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A 7.4 magnitude earthquake appears to have taken place in Japan ten minutes ago, with an accompanying tsunami warning. Here are the USGS maps. According to the NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, "A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII."
Those poor people. What next — Godzilla?
Absolutely sucks. I hate to make light of this, but I was assured, as a child, that this would happen to California. Why does it have to happen to such nice people?
I take comfort in the fact that a 7.4 is only 2% the strength of a 9.
Poseidon needs to calm the eff down.
The Japanese themselves, meanwhile: "7.4? Yawn."
Seems like a rather specific thing to not expect. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A LARGE GAS LINE EXPLOSION TO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AT 3PM ON 36TH STREET.