Powerful M7.3 Earthquake Strikes Japan Off Fukushima, Tsunami Warning Issued

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A powerful earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 on the Richter scale has struck Japan, 156 miles from Tokyo, off the coast of ukushima, the site of the 2011 natural disaster and tsunami that resulted in the worst nuclear power plant disaster since Chernobyl.

Worst of all, a warning for a possible 3 meter Tsunami in Fukushima has been issued according to media reports.

  • JAPAN ISSUES WARNING FOR POSSIBLE 3M TSUNAMI IN FUKUSHIMA

The Tsunami is expected to hit Fukushima within minutes.

According to Japan broadcaster NHK, TEPCO has advised that it is checking for abnormalities at nuclear plant in Fukushima; the plant has stopped.

The quake headlines have sparked notable selling in USDJPY.


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8 Comments
Copperhead
Copperhead
November 21, 2016 4:50 pm

Enjoy life! We are all Fuk’ed anyway.

Bea Lever
Bea Lever
November 21, 2016 5:14 pm

I have been watching live feed from NNK Newsline- Japan. The wave will be about 3 meters/ approx. 10 feet in height.

Suzanna
Suzanna
November 21, 2016 6:49 pm

oh no, not again.
Am I crazy to think these natural calamities might be contrived?
Caused? Created?

Anonymous
Anonymous
  Suzanna
November 21, 2016 7:02 pm

Supermoon.

Rdawg
Rdawg
  Anonymous
November 21, 2016 7:13 pm

Shemitah.

james the deplorable wanderer
james the deplorable wanderer
November 21, 2016 7:07 pm

Prayers for those poor Japanese suffering the whims of geologic fault lines.

Anonymous
Anonymous
November 21, 2016 10:30 pm

I’m waiting for Rodan and Motha to save Japan.