When they stop being a direct result of the initial quake.
Japanese use their own Earthqauke scale. On a scale from 1 - 7, 6 is damn near serious.
6-strength Earthquake in Nothern Miyagi Prefecture , Numerous Injuries in 4 Touhoku prefectures.
Japan hit by 9.0 earthquake.
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When they stop being a direct result of the initial quake.
Tsunami warning was cancelled.
This quake had people out on the streets here in Tokyo. Had stuff falling off my shelves again. We've been expecting a big aftershock to happen although in the past few days everyone here was remarking how things seemed to be getting calmer. Then boom.
This quake had people out on the streets here in Tokyo. Had stuff falling off my shelves again. We've been expecting a big aftershock to happen although in the past few days everyone here was remarking how things seemed to be getting calmer. Then boom.
I was a little worried. It lasted a minute or two but wasn't as strong as some of the aftershocks we got in the first few hours after the big one. And the tsunami warning has already be canceled. The dog slept through it.
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That was before they downgraded it.
When that ceases to be an accurate description, obviously.
A seismic event with the magnitude of the Tohoku quake is going to end up having tens or even hundreds of thousands of aftershocks, occurring over a period of many months. We're still seeing aftershocks here from the 7.2 Baja California quake of 4 April 2010; yes, those have gradually been getting smaller and less frequent, but aftershocks they are and it makes no sense to call them anything different.
"Aftershock" fits in headlines better than "another fucking quake Japan doesn't need". You may be waiting a while.
There's that, too.
"Aftershock" fits in headlines better than "another fucking quake Japan doesn't need". You may be waiting a while.
