usaually a larger one is folowed up by aftershocks of a lower intensity... but then again I'm no goelogist so this might not be so uncommon, I don't know.

Tidal wave warnings are in effect from Tokyo right across to Shikoku, with the main focus on the Mie prefecture area (where the epicenter was, some way off the coast).

Anyways, thats enough action for one night, I'm off to bed.

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I was in saitama tonite and felt a very small quake around 6:30pm

They have been happening on and off a fair bit recently in tokyo..

last week i was on the 7th floor at my school and one hit.

Maybe someone should post up some info regarding the great kansai prediction... similar but more power than the Kobe earthquake... that is expected to hit sometime soon. and destroy 6 million out of the 6.6million structures in the area.

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Maybe someone should post up some info regarding the great kansai prediction... similar but more power than the Kobe earthquake... that is expected to hit sometime soon. and destroy 6 million out of the 6.6million structures in the area.

Whats this about? Do tell

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Just got woken up by another one... this is getting a little freaky now, as there is a typhoon coming our way later on this afternoon too, and as you can see the epicenter is in almost the exact same place...

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This time the highest magnitude was 4 in Mie (again), and we acyually felt a level 3. It only lasted for 5 - 10 seconds, but still, in my time in Japan this is the first time I felt 3 quakes within days of each other... something must be brewing underground?

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Damnit... Japan will be destroyed before I get over there. :P
Hehehe, you know, sometimes I think Japanese people want Japan to be destroyed, just so they can start over again...:headspin:
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