6.2 Quake strikes close to Fukushima

Didn't see a thread but I think this warrants discussion



Magnitude
6.2
Date-Time
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 23:35:53 UTC
Saturday, May 14, 2011 at 08:35:53 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.383°N, 141.405°E
Depth
37.6 km (23.4 miles)
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
59 km (36 miles) NE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
91 km (56 miles) E of Koriyama, Honshu, Japan
93 km (57 miles) ESE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
239 km (148 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan

earthquake.usgs.gov...

I wonder if this will have any affect on the nuclear reactors, this surely does not help

Is this risk for a tsunami?
And thats not good, they don't need another earthquake

From what I hear anything below a 7.0 is free of risk from tsunamis.
That being said, it's still a strong earthquake and will not help things that's for sure.

Yeah, I wouldn't worry about any tsunami risk.

Just possibility of further damage to the already damaged reactors

(Also don;t forget you're supposed to add this in

hello

tags or invoke the ATS wrath!!!)

Visual reference:

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reply to post by this_is_who_we_are


That's actually really close, given the damaged reactors additional damage cannot be good