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NEWS > EVERYONE ELSE > JAPAN STARTS OFF 2012 WITH NEW YEAR'S EARTHQUAKE, BUT NO NUCLEAR CATACLYSM
JAPAN STARTS OFF 2012 WITH NEW YEAR'S EARTHQUAKE, BUT NO NUCLEAR CATACLYSM
January 1 2012
Tokyo, Japan – For most people in Japan, 2011 was a year they desperately want to forget, but of course because of the events that make it that, it will be impossible to forget. Aside from being attacked by the same economic troubles as the rest of the world, Japan also had that big earthquake which not only shook the country, but also caused a near nuclear cataclysm that put the entire atomic industry on its heels.
Japan is, of course, no stranger to earthquakes or even nuclear-influenced disasters, at least in the movies, but the events that occurred last March proved to be remarkable even for a nation so used to the world being a little off kilter on a regular basis.
As much as people thought they had left that trauma behind, however, it appears that the world is not through with them yet, marking the first day of the New Year with a massive7.0 earthquake. This time it does not appear that the quake caused any major damage, a tsunami, or spawned a nuclear apocalypse, but officials warned this could just be the lead up to another quake that could level the nation.
“We can confirm that a major quake did in fact occur off the coast of Tokyo today. Early indications are that the quake was a 7.0 on the Richter scale but was located deep below the surface. There was no damage reported and there is no chance of 
Tsunami or nuclear devastation with this quake,” said a government official. “People should go on about their lives as though nothing has happened. We got this.”
Other countries have confirmed the relatively limited impact of the quake, meaning that unlike the last time the Japanese are not simply covering things up.
It’s not yet clear if the quake was a remaining aftershock from the March event, or possibly a foreshock of a new, undoubtedly more devastating quake still to come.
“People are going to be very sensitive now, given what happened the last time, but quakes happen all the time in Japan and they just can’t get too worked up over things. Japan has major quakes so frequently that they barely even notice them. Granted, nuclear cataclysms are much more rare and that is likely going to cause some tension,” said Scrape TV International analyst Gustav Hander. “I mean no one wants that. It’s pretty easy to rebuild roads and buildings, but getting rid of radiation
and avoiding radioactive freaks like Godzilla, well that is a different thing altogether and one that I’m sure most people on the country would prefer to avoid.”
There were no reports of Godzillas as a result of the March disaster, though people have had to avoid spinach since that time.
“That fear, the fear of total nuclear disaster, is something that will likely be a sensitive spot for the people of Japan for a long time to come. Eventually the fear will subside, but in the interim, well, anytime a quake happens it’s going to get them thinking,” continued Hander. “That’s natural and this event, this New Year’s quake, it’s going to get them thinking, but thankfully they were safe this time. This time.”
Reports indicate that thousands of pounds of spinach has been thrown out after the little shaker.
Emil Uliya, International Correspondent
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