Tokyo Int'l Anime Fair Cancelled

Source: Tom Baker, The Daily Yomiuri

The Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami has caused the cancellation of the Tokyo International Anime Fair.

The organizers issued a statement, which reads in part:

Due to the extreme circumstances, Tokyo International Anime Fair Executive Committee has decided to cancel the Fair this year. We’ve reached this conclusion considering the safety of all participants and visitors because power supplies are uncertain and traffic accessibility is unclear.

The fair was scheduled for March 26-27, 2011.

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Toronto earthquake and earthquake in Rochester NY hits NYC

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An earthquake in Rochester, NY was surprising news for New York City dwellers. Rochester, NY is close enough to NYC that residents travel for a variety of fun-filled festivals. Who would have ever imagined an earthquake in Rochester, NY with a Buffalo earthquake, too? The NYC people who felt a tremor today are believers.

The Toronto earthquake shook its way through Western New York and southern Ontario. The 5.0 magnitude earthquake was felt hundreds of miles around in every direction. The earth literally moved under the feet of New Yorkers!

WNED reports Rich Briggs, a research geologist at the United States Geological Survey in Colorado, stated, “There was an earthquake up in the Western Quebec seismic zone which runs in a band right along the border just north of Ottawa and it looks like it was widely felt. The shaking seems to have affected a pretty broad area.”

Areas shaken by the quake include Boston, Detroit, Baltimore, Buffalo, Rochester and New York City. YNN News Rochester reported the earthquake in Canada shocks were also felt at the Ontario-Quebec border.

USA Today reported the United States Geological Survey indicated east of the Rockies, “an earthquake can be felt over an area as much as 10 times larger than a similar magnitude earthquake on the West Coast.”

At this time, there are no reported injuries or major damage. Did you feel the earthquake in NYC today or are you still safely tucked away in the Hamptons on Long Island's alluring East End?

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5.0 magnitude earthquake in Canada could be felt in Michigan (w/ video)

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The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit the Ontario-Quebec border region of Canada this afternoon. It could be felt here in Michigan.

It was originally reported as a 5.5 magnitude.

Residents from East Lansing to Port Huron and Saginaw reported feeling the ground shake. There are no reports of any serious damage.

There also are reports that it shook buildings across upstate New York and into Canada and Vermont. People from Buffalo to Albany and north to Massena on the St. Lawrence River say pets were startled and plates rattled at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday.

The USGS said the quake occurred at a depth of 9.8 miles at 1:41 p.m. EDT.

People across Michigan State University's campus felt the effects of the quake

A professor at Michigan State University said the earthquake recorded by the university.

Kazuya Fujita, a professor in geological science, left a message on his voicemail saying he did capture the earthquake but had little information about it at this time.

"It was recorded at Michigan State. It was widely felt throughout southern Michigan as far as Battle Creek, Detroit, Bay City and Port Huron," the message said.

Mark Fellows, a university communications manager, said he felt the quake in his Olds Hall office.

"It was so mild here, that no one is really sure of what it was," he said.

No damage has been reported in the area, and several places in the state experienced tremors, a release from Ingham County Homeland Security and Emergency Management stated.

Enviroment: Tsunami warning lifted-Massive Earthquake hits Indonesia

A very strong and massive earthquake hit the Indonesia early Monday, killing at least two people and destroying hundreds of houses and schools in the city of Gorontalo, about 135 kilometers (85 miles) southeast of the quake's epicenter along with a Tsunami warning which was soon later on lifted by the Indonesian authorities. The quake had a size of 7.5 and was at a depth of 21 km.

The quake struck about 1:02 a.m. Monday (12:02 p.m. ET Sunday), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicenter was nearly 1,900 kilometers east-northeast of Jakarta, the capital.One of the dead was a 56-year-old man who was buried under ruins in Gorontalo, in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, Pakaya said. No details of the second death were instantly on hand.

Indonesia started a new hi-tech system this week aimed at identifying a probable tsunami and providing faster alerts in a region battered by repeated earthquakes, though experts say large parts of the country are still not covered and the system will not be fully operational until 2010.