7.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

It's slipping!

this quake is 5000 times smaller than the big one.

Get a grip.

7.4 is not that strong in a country well equipped to deal with quakes.

Remember the big one was 9.0!

From what I understand

We have stated that this tongue will not break off to become a separate plate, despite all pressure on it. That portion of the Japanese islands closer to the main plate, to the north, will remain further above the waves after the shift, due to rising with the main N American plate which will ride over the Pacific plates. Due to the crumbling of the Philippine Plate, the region near the southern part of the Japanese islands does not get pushed up as far, as that which would subduct under southern Japan finds an easier path through the crumble. Thus, northern Japan might find land rising 250 in elevation, while southern Japan experiences a 150 rise in elevation

ZT

Understood