RE: 8.9 Earthquake Strikes Japan
My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Japan as well as the creators of the Pokemon franchise and the people responsible for the booming Anime/Manga Industry. Speaking of the status of Game Freak, Nintendo, and Satoshi Tajiri himself after the Earthquake:
http://www.japanator.com/update-satoshi-tajiri-confirmed-alive-18875.phtml
He's alive and well.
This Twitter Feed confirms it as well:
http://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/46368780015779841
palkia dialga clash said:
The earthquakes are not increasing, the probability on where they are happening is. The info travels faster through stuff like Twitter, FaceBook, and other online sources so words get around faster. It's more the tsuanami that was the real problem. But, being the industrial city Japan is, it'll recover fast.
Correct, you do realize that the world population of the human race has reached 7 Billion right? If you want proof there's a recent issue of National Geographic that explains it. There's more people in most places on Planet Earth that the notice of something happening seems to be overplayed where the news media makes it sound worse than what it already is making you think that earthquakes are increasing over the years, especially with what happened in Haiti.
Given that Japan is located right by the Pacific "Ring of Fire" it makes sense cause Geologically areas close by the "Ring of Fire" are prone to earthquakes alot especially Japan. Chile which was struck by an 8.2 Magnitude earthquake last year is also located right by the Pacific "Ring of Fire" as well as Indonesia which is close by it but not there all the way which triggered a devastating tsunami back in 2004.
The recent tsunami that struck Hawaii and California didn't cause as much damage as what happened in Japan however it was still a threat cause you shouldn't underestimate the aftershocks of an earthquake that generates a tsunami that can travel from one side of the ocean to another, eventually depending on the force of the aftershock it weakens the more it travels. It all depends on how much force is applied from the underwater plates shifting and using the science of Newton's Law of Motion.
The reason why the Tsunami of 2004 with Indonesia was bad was due to how the country itself is a third world country that's very poor in terms of infrastructure as it's not as industrialized as other countries that are wealthy and powerful.
