# 7.4 Magnitude Earthquake hits Japan

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 7, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534 "2011-04-07T15:57:32Z")
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### Author: ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/1 "2011-04-07T15:57:32Z")

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[I hope this isn’t going to be as bad as it sounds.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/as_japan_earthquake)

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### Author: ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/2 "2011-04-07T22:18:09Z")

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It wasn’t.

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### Author: ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2011, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/3 "2011-04-08T00:02:18Z")

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Now downgraded to a 7.1, which is good.

I can’t imagine what they’re going through right now. The biggest I’ve been in is a 4 or 5, so I can’t wrap my head around either a 9 or the uncertainty of the aftershocks.

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### Author: ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2011, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/4 "2011-04-08T01:59:27Z")

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**Campion** , the biggest I’ve been in was 6.7 and I can’t imagine a 9 either. Because, let me tell you, 6.7 was _more_ than big enough for me.

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### Author: ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/5 "2011-04-08T05:09:55Z")

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This quake was the same strength in Aomori City as the first huge one was. It was scary and we lost power for half a day, but otherwise everything is fine. ::relief::

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### Author: ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)
#### Post date: [April 8, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/7-4-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan/577534/6 "2011-04-08T12:18:24Z")

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I’m glad the tsunami warning passed without incident, at least.