A Richter 9.0 with a large-area lateral movement of 18 feet.
PLUS a tsunami as high as 90 feet.
And here I thought it was a MAJOR DEADLY NUCLEAR DISASTER THAT WILL KILL US ALL!
That's what the news and 20000 hypercynical bloggers said, anyway.
Huffington Post and CNN even showed pictures of a ginormous fire and a headline of
"Japanese Nuclear Disaster ... Meltdowns in 3 Reactors ... over 1000 dead."
--d!