Tokyo Area Shaken by Magniture 4.8 Earthquake; No Tsunami Alert
June 20 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 jolted Tokyo and surrounding areas of eastern Japan at 6:47 this morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued.
The tremor was centered 80 kilometers (50 miles) underground in Chiba, east of Tokyo. It registered 3 on the Japanese agency's seismic intensity scale, the agency reported on its Web site.
(This is not a joke)
This would be right as I was brushing my teeth this morning in my tiny little bathroom compartment here in the hotel. Yep, I felt it. Yep, I was a little freaked out by it! A lot of folkls felt it, but some did not. I would just prefer that it be that LAST of its kind while I am here!
No tsunami warning was issued.
The tremor was centered 80 kilometers (50 miles) underground in Chiba, east of Tokyo. It registered 3 on the Japanese agency's seismic intensity scale, the agency reported on its Web site.
(This is not a joke)
This would be right as I was brushing my teeth this morning in my tiny little bathroom compartment here in the hotel. Yep, I felt it. Yep, I was a little freaked out by it! A lot of folkls felt it, but some did not. I would just prefer that it be that LAST of its kind while I am here!
posted by 1UP RPG | 4:58 AM
1 Comments:
could have had fun like that at home huh. i wonder if all of their hot water heaters are bolted to the wall?
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