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7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Japan; Tsunami Alert Issued
There is breaking news that a 7.4 Magnitude Quake has hit off the coast of Japan, and a Tsuanmi warning has been made. Please post updates in the comments.
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This one lasted a good 2 minutes, steady shake once it got going. Trying to get back to sleep here in Chiba Prefecture.
Most are already offline, it happened at 11:30 there, the shinkansen have probably almost all stopped, most regional services in the area probably weren't running at any real capacity anyway, so I doubt they would be running there. It was far enough away from Tokyo that I doubt any of the metros were really affected.
:P) when a 6.1 struck Shizuoka. I have to hand it to the designers and operators of those cars, they handled it really well. You could actually barely feel anything on the car, but all of a sudden the lights went out and the train came to a sudden, but not abrupt stop since we lost all power. No derailing, no injuries.
FWIW I was riding on the shinkansen(headed to Germany for a bit since I didn't have water and food at my place
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