Tag Archives: Earthquake

590 Earthquakes in Japan Over Eight Days

By C.G. | Published: March 18, 2011

590. That’s the number of earthquakes Japan has experienced suffered over the last eight days. The animation starts out slow with two tremors of around 5M and then the big one strikes and its quake after quake after quake. It’s no wonder there is so much devastation. When I started looking at this interactive map, [...]

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Heroes In Japan

By C.G. | Published: March 18, 2011

Miki Endo is a hero. Sadly, she’ll never know how many people in the city of Minami Sanriku she saved when she stood her ground and continued telling them of the tsunami headed their way. Many of those 7,000 that survived escaped death because of Miki Endo’s broadcast. Mainichi Shimbun reports that Miki Endo did [...]

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Worst Case Scenario

By C.G. | Published: March 17, 2011

On the worst case scenario for Japan: The worst case, Allen said, would be if winds pushed a radioactive cloud south toward Tokyo and Japan’s highly populated cities. If that were to happen, he said, the consequences would likely be greater than the 1986 accident at Chernobyl, where an entire area of Ukraine had to [...]

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All About Nuclear Meltdowns

By C.G. | Published: March 14, 2011

Following up on an earlier post about nuclear meltdowns, Jason Kottke compiled a few more links on the subject. All about nuclear meltdowns – Kottke

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Debunking Nuclear Reactor Fears

By C.G. | Published: March 14, 2011

Like many of us, I’m concerned for Japan in light of the massive 9.0 earthquake (revised from an earlier 8.9) that hit last week and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear cooling issues. Some might use this as an excuse to stop research into non-fossil fuel power plants in the US which would be a shame. [...]

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