Thursday, April 7, 2011

Japan Safe After Second Large-Scale Earthquake in the Month Gives a Scare

As many of you know by now, at around 10:30 AM EST (11:30 PM local time), Japan was hit by yet another powerful earthquake not far from where the original earthquake struck on March 11. Though initial reports seemed were negative and warning of another tsunami, it seems as though there have been no deaths or injuries, and the tsunami warning has now been called off. The earthquake has been reported as a 7.1 magnitude quake and struck off the coast of the Miyagi Prefecture, an area already terribly affected by the March 11 tsunami.

This has been the strongest in the many aftershocks that have been reported in the area, and certainly brought back fear for the local citizen and all people around the world hoping for a fast recovery for Japan. The other worry, of course is the affect that this quake would have on the troublesome Daiichi nuclear power plant. Luckily, there has been no further damage reported, and all workers were evacuated as a precautionary measure. This quake stuck about 96 kilometers east of Sendai, close to the site of the March 11 quake, and was about 49 kilometers below sea level.

All of us at StanaCard are very glad to hear that this earthquake has not caused any further damage to the country or any further hardship to its people. We know that now is a time that family and friends need to stick together however they can. We hope any of you who are living abroad with friends and family in Japan have found affordable and reliable ways to communicate, but if you have not we would be happy to introduce you to StanaCard. Since we also have local access numbers in Japan, our service works for people making calls from there as well, so people in Japan can call you abroad by just dialing a local number, just like you can from the US. If you or anyone you know might benefit from this service, feel free to email us with any questions you may have.

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