"A U.S. Pacific tsunami warning center said there was no destructive widespread tsunami threat following the quake."<p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-japan-quake-idUSBRE99O0T820131025" rel="nofollow">http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/25/us-japan-quake-idU...</a><p>"It was 6.2 miles deep, officials said, and hit at 3:10 a.m. Saturday local time and was felt 300 miles away in Tokyo.<p>The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a "yellow" warning Saturday morning, meaning a small tsunami could reach the coast at Fukushima, site of the 2011 nuclear power plant disaster.<p>There were no immediate reports of damage from the temblor, which Japanese authorities classified as a magnitude 6.8, Reuters reported. No irregularities were reported at the Fukushima nuclear plant.<p>A yellow warning is issued when a tsunami is not expected to exceed three feet, significantly smaller than the tsunami that hit the energy plant in March 2011. Residents in the coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture were being advised to move to higher ground.<p>No warning for the rest of the Pacific was posted by the U.S. Tsunami Warning Center after the quake."<p><a href="http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/25/21150222-73-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan-near-fukushima?lite" rel="nofollow">http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/25/21150222-73-ma...</a>
I got an email about this quake over an hour ago - here is the USGS link if anyone else is interested in setting up similar notifications[1]. You can set up customized magnitude ranges for customized parts of the globe, it's a pretty neat little service. Rule of thumb for context is 7.0+ happen about once a month and 8.0+ happen about once a year... I have it email me about every 7+ on the globe and I think every 3+ within a decent range of my city.<p>[1]<a href="https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/" rel="nofollow">https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/</a>
It is interesting that before Fukushima the common knowledge was that <i>any</i> amount of radiation is bad and may cause health issues. We can see how after the Fukushima this morphed into <i>a little</i> radiation may actually mobilize your immune system to protect the body from radiation-related illnesses like cancer.<p>Another thing is this - and I'm a right wing pig here if you'd like to call me that - USSR as bad as it was it took responsibility for the Charnobyl catastrophe. There was Army and the Government involvement on all levels to clear it up from day 0. In Japan <i>years</i> after the incident the Government is still finger pointing some CEO trying to operate that facility. I hate that because this is precisely one of these things that gives capitalism very bad name. And what is the Japanese Government there for? To come up with lies about how radiation is good for you now? How pathetic!