Posted by Sean: Earthquake http://whiteperil.com/posts/1216828148.shtml A magnitude 6.8 (JMA scale strong 6) [1]hit Iwate Prefecture twenty minutes or so ago. No reports of damage yet, but that's a major quake. References 1. http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/main/20080723AT1G2303Q23072008.html