The Battle of Chernobyl - Best Doc On Chernobyl

With the Fukushima Disaster spiraling out of control, and with Tepco reporting they have spotted cracks in 8 places on the steel brace that holds a 120-meter vertical pipe standing between the number-1 and number-2 reactor. In an area that is contaminated with high levels of radiation measuring 10 sieverts per hour. TEPCO are now wondering how they would be able to send in workers without them dying on the spot.

Russian Bio-Robots Working in Extreme Radiation 1700 Rads - 17.000.000 Millisieverts/Hr

You might ask why don't the Japanese that are so good with Robots and electronics, just don't send in Robots to do the work instead of humans? Well like the Russians learned early on and also TEPCO. The radio controlled robots malfuntion because of extreme radiation. Extreme levels of radiation will interrupt electronics and microships from functioning properly.

That is why it is high time to revisit the Battle of Chernobyl documentary that video shows us how the Russian workers called Bio-Robots suited with 30 kg of lead clothing and plated vehicles dealt with the +10 Sieverts per hour radiation exposure on top of the Single Reactor in Chernobyl. 

All the lies that TEPCO have said these past years that everything is under control, there was no meltdowns, no contamination in the waters, Tokyo is safe and everything will be alright. Smile and radiation wont hurt you.. Everything and everyone is starting to look at them with disgust and screaming for their heads.

This documentary of the Chernobyl disaster is a MUST SEE! The Battle of Chernobyl is the best made movie so far. The Battle of Chernobyl contains rare original footage, pictures and good re-enactments. This along with interviews with political leaders, scientists, soldiers, journalist, photographer and several military personnel and real footage of the damaged nuclear reactor.

There are some very good comments made in this movie from the people involved. And this documentary is something you must watch to better understand the extent of the Fukushima disaster. The things the Russians did to prevent a second explosion is something many can't really grasp. The Battle of Chernobyl tells this story very well.

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The Battle of Chernobyl tell us many important things about the situation at Fukushima Daiichi. We get to hear from a worker at reactor unit 4 about the beautiful colors going up into the night sky 1000 meters during the reactor explosion. The cover-up and Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev the former Soviet statesman. Also rare footage from the town Pripyat the day after where we get to see the flashes on the camera during filming caused by radiation.

Russian Bio-Robots working with 30 kg lead suits in 17.000.000 Millisieverts/Hr

We get to hear from the brave workers called Bio-Robots recieving 1700 rads or 17.000.000 Millisieverts/Hr radiation levels when working on top of the reactor. They could only work for 45 sec at time before the radiation would be to much. Working with 30kg makeshift lead suits. Some had nosebleeds coming down afterwards. They felt like they had been sucked dry by a vampire. When their eyes started to hurt and they started to taste a metallic taste of lead in their mouths they knew that they had reacherd their limit. But they did their job even picking up the 15.000.000 Millisieverts/Hr contaminated concrete blocks with their hands trowing it of the reactors roof. In the end they had reduced the radiation levels with some 30%. Got a $100 bonus and a certificate. The Bio-Robots can't work anymore because the high radiation levels they were exposed to. Many not even in their 50s now are unable to make a living because of this.

Russian Radio Controlled Robot malfuntioned because of extreme radiation

The Bio-Robots were used because the radio controlled equipment, looking like something you would send to the moon that should do the job malfunctioned because the extreme radiation affected the electronics. Before this six hundred (600) helicopter pilots were employed to drop lead over the open reactor to help cool it down and put out the fire. All the pilots were exposed to lethal doses of radiation, and “all” six hundred pilots died.  

Not only did the pilots die, but as the lead vaporized with the heat, many people, including children in the city, inhaled high doses of lead. Since there was concern that the meltdown would contaminate the water table below, 2,500 miners were dispatched to manually dig below the plant to make way to encase the reactor core.  Half of those miners died, and many others became very ill with radiation sickness.

The work done and the cost of 18 Billion Dollars in todays money was important not only to limit the radioactive material from spreading around the world but also to prevent a second nuclear explosion. An explosion with the potential of rendering all of Europe uninhabitable. Some would say that the lead dropped in the reactor to try and cool it down were the wrong thing to do. But with the severity of the disaster it was the only right thing to do.

In all, it was said that 500,000 people (other accounts claim 600,000 people) were dispatched to the Chernobyl plant to contain the reactor, half of whom have died since then as a result of radiation exposure and today about 200,000 are on permanent disability due to sicknesses from their radiation exposure.

Again this is a must watch for anyone. Really well done documentary about the Chernobyl disaster. And I really hope you take what is said to heart. And look at what the Russians did in 1986.




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Another MUST SEE documentary about the Fukushima disaster is this NHK Special.

☢ Best Radioactive Fallout Contamination Map NHK TV Special Fukushima Disaster Documentary ☢

What exactly was the extent of contamination caused by radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident?

What is happening in the contaminated areas? This is a record of a two month survey conducted by scientists working close together.

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Fukushima Tropical STORM - Typhoon Alert Man-yi

Typhoon Man-yi Fukushima Alert

The strong tropical storm Man-yi is expected to approach Japan's northeastern Fukushima Prefecture on Monday but already we are seeing heavy rain and winds at the Fukushima Plant. And we are following this event live here at the chat.

I have added another livecam to the show and if you also turn on the TBS JNN livecam stream you will get the audio of the wind blowing and heavy rain. The new Futaba livecam is showing us the situation outside Fukushima. You can see the powerlines going to the Fukushima plant when the camera is facing away from the intersection.

And already we see how the trees are blowing. There have been cars going by from time to time. I guess this is either workers or personel in the area trying to keep the water out of certain areas. There have been reports of that they have been increasing patrols to make sure contaminated water does not overflow in the heavy rain.

At Sep. 15, 2013 - Updated 20:16 UTC they said

Tokyo Electric Power Company workers have placed weights on large cranes used to move debris around the reactor building to keep them from being toppled by strong winds.

They also attached ropes to outdoor piping and pumps that are used to inject water into the reactors.

The operators are strengthening patrols to prevent rain from entering and overflowing the basement of turbine buildings and the underground tunnel where highly contaminated water has accumulated.


   
They found water overflowing from a fence around storage tanks near the Number 4 reactor on Sunday afternoon. TEPCO officials are inspecting the leaked water to determine if it's contaminated.

The workers are dismantling a wastewater tank from which highly radioactive water is suspected to have leaked last month.

TEPCO says it plan to continue the work on Monday, but may decide to stop if the weather worsens.

☢ What Is PLUTOnium? - Short Video ☢

This is how Plutonium looks

The following is a short but informative video about Plutonium. It explains the alchemy behind it and the process in nuclear plants.

And also gives us an understanding about how toxic this element Plutonium PU-242 with it's atomic number 94 is to humans and all living creatures on this planet.




The following is a letter found at https://www.ccnr.org/max_plute_aecb.html
(CCNR is a not-for-profit organization, federally incorporated in 1978. It is dedicated to education and research on all issues related to nuclear energy, whether civilian or military -- including non-nuclear alternatives -- especially those pertaining to Canada.)

How much plutonium does it take
to overdose a person?
Letter from the Atomic Energy Control Board
(followed by comments from CCNR)

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re: Maximum Permissible Intake
of Plutonium by Inhalation

September 30 1999

Ms. Kristen Ostling
National Coordinator
Campaign for Nuclear Phaseout
1200-1 Nicholas Street
Ottawa Ontario
K1N 7B7

Subject:

Quantity of Plutonium that an Atomic Radiation Worker and the Public may Inhale to Reach their Respective Limits

Dear Ms. Ostling:
The Atomic Energy Control Board (AECB) does not set maximum permissible quantities of radionuclides for workers or the public. Regulatory protection criteria are expressed in terms of effective dose limits.
In this context, we understand your question to mean: "What is the quantity of plutonium oxide, if inhaled, would give rise to an effective dose of 50 mSv [ millisieverts ] to a worker or 5 mSv to a member of the public?"
As the result of an intake, these doses will be received over 50 years by a worker and over a period ending at age 70 by a member of the public. These calculations have been made for insoluble (in lung fluid) plutonium oxide of 1 micrometer size. These assumptions are very conservative (restrictive); in other words the worst case scenario has been assumed.

workers:	1.4 micrograms for 50 mSv committed effective dose (over 50 years after intake)
public:	0.1 microgram for 5 mSv committed effective dose (up to age 70)

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (613) 996-5637.
Yours truly,


M. P. Measures, Ph.D.
Director
Radiation and Environmental Protection Division

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Comments from CCNR

Foreword

Plutonium is a highly toxic material. Attempts to deny or to obscure this fact are, we feel, irresponsible.
Some spokespersons for AECL and for the Government of Canada have suggested that there is no danger involved in MOX transport worthy of anyone's serious consideration.

We feel compelled to point out that, although the probability of a severe accident that would release plutonium to the atmosphere is admittedly small, the potential health and environmental consequences of such an accident can be serious due to the extraordinary toxicity of plutonium when inhaled.

It is for this reason alone that the United States of America has made it illegal to transport plutonium by air in US territory. Such a prohibition does not exist for any other radioactive material.
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has admitted, in documents submitted to Transport Canada, that in four out of eight categories of serious road transportation accidents, the MOX containers would be completely destroyed and a plume of plutonium dust would be spread downwind to a distance of about 80 kilometers.

Transport Canada has stated -- not once, but several times, in its response to public commentaries about AECL's plans for MOX transport by road -- that transporting MOX by air is much more dangerous than doing it by road because of the health dangers of inhaling plutonium dust following an accident.

Industry and government spokespersons have insisted that120 grams of plutonium is too small an amount to raise legitimate health and environmental concerns. They have made the irrelevant observation that 120 grams of plutonium is about the size of two A-A batteries.
Such remarks are manipulative in nature; they do not help people to weigh the risk. The important quantity is not the VOLUME or MASS of plutonium, but its TOXICITY. Based on data supplied by AECB (see letter above) we can address the toxicity question as follows:

In principle, using AECB's regulatory limits,
how many ''civilians'' can be overdosed
by 100 grams of plutonium?

0.1 micrograms	can overdose	one civilian
multiply by one million
0.1 grams	can overdose	one million civilians
multiply by ten
1 gram	can overdose	ten million civilians
multiply by one hundred
100 grams	can overdose	one billion civilians
600 grams	can overdose	six billion civilians

If there is a serious accident involving
120 grams of plutonium (in the form of MOX),
how many civilian overdoses could, in principle, result?

if NONE of the plute is safely contained	there is a potential for	one billion two hundred million civilian overdoses
if 90 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	one hundred and twenty million civilian overdoses
if 99.9 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	one hundred and twenty thousand civilian overdoses
if 99.999 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	one thousand two hundred civilian overdoses

In principle, using AECB's regulatory limits,
how many ''atomic radiation workers'' can be
overdosed by 140 grams of plutonium?

1.4 micrograms	can overdose	one atomic worker
1.4 grams	can overdose	one million workers
14 grams	can overdose	ten million workers
140 grams	can overdose	one hundred million workers
560 grams	can overdose	four hundred million workers

If there is a serious accident involving
600 grams of plutonium (in the form of MOX),
how many worker overdoses could, in principle, result?

if NONE of the plute is safely contained	there is a potential for	four hundred twenty-five million worker overdoses
if 90 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	forty-two and a half million worker overdoses
if 99.9 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	forty-two and a half thousand worker overdoses
if 99.999 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	four hundred and twenty-five worker overdoses

If there is a serious accident involving
600 grams of plutonium (in the form of MOX),
how many civilian overdoses could, in principle, result?

if NONE of the plute is safely contained	there is a potential for	six billion civilian overdoses
if 90 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	six hundred million civilian overdoses
if 99.9 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	six hundred thousand civilian overdoses
if 99.999 percent of it is safely contained	there is a potential for	six thousand civilian overdoses

Afterword

The probability of a serious accident involving MOX transport is small, but the consequences can be severe. They can also be very long-lived: since plutonium-239 has a half-life of 24,000 years, plutonium contamination can be permanent. It is a betrayal of public trust to pretend that these risks do not exist.
Unlike most shipments of radioactive materials, plutonium shipments are attractive targets for criminals or terrorists, because plutonium is the primary nuclear explosive material from which atomic bombs can be made.
Any attempted hijacking can only increase the risks of unintended releases of plutonium to the atmosphere.

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Fukushima Unit 4 Welding Work Shown

Hi folks,

Unit 4 workers welding illustration

Some of you who have been keeping an eye on Fukushima and the Live Cam they have, might have noticed that yesterday Tepco changed the angle of the camera. It's now located at the opposite side from where it was before with reactor unit 4 closest in view to the camera instead of unit 1.

 I've been busy with other things lately so I didn't notice the work that was going on top of reactor unit 4. FC pointed out in the chat that there was flashes going on in the bottom right corner of the screen, and sure enough when I looked at the live cam there was even workers moving around there.

Here you can see an ILLUSTRATION showing the location where the welding work is being done on top of reactor unit 4. The actual flashes where much smaller than this illustration shows but the scale of the workers to the right is about the same.

I figure the flashes was caused by the workers welding some beams, that's what it looks like to me. I tell you they better weld in some support because that 60 Ton "cover" they put in place a month ago on top of the fuel pool to an already damaged structure is not going to help the building situation.

I'm sure you already have read about what happens when that fuel pool hits the ground in the event of an bigger earthquake. The contamination released would equate to some 800-1000 nuclear weapons going off all at once.

And I hope those workers where wearing gas masks because that steel is contaminated with all kinds of radioactive particles, welding always cause smoke and people doing it for a living need regular health checkups to check their lungs.. Add radiation to that smoke and it is not going to turn out good for the workers later on.

Now the camera angle like I told you earlier is different now from what it was when the livecam  first was put into place 2011. But we can still see all the reactor units and cranes working on the site. To explain the map, Unit 4 is in the right corner of the screen and we can see part of Unit 1 way back with Unit 2 blocking most of the view (Unit 1 is the white reactor unit because of the tent they put up).

I hope this Fukushima update have shed some light on the recent developments on site.

Fukushima Quakes Emergency Evacuation at Nuclear Plant

There have been a lot of earthquakes lately around Japan and I would like to do an update on this. The earthquakes outside Tokyo have measured M5.0 and M5.1. However there have been both big and small earthquakes off Fukushima now also. The quakes did not damage buildings however the cooling have been cracked above reactor 4 at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant. There is NO WATER in the pool and the fuel rods have been knocked over!!

Plutonium have been released, the nuclear fuel stored have started to meltdown at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant because of the damage done by the recent earthquakes. The plant is now on emergency and the situation is very serious. The plant have been evacuated, not only have the TEPCO workers been pulled out from the nuclear plant, they have left the Fukushima province!

Where is the news? Yoichi Shimatsu talks about this in his most recent interview.
☢ MP3 - Fukushima Deteriorating - Yoichi Shimatsu and Jeff Rense 01-09-12 ☢
T
he reason behind the media blackout is the Japanese New Years celebrations. The official holidays for new years in Japan are very long, for them this is the most important holiday of the year usually lasting 6 days. But because of the weekend this have now been longer. So up until Monday 9 Jan 2012, not much had been reported. And as time goes by more on this recent disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant will come out.

(Did you read this Email from 16 March 2011 that came out just now? It talks about the walls of the spent fuel pool at reactor 4 falling down.. 10 Months on and this is now new news to all. TEPCO have really hidden a lot of things from the public, remember this was back in March when media was saying that the situation was under control and nothing to worry about.)
NRC March 2011 Email: “The walls of the Unit 4 spent fuel pool have collapsed, and there is no water in there”

I have made a map showing the last weeks earthquakes in Japan that are above M4 quakes.

You can see from the picture that there have been many above M4 earthquakes off the Fukushima coast but also many that are above M5. The last one the blue dot is an M4.8 Earthquake and that was today. Because this map only show earthquakes above M4 there are many quakes that are left out. The list below will include all earthquake activity starting from 5 Jan 2012.

Issued at	Occurred at	Region Name	Magnitude	Maximum seismic intensity (JMA Seismic Intensity)
00:52 JST 12 Jan 2012	00:47 JST 12 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.8	2
00:25 JST 12 Jan 2012	00:20 JST 12 Jan 2012	Akita-ken Nairiku-nambu	M2.7	1
21:52 JST 11 Jan 2012	21:47 JST 11 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.0	1
17:46 JST 11 Jan 2012	17:42 JST 11 Jan 2012	Nemuro-hanto Nanto-oki	M3.0	1
15:05 JST 11 Jan 2012	15:00 JST 11 Jan 2012	Rumoi-chiho Nambu	M4.0	3
14:33 JST 11 Jan 2012	14:29 JST 11 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.7	2
13:39 JST 11 Jan 2012	13:35 JST 11 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Oki	M3.3	1
10:20 JST 11 Jan 2012	10:16 JST 11 Jan 2012	Sanriku Oki	M4.7	2
08:28 JST 11 Jan 2012	08:23 JST 11 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.2	2
06:25 JST 11 Jan 2012	06:22 JST 11 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M4.4	3
04:29 JST 11 Jan 2012	04:25 JST 11 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Toho-oki	M3.4	1
04:22 JST 11 Jan 2012	04:18 JST 11 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.4	1
22:20 JST 10 Jan 2012	22:15 JST 10 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.3	2
22:10 JST 10 Jan 2012	22:06 JST 10 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M3.9	2
17:21 JST 10 Jan 2012	17:17 JST 10 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.4	1
11:38 JST 10 Jan 2012	11:34 JST 10 Jan 2012	Shizuoka-ken Seibu	M2.9	1
01:57 JST 10 Jan 2012	01:52 JST 10 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M3.6	1
21:09 JST 09 Jan 2012	21:04 JST 09 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Oki	M3.6	1
18:28 JST 09 Jan 2012	18:23 JST 09 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.7	1
17:55 JST 09 Jan 2012	17:50 JST 09 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.6	2
16:15 JST 09 Jan 2012	16:10 JST 09 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.6	2
13:55 JST 09 Jan 2012	13:51 JST 09 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.0	1
13:52 JST 09 Jan 2012	13:48 JST 09 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.7	1
13:45 JST 09 Jan 2012	13:41 JST 09 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Toho-oki	M3.6	2
13:34 JST 09 Jan 2012	13:29 JST 09 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Toho-oki	M3.1	1
13:25 JST 09 Jan 2012	13:20 JST 09 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.5	1
07:17 JST 09 Jan 2012	07:13 JST 09 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Oki	M5.0	3
02:08 JST 09 Jan 2012	02:04 JST 09 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.0	1
01:56 JST 09 Jan 2012	01:52 JST 09 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Hokutobu	M3.9	3
01:28 JST 09 Jan 2012	01:23 JST 09 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.7	2
00:40 JST 09 Jan 2012	00:37 JST 09 Jan 2012	Wakayama-ken Hokubu	M4.7	3
23:18 JST 08 Jan 2012	23:14 JST 08 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Hokubu	M3.2	1
21:32 JST 08 Jan 2012	21:28 JST 08 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M3.7	1
16:23 JST 08 Jan 2012	16:18 JST 08 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Hokubu	M3.3	1
13:46 JST 08 Jan 2012	13:41 JST 08 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.2	2
13:20 JST 08 Jan 2012	13:15 JST 08 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.2	1
10:56 JST 08 Jan 2012	10:51 JST 08 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.5	1
08:57 JST 08 Jan 2012	08:52 JST 08 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Toho-oki	M4.0	2
06:04 JST 08 Jan 2012	06:00 JST 08 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.2	2
02:31 JST 08 Jan 2012	02:27 JST 08 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M3.3	1
21:35 JST 07 Jan 2012	21:31 JST 07 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.0	2
21:30 JST 07 Jan 2012	21:26 JST 07 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.5	2
20:15 JST 07 Jan 2012	20:11 JST 07 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Engan-nambu	M3.1	1
19:47 JST 07 Jan 2012	19:43 JST 07 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M4.6	3
17:56 JST 07 Jan 2012	17:52 JST 07 Jan 2012	Gifu-ken Mino-chuseibu	M2.8	1
17:22 JST 07 Jan 2012	17:18 JST 07 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M4.6	2
10:17 JST 07 Jan 2012	10:13 JST 07 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.0	2
08:45 JST 07 Jan 2012	08:41 JST 07 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Aizu	M2.6	1
06:51 JST 07 Jan 2012	06:47 JST 07 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.8	1
06:07 JST 07 Jan 2012	06:02 JST 07 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.3	1
05:52 JST 07 Jan 2012	05:48 JST 07 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.3	1
05:07 JST 07 Jan 2012	05:02 JST 07 Jan 2012	Shimane-ken Tobu	M2.9	1
04:24 JST 07 Jan 2012	04:19 JST 07 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.6	1
22:39 JST 06 Jan 2012	22:34 JST 06 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.7	1
22:33 JST 06 Jan 2012	22:28 JST 06 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M2.3	1
21:02 JST 06 Jan 2012	20:57 JST 06 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.5	1
19:50 JST 06 Jan 2012	19:44 JST 06 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.2	2
15:30 JST 06 Jan 2012	15:26 JST 06 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Aizu	M2.6	1
10:20 JST 06 Jan 2012	10:17 JST 06 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.5	2
09:52 JST 06 Jan 2012	09:48 JST 06 Jan 2012	Nemuro-hanto Nanto-oki	M3.7	1
08:33 JST 06 Jan 2012	08:28 JST 06 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M4.6	1
08:10 JST 06 Jan 2012	08:05 JST 06 Jan 2012	Chiba-ken Toho-oki	M3.5	1
06:01 JST 06 Jan 2012	05:55 JST 06 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M4.4	3
03:27 JST 06 Jan 2012	03:23 JST 06 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Aizu	M2.5	2
01:51 JST 06 Jan 2012	01:47 JST 06 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.9	3
00:26 JST 06 Jan 2012	00:21 JST 06 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M3.4	1
23:01 JST 05 Jan 2012	22:57 JST 05 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.6	1
22:50 JST 05 Jan 2012	22:46 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.4	1
22:45 JST 05 Jan 2012	22:41 JST 05 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Oki	M3.3	1
22:17 JST 05 Jan 2012	22:13 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M4.1	4
22:07 JST 05 Jan 2012	22:03 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.6	2
21:41 JST 05 Jan 2012	21:37 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M4.2	3
20:16 JST 05 Jan 2012	20:11 JST 05 Jan 2012	Hyogo-ken Nanseibu	M2.6	1
18:07 JST 05 Jan 2012	18:02 JST 05 Jan 2012	Iwate-ken Oki	M3.6	1
17:54 JST 05 Jan 2012	17:49 JST 05 Jan 2012	Ibaraki-ken Oki	M3.7	2
17:49 JST 05 Jan 2012	17:44 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Oki	M3.9	1
15:13 JST 05 Jan 2012	15:08 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.0	1
11:33 JST 05 Jan 2012	11:28 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.3	1
11:27 JST 05 Jan 2012	11:22 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Nakadori	M2.9	2
09:51 JST 05 Jan 2012	09:47 JST 05 Jan 2012	Fukushima-ken Hamadori	M3.1	1
03:08 JST 05 Jan 2012	03:03 JST 05 Jan 2012	Miyagi-ken Oki	M4.0	1

There is a lot of speculation as to why this sudden increase in earthquakes around Japan. I can't really say for sure, if this is a natural thing. It can be solar activity causing this, but if you are up to speed on the latest I'm sure you have your own theory already.