Five dead, 240 hurt in Japan earthquake

[PrayersForMaura]

Five people, including three elderly women, were killed and at least 240 people were injured when a magnitude-6.8 earthquake, centered 17 kilometers below sea level, struck just off the northwestern Japanese coast Monday morning, knocking down several small buildings, authorities reported.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/16/japan.quake/index.html

 

[Peter Hamilton]

Saw some of the damage on CNN--Japan is no stranger to earthquakes--The Kobe earthquake killed thousands back in 1994 and the great 1923 Earthquake virtually destroyed Tokyo,killing tens of thousands--It plunged the country into an economic depression,eventually paving the way for the military to take over the country, and then we all know what happened after that

 

[englishleigh]

Are they expecting a tsunami at all? Awful!!

 

[Elphaba]

Just pulled up the earthquake site that gives real-time readings... another 6.8 has just happened in the Sea of Japan.

 

[Elphaba]

In case anyone wants to check out the readings:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

 

[SewingDeb]

Are they expecting a tsunami at all? Awful!!

No tsunami expected.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

 

[SewingDeb]

Just pulled up the earthquake site that gives real-time readings... another 6.8 has just happened in the Sea of Japan.

Oahu had a 3.2 today.

Thanks for the link!

 

[englishleigh]

No tsunami expected.

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/

That's good news...enough problems without that.