A magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck early Saturday in Japan's Kyushu island, the same region a 6.2 quake struck two days earlier. The latest quake struck just west-southwest of Kumamoto-shi and about 8 miles south-southeast of Ueki, the epicenter of the late Thursday tremor that left nine dead The U.S. Geological Survey reported. No question, this is a large and very important earthquake," said Doug Given, a geophysicist with the USGS. "And it will do a lot of damage." The latest tremor suggests that the one Thursday was a foreshock, though USGS expert cautioned "that's not to say that the Earth can't produce a bigger earthquake still to follow."
Hopefully, the victims of this tragic accident get helped as soon as possible.
"This experience has helped me to treasure my family members and relatives even more, and not take what I have and the people who support me for granted."
CNN's Yoko Wakatsuki reported from Tokyo,
This situation relates to U.S. History by natural disasters occurring and people coming to help the devastated such as in Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, 2005.
This is such a horrible situation. I can't even imagine what these people are going through. We'll definitely be keeping them in our thoughts and prayers.
ReplyDeleteMatthew Homsher 9th- I hope the Japanese people are able to recover from this, especially because it follows only a few years after the earthquake in 2011.
ReplyDeleteThis is very sad to hear. Hopefully they have the will power to get back up and recover from this horrible event.
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