Originally Posted By TDLFAN Read! <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/10/19/D8DB4C086.html" target="_blank">http://www.breitbart.com/news/ 2005/10/19/D8DB4C086.html</a>
Originally Posted By Lake Nona Here's the Bloomberg Story... Magnitude 6.3 Quake Strikes Japan; Injuries Reported (Update1) June 12 (Bloomberg) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted much of western Japan at 5:01 a.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. Eight people were injured in the quake, Kyodo News said. The quake struck 40 kilometers (24 miles) west of Oita on the island of Kyushu, the USGS said. The earthquake, characterized as ``strong'' by USGS, struck at a depth of 155 kilometers. A 82-year-old woman broke her leg while walking her dog in Hiroshima prefecture on the main island of Honshu, Kyodo News reported. Seven others were injured and some train services on the islands of Shikoku and Kyushu were suspended, the report said. Japan, one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, is located in a zone where the Eurasian, Pacific, Philippine and North American tectonic plates meet and occasionally shift, causing quakes. Quakes of magnitude 5 and more can cause considerable damage depending on their depth. Showa Denko K.K.'s naptha processing plant in Oita was unaffected by the quake, spokesman Yoshiyuki Kusanagi said. Kyushu Oil Co. said its plants and shipments weren't affected. The quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, which ranges from 1 to 7, in areas in Hiroshima, Ehime and Oita prefectures. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake had a magnitude of 6.1, the agency said. Nuclear power plants in Ehime and Shimane prefectures were operating normally and some high-speed rail services were delayed for safety checks, Kyodo said. No tsunami warnings were issued from the quake. To contact the reporter for this story: Tak Kumakura in Tokyo at tkumakura@bloomberg.net; Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net. Last Updated: June 11, 2006 20:25 EDT
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Thank you Lake Nona!! This was the link I meant to post!! <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2064399" target="_blank">http://abcnews.go.com/Internat ional/wireStory?id=2064399</a>
Originally Posted By alexbook Nothing is earthquake-proof (but I'm sure TDR is as earthquake-resistant as they can make it). FWIW, here's an article on Oriental Land's difficulties in getting earthquake insurance: <a href="http://www.iimcal.ac.in/imz/imz-archive/article.asp?id=Catastrophe" target="_blank">http://www.iimcal.ac.in/imz/im z-archive/article.asp?id=Catastrophe</a>%20Derivatives If I'm reading it right, it sounds like they were more worried about an earthquake causing a slowdown in tourism than actual physical damage.
Originally Posted By leemac <<TDR is neither earthquake, nor typhoon, nor tsunami-proof.>> I can certainly vouch for that having suffered through both an earthquake (minor, just some shaking) and a typhoon (very strong to the degree it flooded the entire hub) last July. We have always been unlucky with the Tokyo weather in the summer so I'm hoping that our extended trip next month brings us some good weather.
Originally Posted By tidybowl While TDR probably isn't earthquake "proof" - I do think they have taken some precautions. I noticed that all of the hanging lights in the Carousel at TDS had wires running to the walls to keep them from swinging. I'm assuming that if you're going to do something like that - you'd have probably done the more serious stuff.
Originally Posted By marean I was in Yokohama last year (April 22nd), first day, Boom! Earthquake, 6 point something. Welcome to Japan!
