Earthquake In Japan Fri 7 Dec

[Gonzo the Face]

Its pretty amazing this internet and rapid notification worldwide of events such as an earthquake Japan.

Apparently there was a pretty big one in pretty much the same area as the bad one last year. But the thing that I find most amazing is that it is reported that the Japanese Tv Network interrupted their programing to alert everyone that an earthquake was to happen very shortly!!!!

It did strike about 4:13 pm our time and they have a tsunami alert up.

Hope our early warning system is half as good as to at least give us a warning even shortly after a quake. Tsunami is a frightening word here in Thailand.

I guess more will be forthcoming shortly

G

Edited December 7, 2012 by Gonzo the Face

[folium]

Was it the tsunami or the actual earthquake that Japanese TV alerted its viewers about?

The Japanese have a pretty sophisticated tsunami alert system which sends out burst texts to subscribers, but an actual quake alert is still not possible apart from a very few seconds once the seismic waves have been triggered.

[kevjohn]

This is being reported on ABC News in Australia

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-07/powerful-quake-strikes-japan/4415904

[Scott]

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