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Quake Statistics
“Exactly 4 months later, 15,547 dead, 5,344 missing, more than 500,000 bldgs damaged.” More info to be found here. Via AkikoFujita on Twitter (re-tweeting information from ChicoHarlan).
7.4 Aftershock hits Japan
Please see the story at the BBC here. The recent updates on multiple sources that we follow via Twitter have upgraded it to a 7.4.
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Couch-surfing sets up crisis relief page
If you know of somebody who needs to stay somewhere in Japan due to emergency circumstances, check out this page. There are also listings for evacuees who are headed to other countries.
US geological survey upgrades the earthquake to magnitude 9.0
4th largest earthquake in history. “A NASA geophysicist calculates that Earth’s axis was jarred about six-and-a-half inches and shortened our day by a fraction of a second.”
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Quake hits Shizuoka, death toll mounting
We just got a report from our friend Isaac that he felt the effects of an earthquake that hit Shizuoka all the way over in Tokyo. Please follow our Twitter feed for more live info. This article wraps up some … Continue reading
More bodies wash up on Miyagi’s shores.
Sobering news from the Los Angeles Times.
Google Crisis Center link
The Google Crisis Center has a lot of useful information all up in one place
Minamisanriku article
This town was severely damaged by the tsunami, and 9500 people are still missing from it according to CNN. Look at this article over at The Daily Telegraph.
Hoaxes and misinformation
Due to the nature of recent events and because of our hyperactive media society, people may be susceptible to believing misinformed, half-true, or just flat-out wrong reports. This page is working to debunk those myths. Give them a spin if … Continue reading
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University of Southern Carolina prof on aftershocks in Japan..
Aftershocks could continue for months. Update: Thanks for the information in the comments. 🙂
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