Strong quake shakes Iwate, Miyagi; no tsunami risk

Yet another nerve rattler.

Just a truck. But seriously, that was a funny earthquake. There weren't any multiple aftershocks immediatley afterwards, like twenty. Just two aftershocks after two hours?

There's been a lot of aftershocks, but not many strong enough to break Shindo 1. http://kwatch.web.fc2.com/hinet_record/20120327.html

I didn`t know it..

The aftershocks were supposed to only last one year

Earthquakes happen ALL the time in Japan. They just don't get headline news. Earthquakes of 3 to 5 magnitude are common occurances. Japan is a small country made up of volcanic islands. This event wouldn't even of been reported, but only because of Fukushima from last year. It is just silly panic mentality.

Pretty sure it was reported because it was a Low 5 on the Shindo scale, which is the beginning of significant quakes.

BurumuMar. 28, 2012 - 02:39PM JST Pretty sure it was reported because it was a Low 5 on the Shindo scale, which is the beginning of significant quakes.

Here is a map. http://mapserver.gis.ttu.edu/japanquake/

Earthquakes are a common occurrence.

There are 400 quakes a day in Japan, but a quake of Shindo 5 or higher is not a "common occurrence". If there was an article every time my office moved, yes I would agree with you. But I don't think this article being posted was overkill.