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Japan: Tokyo quake 'could be stronger than thought'Yomiuri Shimbun ^ | 04/01/12
Posted on 04/01/2012 5:24:43 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Tokyo quake 'could be stronger than thought'
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Coastal areas in eastern Tokyo and northeastern Kanagawa Prefecture could be shaken to the maximum level of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale if a magnitude-7.3 earthquake strikes under northern Tokyo Bay, according to a science ministry research team.
The number of areas that could register upper 6 was nearly double that of previous estimates, the team added.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry team on Friday released detailed maps showing the expected intensity of shaking such an earthquake would generate in the Tokyo metropolitan area and neighboring prefectures.
The maps showed more intense shaking--and in more areas--than had previously been estimated by the government's Central Disaster Management Council. The central and local governments will likely need to review their disaster prevention measures.
The research team projected 18 possible scenarios involving strong earthquakes centered around Tokyo. Of them, an earthquake with its focus under northern Tokyo Bay is expected to cause the most serious damage to the capital and neighboring areas.
(Excerpt) Read more at yomiuri.co.jp ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; tokyo
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2 posted on 04/01/2012 5:25:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)To: TigerLikesRooster
Things are not peachy in Western Japan either. Seems both Kanto and Kansai have a problem: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/experts-warn-worst-case-tsunami-could-top-34-metersExperts warn worst-case tsunami could top 34 meters
National Apr. 01, 2012 - 05:25PM JST
TOKYO ?
A 34-meter tsunami could hit the Japanese coast in the wake of a massive earthquake, an expert panel said after revising its worst case scenario projections following last year?s disaster.
If a 9.0-magnitude quake struck in the Nankai Trough off central to western Japan, huge swathes of the Pacific coastline could be inundated, with 20-meter-plus waves hitting areas from Tokyo down to the southwestern island of Kyushu.
At the town of Kuroshio in southwestern Kochi Prefecture, the tsunami could reach 34.4 meters?the highest level projected under the scenario, the Cabinet Office panel said late Saturday.
And at the now offline Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Shizuoka Prefecture, the tsunami could be as high as 21 meters, breaching the 18-metre breakwater that operators are currently constructing, the panel said.
In its previous projection in 2003 the panel gave a worst case scenario in which no areas would be hit by a tsunami of more than 20 meters......
Nankai Trough:
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4 posted on 04/01/2012 5:43:15 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Kill all the terrorists; protect all the borders, ridicule all the (surviving) Liberals :^)
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5 posted on 04/01/2012 5:59:08 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (PREPARE: BHO Wins, U.S.A. Goes Hardline Marxist. He Loses, Angry Domestic Rioting, Looting & Murder)Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
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Japan: Tokyo quake 'could be stronger than thought'Yomiuri Shimbun ^ | 04/01/12
Posted on 04/01/2012 5:24:43 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Tokyo quake 'could be stronger than thought'
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Coastal areas in eastern Tokyo and northeastern Kanagawa Prefecture could be shaken to the maximum level of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale if a magnitude-7.3 earthquake strikes under northern Tokyo Bay, according to a science ministry research team.
The number of areas that could register upper 6 was nearly double that of previous estimates, the team added.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry team on Friday released detailed maps showing the expected intensity of shaking such an earthquake would generate in the Tokyo metropolitan area and neighboring prefectures.
The maps showed more intense shaking--and in more areas--than had previously been estimated by the government's Central Disaster Management Council. The central and local governments will likely need to review their disaster prevention measures.
The research team projected 18 possible scenarios involving strong earthquakes centered around Tokyo. Of them, an earthquake with its focus under northern Tokyo Bay is expected to cause the most serious damage to the capital and neighboring areas.
(Excerpt) Read more at yomiuri.co.jp ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; tokyo
To: TigerLikesRooster; sushiman; Ronin; AmericanInTokyo; gaijin; struggle; DTogo; GATOR NAVY; Iris7; ...
2 posted on 04/01/2012 5:25:56 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)To: TigerLikesRooster
Things are not peachy in Western Japan either. Seems both Kanto and Kansai have a problem: http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/experts-warn-worst-case-tsunami-could-top-34-metersExperts warn worst-case tsunami could top 34 meters
National Apr. 01, 2012 - 05:25PM JST
TOKYO ?
A 34-meter tsunami could hit the Japanese coast in the wake of a massive earthquake, an expert panel said after revising its worst case scenario projections following last year?s disaster.
If a 9.0-magnitude quake struck in the Nankai Trough off central to western Japan, huge swathes of the Pacific coastline could be inundated, with 20-meter-plus waves hitting areas from Tokyo down to the southwestern island of Kyushu.
At the town of Kuroshio in southwestern Kochi Prefecture, the tsunami could reach 34.4 meters?the highest level projected under the scenario, the Cabinet Office panel said late Saturday.
And at the now offline Hamaoka nuclear plant in central Shizuoka Prefecture, the tsunami could be as high as 21 meters, breaching the 18-metre breakwater that operators are currently constructing, the panel said.
In its previous projection in 2003 the panel gave a worst case scenario in which no areas would be hit by a tsunami of more than 20 meters......
Nankai Trough:
To: TigerLikesRooster
4 posted on 04/01/2012 5:43:15 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Kill all the terrorists; protect all the borders, ridicule all the (surviving) Liberals :^)
To: skinkinthegrass
5 posted on 04/01/2012 5:59:08 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (PREPARE: BHO Wins, U.S.A. Goes Hardline Marxist. He Loses, Angry Domestic Rioting, Looting & Murder)Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
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