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Originally posted by Domo1
Man these people could do with a break. I've been so impressed with the Japanese after watching them deal with disaster after disaster.
Originally posted by thcnemesisv2
Well, if you didn't know already - Something like half of Japan is under the Pacific already anyway from pre-historic quakes. A quick "googling" on "underwater Japanese cities" will help you.
Originally posted by vox2442
Originally posted by thcnemesisv2
Well, if you didn't know already - Something like half of Japan is under the Pacific already anyway from pre-historic quakes. A quick "googling" on "underwater Japanese cities" will help you.
A single 150m x 40m site with no conclusive evidence of human occupation a thousand km south of mainland Japan is hardly "half of Japan".
And the fact that it's location (ie. under the sea) is almost without reservation attributed to rising sea levels after the last ice age as opposed to cataclysmic earthquakes might be something for you to consider.
Anyway, this quake is cause for a little concern, as it's right on the edge - quite literally - of the Daisetsuzan volcanic group. If one of the 20 volcanoes in that group are waking up... damn. I don't even want to think about what that will mean.
That area of Japan tends to be quite quiet as far as quakes go. Just take a look at the seismic history plots on the USGS page - it's one of the only parts of Japan that you can see clearly on the map. Maybe a dozen 4s and 5s since 1900. To my eye, it's the largest in that immediate area since 1900.
Worth keeping an eye on this one.