Earthquakes

[RichyBoy]

Reports of earthquakes in Japan now Italy, is this the start of whatever is supposed to happen in 2012:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-18135898

Atleast three killed in northern Italy earthquake

An earthquake in northern Italy has killed at least three people and caused thousands of others to flee into the streets, officials say.

The 6.0-magnitude quake struck in the middle of the night, about 35km (22 miles) north of the city of Bologna.

The officials say the three victims died when the buildings they were working in collapsed.

Italian TV showed damaged factories and church steeples in the region. Aftershocks have been reported.

Rescue teams are now combing the area amid reports that a number of people may be buried under rubble...

[Derek Smith]

I'm not sure Armaggedon is signalled by a small earthquake in an earthquake zone.

[Puggit]

[Changedmyname]

We're all doomed I tell ya.

[garos]

You should download the Earthquake Alert App, the world is quaking but the good news is, is that it always has. Of course some very active zones, thankfully not the UK.

[gowmonster]

we're all going to die. true dat!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

7000 earthquakes in the last 30 days. shocking!

[turbobloke]

[Derek Smith]

My eldest is married to a Japanese woman. She was a television presenter and was the 'earthquake correspondent' for her channel. There'd be a big quake and she and a TV crew would go out to the location and then produce a report. The problem was, according to her, that they had to get out there quickly or else there would be nothing to film. It would all be repaired. Luckily, she said, the aftershocks were often bigger than the original quake so there would be film of things shaking. How lucky can you get?

My lad was out there during an earthquake that was large enough to knock him off his feet in a shop. Whilst he was on the floor, staff were running around replacing items of stock that had fallen. He was attended to by the dedicated staff member. His minor injuries were treated and by the time he left the shop there was no evidence that anything had happened.

Earthquake in Japan. Next item of news: the Sun rose this morning.