exactly what I thought was where was the pre-event to the 9.0...check this out people!!!

7.2/7.3 2 days prior to 9.0 on 3/11 :
Date-Time
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:45:20 UTC
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:45:20 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.440°N, 142.840°E
Depth
32 km (19.9 miles) set by location program

7.3 today:

Event Time
2012-12-07 08:18:24 UTC
2012-12-07 18:18:24 UTC+10:00 at epicenter
2012-12-07 00:18:24 UTC-08:00 system time
Location

37.889°N 144.090°E depth=36.1km (22.4mi)

anyone see resemblences? less than 1 degree south of the first, and less than 2 degrees east of the first, and this one was 4.1km (2.5mi) deeper....holy shit, that's pretty flipping close!