Posted on 05/30/2015 5:38:27 AM PDT by Enlightened1
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has struck 194 kilometres off Japan's coast, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS), but there were no immediate reports of damage, public broadcaster NHK said.
The quake, which hit off Japan's Bonin Islands, reportedly rocked buildings in Tokyo as it built in intensity about 8:30pm local time (9:30pm AEST).
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said: "There is no tsunami threat because the earthquake is located too deep inside the earth."
The USGS reported the epicentre was approximately 874 kilometres south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean, while the Japan Meteorological Agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 8.5 at a depth of 590 kilometres.
Tokyo Electric Power Company said there were no abnormalities at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant following the quake.
The runways at Tokyo's Narita airport were operating normally but the high-speed bullet train service between Tokyo and Osaka was halted due to a power outage, according to NHK.
More to follow.
Does The RIng Of FIre seems to be heating up just a bit, or is it my imagination that gets the picture that were seeing a LOT of quakes around it??
that song sounds different...a 6 AM....
The Bonin Islands are where Bush 41 crashed in WWII. I don’t think Iwo Jima is technically part of the Bonins, but it’s close enough. It would be the equivalent of a massive earthquake occurring 20 miles underneath Bermuda, which is as far from DC as the Bonins are from Tokyo.
6.8 ALaska yesterday
I havent taken the time to verify that one but I havent read about it being a “false positive” as reported by the now thorougly discredited L.A.TImes Quakebot...which has had 2 utter failures in the last 24 hours...
Magnitude 6.8 quake strikes off Solomon Islands: USGS
Fri May 22, 2015
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/05/22/us-quake-solomonislands-idUSKBN0O72I020150522
The USGS says that the occurrence of 8.0 + earthquakes has been unusually high since 2004 but within the historical statistical range. Of course there are articles out there predicting doom and disaster because of global warming. However the cannot provide believable mechanics for a 20 cm raise in the oceans to cause these quakes and even the sea rise is iffy.
You post:”I havent taken the time to verify that one but I havent read about it being a “false positive” as reported by the now thorougly discredited L.A.TImes Quakebot...which has had 2 utter failures in the last 24 hours...”
My daughter, who got woke up by the shake - lives on Kodiak Island. Kodiak got quite a shake from it - epicenter 70 miles NNW from Chirikof Island which is just off the tail of Kodiak.
My daughter is the one I got the alert from. The Islanders got text alerts - and then were relieved to get another text saying no tsunami eminent...along with this - epicenter 70 miles NNW from Chirikof.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=983897584977858&set=p.983897584977858&type=1&theater
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there is regardless of the Quakebots mistakes...still a lot of shaking and quaking going on..
Third earthquake in one week hits Japan, no tsunami warning or reports of damage
Another earthquake, with a 6.4 magnitude and a depth of 13.4 kilometres, has hit off the Izu Islands in Japan this morning....... following Saturday’s 7.8 earthquake, according to United States Geological Survey (USGS).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-31/another-earthquake-hits-japan/6509662
It’s impossible not to think there is a relationship even when they are some distance apart and on different fault systems. They are all tied to the same subduction fault. This last 7.8 quake was extremely deep and seems to follow on the shallow quakes that did so much damage.
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