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Home » Earthquakes, Weather

Another Big Quake Hits Japan

Submitted by on December 7, 2012 – 2:29 pmOne Comment

[Updates in progress!]

In the previous earthquake, KDDI and NTT DoCoMo mobile phone communications were used to regulate part of the Tohoku and Kanto regions, these mobile phone lines are currently busy now. The two companies are requesting that subscribers refrain from non-essential calls and e-mail. 

Tohoku Tsunami info in English、Chinese, Korean at”@nohohon_kenbun : NHKラジオ第2では日本語以外で津波警報のニュースやってる模様。英語、中国語、韓国語など。http://www3.nhk.or.jp/netradio/  

BBC Report: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20638696#FBM161979

Here are some important links:

BT Earthquake Resources: http://www.blacktokyo.com/emergency/

BT Twitter:  https://twitter.com/blacktokyo

NHK World Live News in English: http://disasterjapan.wordpress.com/

Earthquake and Weather Tracking:  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/index.php?region=Japan

Please remember in the 3/11 earthquake the first tsunami was only two-meters. Many returned to their homes. Afterwards, the bigger tsunami hit!

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    Gonna keep my eyes and ears on this one. Don’t want to get surprised like last year.

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