Earthquake rocks northern Japan
Saturday, 14 June 2008
At least six people are dead and more than 140 injured after a powerful earthquake struck northern Japan, triggering landslides.
The 7.2-magnitude quake was centred on Iwate - a rural mountainous region on Japan's main island, Honshu.
Military helicopters are taking in supplies and flying the injured to hospitals. A landslide at a hot spring reportedly buried seven people.
And a small amount of radioactive water was leaked at a nuclear power station.
But officials said there was no danger to the public from the minor spillage at the facility in Fukushima.
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said: "Our most important task is to save as many lives as possible, and we are doing the best we can."
The quake caused disruption in some offices in Sendai
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 has hit Japan's north-east coast, injuring at least 40 people.
A tsunami alert was issued by Japan's meteorological agency, but later lifted after two small waves a few centimetres high hit the coastline.
Correspondents say Japan is extremely well prepared for earthquakes, and a similar magnitude quake elsewhere in the world would have proved deadly.
"There was a tremendous boom... People were screaming and headed toward the exit. It shook a lot... A lot of people were crying," a young woman at the scene told NHK.
Bullet trains were suspended, three nuclear power station were shut down automatically for safety checks, and flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport were temporarily halted as a precaution.
Some 17,000 households were reported to have lost power.
'Horizontal shakes'
Two tsunamis around 10cm high (four inches) hit the coast about 15 minutes after the quake but were not thought to have caused any damage.
There were also reports of a landslide in what is a mainly rural part of Japan. ANIMATED GUIDE
"I was cycling to work and initially thought I had a loose front wheel," Sendai resident Philip Wood told the BBC. "So I stopped to check. Then I realised it was an earthquake since cars were shaking and electric pylons were swaying all around me," he said. Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, situated on four tectonic plates.
Tokyo was hit by a magnitude 6.0 earthquake last month, which injured at least 18 people.
The country's deadliest quake in recent memory occurred in the city of Kobe in 1995, with a magnitude of 7.3, that killed more than 6,400 people.
Before then, a 1923 quake, known as the Great Kanto Earthquake, killed more than 100,000 people.
Not so Disastrous As what happened In China But still 7.2 is not a joke
I have a Feeling This Is not the end of it
Last edited by Güven; 06-14-2008 at 05:47 PM.
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
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The plates are on the move once again!
Should I seek a source of law other than God, when it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book (Qur'an) fully explained? And those whom We have given them the Book know that it has been sent down from the Lord with truth, so be not of those in doubt.
Re: Again EarthQuake in East-Asia , Now Its Japan!
I wonder When Europe's Turn to come
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
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since the tsunamis... most of the quakes happened in Asian countries..especially Indonesia...
When I was in my school years, the textbook says that Malaysia is not in the quake area... and it's true.
But this year, for the first time a very mild quake (like 1.0 richter scale)happened several times in Bukit Tinggi (the epicentre) which is in the middle part of Malaysia...
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format_quote Originally Posted by Güven
I wonder When Europe's Turn to come
With the exception of Mediterranean countries and Iceland, you don't get many big earthquakes in Europe. Most of it isn't near a plate boundary. However, there is considerable activity in the north sea up near Norway. There is an old plate boundary buried there, which causes many moderate earthquakes.
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format_quote Originally Posted by AntiKarateKid
lets hear it for the Endtimes
Uhm. Not so fast. These are generated activities, not entirely natural events and as such, they cannot be counted as an act of God. In other words, these can be reversed. When Allah utters his decree, it cannot be reversed. Mankind has merely over-stepped his mark and he will learn his place... or suffer the consequences. I would call these events "warning shots" only - but certainly not the real deal from Allah.
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format_quote Originally Posted by The_Prince
as the prophet Muhammad said, a sign of the last days will be an increase in earth quakes.
Then the end days have already happened, lol. I think when the prophet spoke, he mentioned an event that far surpasses these smaller ones. These are predictable in their nature. I could even tell you where the next one would most likely occur. But that doesn't make me a prophet. Just a careful calculator. I'm pretty sure when Allah speaks the Endtimes decree, you would all be able to tell the difference. Some more than others, but you get the jist? So far, what we have here is a natural game of tit for tat.
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^I agree This is nothing compared whats goin to come
And as for the onewho fears standing in front of His Lord and restrainsthe soul from impure evil desires and lusts, verily, Paradise will be his abode [79:40-41]
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format_quote Originally Posted by Güven
^I agree This is nothing compared whats goin to come
Yes, I think so too. I believe the misinterpretations of today's events are coming from Christian influence. But, then again, I've had the somewhat rare priviledge of reading the records from the last millennium (10th century). Naturally, those prophesies were proven to be untrue, but when faced with another millenium - the Christian fear is back. And I don't say this to diss the Christians, but the millenium is calculated from their calender - not the Jewish or Muslim ones. So, this is just what I fondly call "millenium fever".
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