Earthquakes in Japan 2011-03-11

Many large earthquakes have rattle Japan this morning.

The list below is from USGS, showing earthquakes in the world having a magnitude greater than M 5.0. As can bee seen, Japan has experienced many, 16, such between 5:46 UTC and 7:42.

Associated is the risk, and realization of tsunami (up to 10 m high).

Some Antarctic ice is forming from bottom

From http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/leo-sai030111.php

Caption: Radar image shows the Gamburtsev Mountains (bottom) overlain by the ice sheet, which has been deformed by a bulge of refrozen ice (center).

Credit: Courtesy Bell et al., 2011