YIKES PEAK An engineer began a block-by-block inspection of the exterior of the Washington Monument Tuesday after the National Park Service closed it indefinitely due to damage caused by a 5.8-magnitude earthquake in August. (Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images via the Wall Street Journal)
More evidence of the destructive power of the earth.
Manholes poke out from the ground in Urayasu, Japan, due to the liquefaction triggered by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake. The phenomenon, which allows sand and water to rise following ground shaking, was particularly pronounced in this area as a result of the long duration of the March 11 quake. (Koki Nagahama/Getty Images)
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“Among the many things the Japanese people are mourning this week are their libraries,” writes The Book Bench’s Macy Halford in memoriam. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake that kickstarted a ring of Pacific tsunamis, displaced thousands of people, and terminally damaged multiple nuclear reactors recently has also shaken the Japanese library system to its knees. Read more …
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- 70% the chance that a large aftershock – 7.0 or higher – will hit Japan in the next three days
- 50% the chance that a large aftershock will hit Japan in the three days following that source
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LOSS A father and child who lost their home stand in front of the wreckage in Sendai, northern Japan. (Photo: Kyodo News / AP via the New York Daily News)
A lesson in preparedness.
Elementary school children wear fire proof hoods before they evacuate from their classroom as part of a nationwide earthquake drill at a Tokyo elementary school on September 1, 2010. People across Japan took part in the disaster drill to prepare for a major earthquake, on the anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake which killed more than 140,000 people in the Tokyo area. (Getty)
— In a slightly less life-and-death (for most of us, anyway) news vein: List of Game/Manga/Anime Events Canceled After Earthquake
Tweet— Physicist MICHIO KAKU, relaying news from his family members in Japan, where he says Tokyo — full of buildings designed to withstand earthquakes — is in a state of gridlock. (via inothernews)
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Houses swept out to sea burn following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. REUTERS/YOMIURI
Huge tsunami slams Japan after 8.9 quake
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that pounded the country’s east coast and prompted advisories along Canada’s Pacific coast.
Clearly, we’re not getting enough sleep if Liz and I both slept right through a 3.6 magnitude earthquake in DC.
Either that or 3.6 is very, very faint.
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