Japan Hit By Second Major Aftershock In A Day

April 12, 2011 5:18:41 AM

TOKYO, April 12 (Reuters) - A second major aftershock measuring 6.3 rocked northeast Japan on Tuesday, swaying buildings in central Tokyo, shortly after the government upgraded its nuclear crisis to that on par with Chernobyl in 1986.

The latest aftershock struck the area of Fukushima, near the crippled Daiichi nuclear plant, said the Japan Meteorological Agency. A 6.3 aftershock hit Chiba prefecture, neighbouring Tokyo, earlier on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Michael Perry; Editing by David Chance)

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Comments

[harrizfaith]

02:30 AM on 04/18/2011

I feel so sorry for what happen to Japan.
We at Tourism Courses Sydney offers a mass for all the victims of Japans tragedy.

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[MrBadExample]

09:24 PM on 04/13/2011

Arnie Gunderson had actually blogged about this at his Fairewinds site. Long story short: the containment vessels at Fukushima are already compromised, and were never designed to hold the tens of thousands of gallons of water that's weighing on the sides and bottom of the vessels. Another significant earthquake could crack them open like eggshells. As bad as the earthquakes themselves are for the Japanese people, the nuclear genie is getting further and further out of the bottle with each aftershock.

[Mickey Carroll]

07:43 PM on 04/12/2011

“I composed this song regarding the horrific conditions in Japan . and good friend John Olbert did the video presentation , preformed by Fernanda Bascombe

http://www .youtube.c om/watch?v =-fn1f-6gG yw

Pray for Japan
Mickey

Mickey Carroll
http://www.MickeyCarroll.com

[Mickey Carroll]

08:29 AM on 04/13/2011

““I composed this song regarding the horrific conditions in Japan . and good friend John Olbert did the video presentati on , preformed by Fernanda Bascombe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =-fn1f-6gG yw

Pray for Japan
Mickey

Mickey Carroll
http://www .MickeyCar roll.com”

[Kenz300]

04:08 PM on 04/12/2011

Nuclear power is too dangerous. The cost associated with the clean up and storing the nuclear waste FOREVER is too much.

Time to transition to alternative energy. Wind, solar, geothermal wave energy and second generation biofuels made from cellulose, algae and waste are the future.

Wast Management is making fuel and energy from garbage. With all the garbage the world generates we should do pretty well producing energy and fuel from it.

[rezna]

12:08 PM on 04/12/2011

These are not aftershocks. These are more earthquakes, separate from the 9 we had a month ago. These are probably pre-quakes to another big one. I would not be surprised in the least if we see another huge earth quake hitting Japan soon.

[ThinkCreeps]

06:32 AM on 04/14/2011

There are aftershocks.

They are taking place at a frequency that is greater than normal, but declining with time. If they were foreshocks, their frequency would be increasing with time.

[kickinupdust]

11:34 AM on 04/12/2011

Is that place safe at all?

[reverence]

11:23 AM on 04/12/2011

Where are the Tea Partiers? Aren't they all about no taxation without representation and "we the people". They should have been out in force. Where are all the emails from the progressive sites with petitions to sign?

This country continues to deny many the right to have representation in the form of a vote on the floor. What's that all about?

[Ogre Plimpton]

09:49 PM on 04/12/2011

Do you even know what article you are replying to? Or you just see white space and decide to spew. I dislike the tea party as much as the next rational person, but I have to call bull poop when I see it. This article is about the earthquakes in Japan.

[tibetanterrier]

10:52 AM on 04/12/2011

Is this an aftershock of an aftershock or the 9.0 quake?? How much time must lapse before the aftershocks are called earthquakes?

[rezna]

12:09 PM on 04/12/2011

Exactly. These are no longer aftershocks in my opinion.

[Ogre Plimpton]

09:52 PM on 04/12/2011

I don't believe that time is the deciding factor in calling these aftershocks, or not. The 9.0 caused added stress along the subduction zone, and the "aftershocks" are releasing the stresses caused by the big one. The amount of power released by the "big one" was enormous, and these nasty quakes are probably still related to that one. We may see aftershocks for a year or two.

[the avenging angel]

09:30 AM on 04/12/2011

I cannot even find a proper adjective to describe about how I feel for the good people of Japan. I cannot help but wonder how much calamity they can endure. My prayers are with them.

[SurrealSequences]

09:05 AM on 04/12/2011

Pat Robinson, what say you?????????????????????

[gayandmarried]

09:00 AM on 04/12/2011

between the earthquakes and the radiation,, its going to destroy japans tourism economy

[ABXNOMORE]

09:53 AM on 04/12/2011

What about the Japanese people? Their lives will never be the same and illness, birth defects and mutations that will come as a result of this will be with them for many, many generations to come. Did you see the photographs from Chernobyl? Heartbreaking. http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl

Sadder still that this country already suffers the scars of the worlds first and only nuclear bombing.

[DJBrunner]

02:16 PM on 04/12/2011

Thanks so much for the link, as you said - heartbreaking! Should be required viewing for everyone on the human toll of the after effects of when things go wrong with these nuclear plants.

[Rawkcuf]

01:34 PM on 04/12/2011

You do not need to worry about radiation if you come to Japan. As long as you don't go to Fukushima, you will have no problem.

[neige]

08:44 AM on 04/12/2011

God this is breaking my heart. These poor people cannot get a break from the disasters.

[ABXNOMORE]

09:54 AM on 04/12/2011

god has nothing to do with this, he does not exist. No god would inflict this on anyone.

[Rawkcuf]

01:36 PM on 04/12/2011

Support Japan, buy Japanese. Thank you . (Domo arigato)

[ABXNOMORE]

01:57 PM on 04/12/2011

Are you kidding. Buy products and food stuff that contains radiation. Send money to rebuild and buy essential supplies that people need, instead.

[Billy Jack]

08:43 AM on 04/12/2011

I suspect these aftershocks are a precursor to a quake even bigger than the 9.0 last month. Batten down the hatches.

[Angie Cordeiro]

10:15 AM on 04/12/2011

Yep, get off the islands.

[rezna]

12:09 PM on 04/12/2011

That's what I'm saying

[bamfBeverly]

08:33 AM on 04/12/2011

These people just can't get a break.

[Jayjaybe]

09:01 AM on 04/12/2011

Japan's people have never known a different seismic environment. Modern 24/7 satellite and internet communications are now sharing awareness of that reality with the rest of the world.

[Day In The Life]

08:22 AM on 04/12/2011

Tell the POTUS how you feel about our Children's and Grandchildren's Futures!
http://tinyurl.com/6b2ommr