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A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit the Tokyo region. There are no reports of damages yet following the recent quake.Earlier, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan which led the national meteorological agency to issue a tsunami advisory, which was later canceled.Tsunami waves measuring up to 20 centimeters were observed in some areas of Hokkaido and Aom [URL="http://rt.com/news/japan-quake-tokyo-tsunami-557/"]
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Magda Hassan Wrote:A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has hit the Tokyo region. There are no reports of damages yet following the recent quake.Earlier, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan which led the national meteorological agency to issue a tsunami advisory, which was later canceled.Tsunami waves measuring up to 20 centimeters were observed in some areas of Hokkaido and Aom
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Japan is, has been and always will be [in time spans of humans] very seismically active! It is no accident that the deepest ocean trench is just offshore of Japan. The two plates are colliding and one is subducting below the other - causing earthquakes and volcanoes. No place for nuclear plants and just about the most regularly hit place by tsunamis [a Japanese word] in the world - Indonesia probably second.
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http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/314733/2...-tokyo.htm
Japan Earthquake 2012: Tokyo At Risk For Major Disaster In Near Future
