Re: Japanese papers reveal huge quake

"George" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 

> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3247142.stm
> 
> Scientists say old Japanese papers show a huge magnitude nine earthquake
> struck north-western America 300 years ago.
> The writings report damage from a five-metre-high tsunami that washed on
> to the Japan coast on 26 January, 1700.
<Snipola>

And this is NEW news? I'd have thought the BBC was more
on top of things than that. Nothing in that news article
is new to me anyway. I learned of this years ago and I'm
no pro, just a quake junkie.

Brian