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Originally Posted by cdcox
MSNBC says they had a 30 second warning before the earthquake? How is that possible???
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Originally Posted by Carls20yearplan
I think they misspoke, they meant 30 second warning before the tsunami
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They didn't misspeak; they really did have advance warning:
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TOKYO—Some people in Tokyo were warned that a major earthquake was about to hit before they felt a tremor.
As the 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan's northeastern coast, the world's first early warning system—developed by the country's meteorological agency—detected the quake's shock wave near the seismic center and sent off the warning message, which appeared on national television and radio as well as cellphone screens.
In Tokyo, because of its distance from northern Japan, the warning message reached people before the quake actually jolted the capital.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...254539820.html