Free Planet doesn't normally DO earthquake swarms posts because they happen all the time, but one's going on RIGHT NOW off the east coast of Japan i.e. on the Fukushima side, that started in the far south of Japan in the range of 4.6 and above and has just started unleashing 5.6's and above off/around Sendai.
Here's a list this far today off of USGS's (so-called realtime) earthquake monitor:
MagLocation Time UTC Lat Lon Dep km
5.718km ENE of Ishinomaki, Japan2013-04-17 12:03:3138.478°N141.494°E45.5
5.047km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan2013-04-17 11:11:5824.832°N123.243°E10.3
4.656km NE of Yonakuni, Japan 2013-04-17 09:39:2224.866°N123.350°E10.2
5.625km WSW of Miura, Japan 2013-04-17 08:57:3135.025°N139.381°E42.3
4.742km N of Yonakuni, Japan 2013-04-17 08:23:3824.843°N123.076°E10.0
4.739km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan2013-04-17 08:13:5624.803°N123.128°E10.2
4.942km N of Yonakuni, Japan 2013-04-17 07:26:0024.847°N122.950°E9.9
4.955km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan2013-04-17 06:50:1824.905°N123.273°E 10.0
4.947km NNE of Yonakuni, Japan2013-04-17 06:43:0224.839°N123.229°E9.9
4.757km NE of Yonakuni, Japan 2013-04-17 06:33:4724.871°N123.363°E7.3
4.7 49km NE of Yonakuni, Japan 2013-04-17 05:57:5824.852°N123.405°E10.0
as this post goes public, there's a NEW QUAKE at 6.0 magnitude leading some to speculate that THESE ARE JUST FORESHOCKS and another BIG ONE is brewing on that eastern coast where the 9.0 was so spectacularly devastating almost exactly two years ago.
This page shows earthquakes going off all over the eastern side of Japan, out at sea and inland almost all the time. Just wait until the greenish dots on that page turn to RED.
But this is one of the reasons Free Planet exists as an idea, so that mankind can a) free himself from the Corporate Yoke and b) be prepared for these catastrophic events that occur with regularity in this solar system.
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