6.0 Earthquake At The Fukushima Nuclear Facility

[Cheryl Nelson]

Talk about stirring the pot.  This is from DuaneR...

4/12/2011 -- Magnitude 6.0 -- Japan -- EPICENTER DIRECTLY AT FUKUSHIMA PLANT

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002p47.php

quake statistics:

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 05:07:42 UTC
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 02:07:42 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 37.000°N, 140.700°E
Depth 10.6 km (6.6 miles)
Region EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 27 km (16 miles) WNW of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
36 km (22 miles) SSE of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
72 km (44 miles) S of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
175 km (108 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 5.1 km (3.2 miles)
Parameters NST=490, Nph=497, Dmin=221.5 km, Rmss=0.95 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usc0002p47 More

[Cheryl Nelson]

I remember reading the bankers got out early.

[Rosemary S]

I am pretty sure they did. Some move to Brazil and others to Canada and the States.