Quake hits southern Japanese island

[jesuschangesall]

Quake hits southern Japanese island
Foreign Natural disasters 2010-03-02 18:16
TOKYO, March 2 (AFP) - An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude struck off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa on Tuesday, but there was no immediate report of damage or casualties and no tsunami alert, officials said.

The tremor at 5:21 pm (0821 GMT) came at a depth of 27 kilometres (17 miles) in the Pacific and was centred 65 kilometres east of Naha, Okinawa, the US Geological Survey said.

On Saturday, Okinawa, where more than half of the 47,000 US troops in Japan are based, was hit by its biggest seismic jolt in more than half a century when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck, triggering minor tsunamis.

The following day authorities ordered large-scale evacuations on Japan's Pacific coast as waves triggered by Chile's massive earthquake hit, but no injuries were reported.

[mikalikat]

Wow, another one? The head is crowning......

[myinnuendo999]

I was watching the weather channel this morning and they were talking about the Chile earthquake. Then they said something I don't recall them ever saying.. They were looking at the ring of fire map and said, "where will the next earthquake hit?" I thought that strange because we've never spoken of earthquakes in anticipation as "if" they are around the corner so to speak.. They've always been thought of as a rare occasion.

[bghtnpd4]

Surely the birth is soon.....