7.2 earthquake hits off coast of Japan
Mar 8, 2011 | 9:06 pm
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Mar 9, 2011 | 1:31 am
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Was a non-issue earthquake fortunately. In Tokyo the buildings swayed a bit, but the most striking thing was the gentle roll of the land for so long. Generally indicative of the epicenter being very far away and/or quite deep. Tokyoites generally looked at each other, said" Hmm... earthquake" and went back to work, or lunch as the case may be as the quake struck just before lunch.
Mar 10, 2011 | 7:57 am
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Mar 10, 2011 | 6:10 pm
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I was just in Japan for a week, at the time of the Christchurch quake in NZ -- where we had been 8 years and one day earlier. An experience that I don't need to cross off my checklist, thanks.
Glad that this one was a non-issue.