Day two of my new blog. I guess the plates gods are not happy or at the very least they are giving me something to write about. Here is a list of aftershocks since the 6.6 one yesterday afternoon. So, about 25 in the last 16 hours.
| MAG | UTC DATE-TIME y/m/d h:m:s |
LAT deg |
LON deg |
DEPTH km |
Region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAP | 6.4 | 2011/04/11 23:08:16 | 35.406 | 140.542 | 13.1 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2011/04/11 22:26:18 | 36.905 | 138.280 | 5.7 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 21:21:19 | 38.831 | 141.972 | 58.0 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.4 | 2011/04/11 17:53:31 | 37.630 | 144.527 | 7.4 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2011/04/11 16:49:22 | 37.148 | 140.478 | 38.0 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2011/04/11 16:19:30 | 36.276 | 140.424 | 10.0 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2011/04/11 15:58:01 | 37.068 | 140.368 | 43.0 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2011/04/11 15:43:15 | 36.847 | 140.582 | 20.5 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2011/04/11 15:21:43 | 36.923 | 140.256 | 37.9 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2011/04/11 15:08:08 | 37.636 | 142.570 | 36.8 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.4 | 2011/04/11 14:08:50 | 36.935 | 140.695 | 26.2 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.2 | 2011/04/11 14:02:06 | 36.889 | 140.755 | 13.3 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.5 | 2011/04/11 13:24:08 | 38.159 | 142.353 | 5.1 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2011/04/11 13:05:42 | 37.103 | 140.465 | 25.9 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.6 | 2011/04/11 11:42:35 | 36.969 | 140.454 | 13.8 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 11:27:32 | 37.141 | 140.644 | 22.0 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 10:00:06 | 36.901 | 140.696 | 16.3 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2011/04/11 09:36:22 | 36.914 | 140.393 | 15.2 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 09:30:35 | 37.050 | 140.498 | 12.2 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.8 | 2011/04/11 09:17:12 | 37.744 | 142.583 | 20.5 | OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 09:12:34 | 36.906 | 140.440 | 25.1 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.9 | 2011/04/11 09:05:21 | 37.041 | 140.566 | 30.1 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.0 | 2011/04/11 08:58:04 | 37.013 | 140.358 | 17.1 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 4.7 | 2011/04/11 08:33:54 | 36.990 | 140.263 | 24.8 | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 5.2 | 2011/04/11 08:26:31 | 37.103 | 140.446 | 15.0 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
| MAP | 6.6 | 2011/04/11 08:16:13 | 37.007 | 140.477 | 10.0 | EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN |
It is hard to concentrate on anything else. This morning before school my sons were looking on the earthquake website betting each other what size it was. “I think it was about 5.0!” “No way, it was about 6!” It’s great they have something new to argue about. But dropping them off at school is difficult. I want to keep everyone together at home. But I can’t do that forever. I have to pretend that everything is fine. My daughter takes a bus to a school one hour away. It took her 8 hours to get back the night of the 9.0 earthquake. When I say goodbye in the morning I think about it. Again and again. Last night we all slept together on the upper floor. I felt safer being up there. I brought up a case of water, our shoes and a backpack with supplies. Flashlight, passports, money etc. They boys packed a big jar of peanut butter. Which I actually thought was a good idea.
We are in the middle of our 6th cherry blossom season in Japan. The cherry blossom reminds me of life in Japan right now. It is ephemeral. It is absolutely beautiful. We must get out and enjoy it before it is gone. I’ve been blessed to have seen it for 6 seasons. What more could I ask?
Living life on the edge-of a tectonic plate 
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