Today, 7.8 EarthQuake Rocks Japan

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An earthquake measuring at least 7.8 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday, prompting authorities to issue tsunami warnings and urge residents on the eastern side of the island to evacuate.

Another temblor of similar intensity struck less than two hours later.

Several million people live on the island but there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, although a fire broke out at an oil refinery afterward.

Less than a week ago there was another sizeable quake that hit the island. I thought that this was the big one that Yoshio was predicting.

Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan.

The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers (540 miles) south-southeast of Tokyo, near Japan’s Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean.

Today, I know for a fact that Yoshio Kushida is say, “Now that is what I was talking about!”, only in Japanese. He was a week off but nonetheless I give him credit for this quake too. He said the big one was coming and it did. The other quake must have been a pre-shock, if there is such a thing, in terminology. That unexpected pre-shock must have threw off the preliminary calculations. I need to talk to this guy to see what exactly he was thinking when this all unfolded.

I wonder if he will answer he email…

Source: CNN.com