"Since it was magnitude 8.5 this was a very big quake, but fortunately it was very deep at 590 km," Naoki Hirata, an earthquake expert at the University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Centre, told NHK. "But the shaking was felt over a broad area... Fortunately, because it was deep, there is little danger of a tsunami".
Snorkeling down to the bottom is much harder here, not only because it's deeper, but also because the current is stronger and the waves at the surface are bigger.
Landlord Mike Moyle said: "Last time we got flooded I think they pumped out about 32,000 litres, so it's going to take a while to get rid of this because it's deeper than it was before".
Because it's deep in Week 2 of the United States Open, and the interesting food court review options are starting to dwindle, I made a trip into the rarified air of the Heineken Red Star Cafe.
Ever since a Swiss firm in the 1970s identified the Lamu area as the best spot in Kenya for a new port, because it is deep and sheltered by a string of islands, the Kenyan government has been trying to raise the money.
More likely, the reason that Microsoft has gone dark is because it is deep in negotiations with Yahoo to close the deal.
For Fans of Graphic Novels (and Grown-Up, Wimpy Kids) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie This book is also not new, having won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature, but I've got to list it because it's deep and moving and funny and political and life changing.
"I remember as a child, listening to an old 38 record of his voice, and the entire room shook because it was so deep," his grandson said.
