Tsunami in Japan on Saturday, 26 October, 2013 at 04:49 (04:49 AM) UTC. *A small tsunami hit Japan Saturday after a powerful and shallow undersea quake, although there were no immediate signs of serious damage and no reports of injuries or deaths. People were warned to stay away from the coast as the tsunami, which was recorded as being as high as 55 centimetres (22 inches) in one place, rolled ashore. There were no new problems at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, reported the operator Tokyo Electric Power. There have been no rises at (radiation) monitoring posts at Fukushima Daiichi. Workers who had been patrolling wells used to measure underground water evacuated to higher ground after the tremors struck. There were no reported problems at any other nuclear plant, including at Onagawa, the site of the largest wave - 55 centimetres - recorded Saturday. All of Japans 50 viable reactors are shut down. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 2:10am local time (1710 GMT Friday), 327 kilometres southeast of Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, according to the US Geological Survey. The USGS intially said its magnitude was 7.5, and issued a green alert on its website, signalling a low probability of deaths or economic losses. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RSOE
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 14:21:34 +0000
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