Japan earthquake size upgrade to 9.0

Ugh. Japan’s earthquake was ever worse than thought. When the earthquake first occured last Thursday (my time), it was reported on Twitter to be a size 7.9 earthquake near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. The local time in Japan was Mar 11 at 2:46pm and the epicenter was 179km E of Sendai. Then the size was upgraded to 8.8 about a half an hour later. About another half an hour later it was upgraded again to 8.9 on the Richter magnitude scale. Today, the magnitude of the quake was upgraded again, to a staggering 9.0. There are reports that anywhere from 10,000 to 20,000 might be dead by the time the final tally counted. Horrible!

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March 13, 2011 · Filed Under international


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