EQ of M 5.2 hit 15 miles from Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuklear plant!

That's close one also strong shake was felt, fortunately EQ was not stronger but we can expect also think we will have stronger EQ's in this area in time ahead ..

2013-05-18 05:48:01.05hr 07min ago 37.79 N 141.51 E 34 6.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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This earthquake is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

Updated: this report is based on episode 1.

Earthquake Magnitude 6M, Depth:34.3km
on 18/05/2013 05:47 UTC
2880000 people within 100km

2013-07-03 15:06:14.918min ago 37.65 N 141.28 E 10 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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2013-07-03 15:06:18.020min ago 37.72 N 141.41 E 10 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-28 04:36:21.1 37.04 N 141.20 E 30 4.3 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-20 01:49:44.0 40.96 N 142.40 E 47 5.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-06 04:25:39.0 35.63 N 140.75 E 20 4.7 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-06 03:28:56.0 35.55 N 140.61 E 50 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-04 08:33:20.0 37.17 N 141.44 E 40 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-06-03 20:01:25.0 38.90 N 141.70 E 40 4.6 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-28 19:24:25.0 34.20 N 140.82 E 36 5.1 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-25 06:58:24.1 36.47 N 141.08 E 35 4.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-25 02:11:43.0 37.72 N 141.21 E 73 4.3 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-24 08:33:18.0 37.77 N 141.47 E 54 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-20 18:48:17.0 37.37 N 141.26 E 20 4.4 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-18 15:51:02.0 39.65 N 142.11 E 64 4.2 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2013-05-18 05:48:01.0 37.79 N 141.51 E 52 6.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2013-07-19 16:39:21.014min ago 37.64 N 141.44 E 10 5.4 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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2013-07-20 06:06:21.04hr 39min ago 36.23 N 141.78 E 10 5.6 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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Some stronger activity in last days NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, we will see how situation will develop in days ahead ..

2013-07-21 09:53:01.08hr 43min ago 36.52 N 141.67 E 10 5.1 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2013-07-21 07:03:19.011hr 32min ago 35.68 N 140.57 E 10 4.7 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2013-07-21 05:33:50.0 36.48 N 141.59 E 10 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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M 4.4 + ..

11-AUG-2013 06:05:01 35.61 143.49 4.6 32 321 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
10-AUG-2013 18:57:27 39.56 143.22 4.4 71 190 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-AUG-2013 22:56:03 36.91 141.09 5.0 57 160 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-AUG-2013 18:34:17 32.07 141.22 4.8 63 684 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-AUG-2013 14:57:27 39.78 143.67 4.7 34 233 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-AUG-2013 02:59:38 39.81 143.54 5.0 36 228 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-AUG-2013 10:56:07 33.90 141.68 4.4 12 479 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
04-AUG-2013 03:28:50 38.20 141.90 5.8 46 0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
03-AUG-2013 00:56:21 35.17 137.31 5.0 62 530 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
03-AUG-2013 00:56:15 34.56 137.57 5.1 34 560 NEAR S. COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
31-JUL-2013 05:40:52 36.55 142.71 4.9 21 197 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
31-JUL-2013 00:14:15 38.12 142.01 5.0 14 13 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
30-JUL-2013 18:14:44 39.44 143.66 4.4 28 206 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
28-JUL-2013 17:49:49 39.49 143.19 4.6 33 182 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
28-JUL-2013 11:36:00 31.05 137.94 4.8 455 873 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN
27-JUL-2013 17:47:46 36.71 141.04 4.4 37 182 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
27-JUL-2013 09:04:50 40.05 142.84 4.6 42 221 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
27-JUL-2013 01:14:46 32.88 141.74 4.6 29 592 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN
27-JUL-2013 01:09:02 32.98 141.65 5.3 31 581 SOUTH OF HONSHU, JAPAN
25-JUL-2013 19:05:07 40.21 142.41 4.9 44 228 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
23-JUL-2013 13:57:33 39.11 142.58 4.0 47 117 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
23-JUL-2013 03:02:11 37.14 140.63 5.3 6 162 EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
23-JUL-2013 02:03:47 37.55 141.80 4.5 55 73 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
22-JUL-2013 23:24:47 36.28 141.76 4.6 36 214 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
21-JUL-2013 09:52:57 36.28 141.84 4.9 16 214 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
21-JUL-2013 07:03:20 35.67 140.59 4.7 49 304 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
21-JUL-2013 05:33:48 36.45 141.73 4.8 31 195 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
20-JUL-2013 06:06:22 36.25 141.70 5.2 14 218 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
19-JUL-2013 16:39:19 37.52 141.39 5.2 39 88 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
19-JUL-2013 09:05:09 38.68 142.03 4.5 63 55 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
18-JUL-2013 23:44:13 39.04 142.07 5.0 48 95 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
18-JUL-2013 17:05:06 38.55 141.53 4.7 54 51 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
17-JUL-2013 13:56:25 35.61 140.15 4.5 73 327 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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2013-08-12 12:59:34.018min ago 36.98 N 141.12 E 18 5.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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21:44 JST 12 Aug 2013 21:41 JST 12 Aug 2013 Fukushima-ken Hamadori M 3.3

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2013-08-20 17:41:20.052min ago 37.03 N 142.54 E 10 5.0 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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Japan Times: Land under Fukushima reactor buildings at risk of turning into liquid — Area near sea could become like mud
Title: Tepco yet to track groundwater paths
Source: The Japan Times
Author: Kazuaki Nagata
Date: Aug 20, 2013

Liquefaction threat adds to Fukushima ills [...]

[The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear] plant, part of which was built on filled-in land, also faces the risk of liquefaction if another big temblor hits. [...]

The large volume of groundwater flowing under the plant is creating [...] the possibility that the land it stands on will liquefy if another major earthquake hits.

The east side of the reactor buildings, in an area close to the sea where land was filled in, appears more vulnerable to liquefaction. [Atsunao Marui, a groundwater expert and principal senior researcher at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology] said the reclaimed land consists of clay and crushed rocks, through which water can easily pass. [...]

And because the [underground] wall is blocking a certain amount of groundwater, the level of groundwater has risen in the fill area, raising the risk of liquefaction if and when another earthquake hits, Tepco said. [...]

“(Tepco) is seeing a danger that the area near the sea might become like mud, so it is pumping up the groundwater,” said Marui. [...]

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Tokyo Professor: Ground beneath Fukushima reactors becoming increasingly unstable — “Potential catastrophe unfolding in plain sight”
Title: Fukushima, Fuel Rods, and the Crisis of Divided and Distracted Governance
Source: Japan Focus – Asia Pacific Journal
Author: Andrew DeWit, Professor in the School of Policy Studies at Rikkyo University (Tokyo)
Date: Aug 19, 2013

[...] Expert commentary, including from the METI Nuclear Accident Response Director, has warned that the constant flow of water may lead to further structural instability of the buildings. Keep in mind that the risky fuel-rod removal is likely to take a good deal longer than the year projected [...] 1000 tonnes of water per day runs down from the surrounding hills, further softening the ground under the facilities (which sits over an aquifer) [...]

[...] the crisis is potentially more a threat to national security than anything the North Koreans are up to.

So, here we have a potential catastrophe unfolding in plain sight, in that the flow of water, its contamination, the constraints on storage capacity, and other factors are generally understood by the overseers. They know – or certainly should know – that they are drifting into ever more risky circumstances, as the volumes of water increasingly render the ground underneath the reactors unstable. All parties also know that Tepco is prepared to start removing fuel rods from November, in an operation made highly dangerous by the high levels of ambient contamination, the subsidence of the ground, poor coordination of human resources on the site (including multiple chains of command which prevent or at least greatly impair implementation of decisions), among other factors. [...]

Given the implications of a mishap in fuel-rod removal, as well as the myriad other problem areas at the plant, the word “shameful” seems hardly strong enough. To help bolster the Abe administration’s incentives, perhaps the IAEA, the global nuclear village, and others keen to promote nuclear power in the face of Fukushima, might take a long, hard look at the facts and provide leadership to resolve what is unraveling on site. Each crisis at Fukushima costs them too, and a catastrophe would render all their efforts for naught. [...]

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