5.8 Magnitude Quake Shakes Fukushima

Update and some comedic relief:

• TEPCO SAYS NO ABNORMALITY AT FUKUSHIMA PLANT AFTER QUAKE: KYODO

Now why would TEPCO possibly lie about something like that?

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How could the Fed have known?

• EARTHQUAKE REPORTED TO HAVE HIT AT 02:25:09 JAPAN TIME: JMA
• JAPAN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 5.8, AGENCY SAYS
• JAPAN EARTHQUAKE LEVEL 5+ ON JAPANESE SCALE OF 7 IN FUKUSHIMA
• NO TSUNAMI ALERT FROM JMA AFTER THE QUAKE

Reporting on location from Japan:

M5.8 quake hits Fukushima at depth of 20 km. Strong shaking along coast. Checking w/ Tepco on Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. No tsunami.

— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) September 19, 2013

Shaking intensity map for M5.8 quake that just hit Fukushima. Strongest in Iwaki, where many nuclear workers based pic.twitter.com/D3LPcx9Y46

— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) September 19, 2013

Of course, we are sure Abe will just rebuild it all, ringfence it with another ice-wall, and welcome athletes from all around the world to his 'stable' nation.