Strong EQ Near Fukushima, Active Volcano Japan Update 5/12/15
Channel: MsMilkytheclown1
Date: 2015-05-13

Strong Earthquake Hit Northern Japan
May 12, 2015 - Updated 18:47 UTC-4
A strong earthquake has hit northern Japan.
Japan's Meteorological Agency says the magnitude was 6.6...and the focus was about 50 kilometers depth off Miyagi Prefecture in the Pacific Ocean.
It has not issued a tsunami warning.

May 12, 2015 | Strong Magnitude 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Off Japan Coast (near Fukushima) https://youtu.be/bsZnvWwMLdw
An earthquake with magnitude 6.8 occurred near Morioka, Honshu, Japan at 21:12:58.90 UTC on May 12, 2015. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
This morning's M6.6 #quake off Miyagi coast was shindo upper 5 in Iwate, lower 5 in Miyagi. Felt from Hokkaido to Aichi.
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php

Meanwhile: 
Volcanic Activity Continues at Mount Hakone, Japan
May 12, 2015 - Updated 00:23 UTC-4
Volcanic activity is continuing in the Hakone hot spring resort area southwest of Tokyo. An alert remains in place for a possible small eruption at the water's source in Owakudani valley.
More than 2,000 small, shallow-focus quakes have been observed at Mount Hakone since late April. Researchers reported about 50 quakes on Tuesday morning. None of them were strong enough to be felt.
More steam is coming out of the ground in Owakudani. The Geospatial Information Authority says satellite data indicate that the ground has swelled by up to 8 centimeters in a part of the valley now off-limits to visitors.
Owakudani has several facilities that supply hot water to inns and hotels in the broader Hakone resort area.
Hakone town officials decided on Monday to give maintenance workers special permission to visit the facilities under certain conditions.
Such visits were suspended last Saturday out of concern for the workers' safety. The facilities are supposed to be cleaned of sulfur and other contaminants every day to keep the supply of hot spring water flowing.
The workers will resume maintenance services once they receive the necessary protective gear.
They have to stay at least 200 meters away from a hot spring well that is vigorously venting steam.
The Meteorological Agency is warning that a small eruption of steam at Owakudani could send rocks flying into the surrounding area.
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Sendai Reactor Restart Unlikely Until Late July
May 11, 2015 - Updated 22:51 UTC-4
The planned restart of a reactor at the Sendai nuclear plant will be pushed back until late July or later due to a delay in onsite inspections.
The reactor is one of the 2 facilities at the plant that cleared the country's tighter regulations introduced after the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Kyushu Electric Power Company submitted a revised plan over the ongoing onsite inspections to the country's nuclear regulators on Monday. It extends the inspection process for the No.1 reactor by around one week.
The utility's earlier inspection plan assumed loading nuclear fuel in early June to restart the reactor in mid-July. But the regulators said the schedule was too tight.
Kyushu Electric has not specified the timing for a restart, but it now appears unlikely until late July at the earliest.
The onsite inspections began more than one month ago. But as of last week, only 7 of the roughly 180 items were checked. The utility has assigned more than 200 additional personnel to speed up the process.

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