{"id":19966,"date":"2016-04-15T12:33:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19966"},"modified":"2016-04-15T12:34:11","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:34:11","slug":"major-7-0-magnitude-quake-strikes-japan-tsunami-advisory-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19966","title":{"rendered":"Major 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-04-15\/huge-71-magnitude-quake-strikes-japan-tsunami-advisory-issued\">Major 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"node sticky\" data-mediaconductor-processed=\"true\">\n<div class=\"clear-block clear\">A day after yesterday&#8217;s &#8220;biggest quake since 2011&#8217;s tsunami,&#8221; at 1:25 local time, Japan was just struck with a massive aftershock in the form of a\u00a0<strong>Magnitude 7.0 earthquake<\/strong>, which means it was roughly 10 times stronger than yesterday&#8217;s tremor:<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\">\n<ul>\n<li>The earthquake was centered just southeast of Kumamoto.<\/li>\n<li>It struck about at a shallow depth of 10 kilometers.<\/li>\n<li>A tsunami advisory has been issued for coastal areas.<\/li>\n<li>Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.<\/li>\n<li>As of March 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 731,286 and a population density of 1,880 persons per km<sup>2<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>State broadcaster NHK reports that a tsunami advisory is for possible wave of 1 metre in height.<\/p>\n<p><em>From the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us20005iis#general\">USGS<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/09\/quake%20USGS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/09\/quake%20USGS_0.jpg\" width=\"542\" height=\"392\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/14\/20160415_quake1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/14\/20160415_quake1.jpg\" width=\"545\" height=\"441\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/14\/20160415_quake.jpg\" width=\"542\" height=\"356\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Less than 30 minutes after the initial quake, at least two\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us20005ij8\">M5.8\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us20005ija\">M5.7 aftershocks\u00a0<\/a>has been reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/us20005ij8#general\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user5\/imageroot\/2016\/04\/09\/USGS%20aftershock_0.jpg\" width=\"542\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Developing story<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<form id=\"fivestar-form-node-528847\" class=\"fivestar-widget\" accept-charset=\"UTF-8\" action=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2016-04-15\/huge-71-magnitude-quake-strikes-japan-tsunami-advisory-issued\" method=\"post\">\n<div class=\"fivestar-form-vote-528847 clear-block\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major 7.0 Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan, Tsunami Advisory Issued A day after yesterday&#8217;s &#8220;biggest quake since 2011&#8217;s tsunami,&#8221; 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