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| Earthquake Jolts Japan; No Harm Reported | |
| 2004-04-04 | |
A moderate earthquake jolted northeastern Japan on Sunday, lightly injuring one person and prompting two nuclear reactors to shut down automatically as a precaution. The 5.6-magnitude quake was centered about 25 miles under the sea bed off the coast of Ibaraki province, about 60 miles northeast of Tokyo, the Meteorological Agency said. Two reactors operated by the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute shut down automatically after the earthquake but were reactivated about 40 minutes later, Kyodo News reported, citing the provincial government. The quake, which struck at 8:21 a.m. Sunday morning, was felt most strongly around the city of Mito. The agency said there was no danger of tsunami, or powerful ocean waves caused by seismic activity. A quake of magnitude 5 or higher can cause damage to homes and buildings if it hits a populated area.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 Wow, upon further review I retract my last statement. He isn't being sarcastic he's just a F*&^ing lunatic. It is really so hard to tell the difference these days. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-04-04 10:58:12 PM |
| #4 Uhhh... I took AG as sarcasm. |
| Posted by: whitecollar redneck 2004-04-04 5:15:50 PM |
| #3 When you cant argue the facts, change the subject. Boring... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-04-04 12:36:55 PM |
| #2 My God,AC.What is with you? To listen to you,any atrocity,any crime,any dispicable act is ok.As long as it is done in a cutural context. I suppose(acording to you)the whipping,or murder of runaway slaves in the"Old South"was perfectly alright.After all it was a cultural thing. Your parents must be some seriously twisted people to have taught you such relativistic beliefs. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-04-04 12:30:44 PM |
| #1 Or if the buildings were shoddily built as a result of bribes and payoffs to mullahs. Now that's a cheap shot worthy of you freepers. Making light of Islamic architectural standards... what neo- crapo. IT'S A different CULTURE! |
| Posted by: AntiGum 2004-04-04 10:11:07 AM |