Posted on 10/19/2005 7:00:30 AM PDT by Pyro7480
Strong Earthquake Hits Japan; No Injuries
TOKYO - A strong earthquake rocked eastern Japan late Wednesday, shaking buildings in Tokyo and nearby areas, but there was no immediate report of injuries or damage.
The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, was centered 24 miles below the sea off the coast of Ibaraki prefecture, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Japan's meteorological agency earlier put the magnitude at 6.2 from the quake, which hit at 8:50 p.m. (7:50 a.m. EDT). There was no danger of tsunami, it added.
Runways at Tokyo's Narita airport closed temporarily but later reopened, Kyodo News agency said. Bullet train service north of Tokyo also was suspended but quickly resumed.
A nuclear power plant in Tokaimura near the quake zone had shut down automatically, according to national broadcaster NHK.
The quake also shook buildings in Ibaraki, Chiba and Fukushima prefectures.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries because it sits atop four tectonic plates. Since the late 1970s, the government has taken measures to strengthen its monitoring of seismic activity, and to coordinate steps with local governments on how to cope with earthquakes.
On Oct. 23, 2004, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan, killing 40 people and damaging more than 6,000 homes. It was the deadliest to hit Japan since 1995, when a magnitude-7.2 quake killed 6,433 people in the western city of Kobe.
I assured her that it was a serious matter, and nothing in which to take delight.
Having already confessed my ignorance about earthquakes, is there anything noteworthy about the two so close together? Can an aftershock (6.5) be larger than the original (5.1)?The one today lasted approximately 1 minute she said.
Gwjack
So why is islam supposed to be so good again?
Ping!
I remember a quake of the same magnitude hitting Iran just a few years ago. In that quake, hundreds of houses collapsed and thousands died.
In Japan, no major building or house collapsed, and NO ONE DIED or was hurt.
This is the difference between an advanced and well developed country and a primitive one.
Well then it wasn't really strong then, now was it.
The dumbing-down of the school system continues.
Wasn't always this way in Japan. We lived there in the 1950s and buildings did fall down.
So why is islam supposed to be so good again?
Nothing whatsoever to do with religion. Japan has strict building codes to reduce the amount of damage and deaths from earthquakes. Pakistan did not.
Just remember that when the tsunami hit parts of Indonesia, many times the mosques were the only buildings left standing because they were the only ones built strong enough to resist the force of the tsunami.
She's in Tsukuba, right? Or Mito?
Magnitude 6.4 - Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
2005 October 19 11:44:43 UTC
at 07:44:43 AM (EDT) - (New York, Toronto)
at 06:44:43 AM (EST) - (Indianapolis, Jamaica)
at 06:44:43 AM (CDT) - (Chicago, Mexico City)
at 05:44:43 AM (CST) - (Regina, Guatemala)
at 05:44:43 AM (MDT) - (Denver, Calgary, Mazatlan)
at 04:44:43 AM (MST) - (Phoenix)
at 04:44:43 AM (PDT) - (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Tijuana)
at 03:44:43 AM (AKDT) - Alaska Daylight (Anchorage)
at 02:44:43 AM (AHDT) - Aleutian Daylight (Adak)
at 01:44:43 AM (HST) - Hawaii Standard (Honolulu)
Preliminary Earthquake Report U.S. Geological Survey,
National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
A strong earthquake occurred at 11:44:43 (UTC) on Wednesday, October 19, 2005. The magnitude 6.4 event has been located in near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
- Magnitude 6.4
- Date-Time Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 11:44:43 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
- Wednesday, October 19, 2005 at 8:44:43 PM = local time at epicenter
- Location 36.397°N, 140.851°E
- Depth 37.2 km (23.1 miles) set by location program
- Region Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan
Distances
35 km (20 miles) E of Mito, Honshu, Japan
75 km (45 miles) S of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
130 km (80 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
150 km (95 miles) SSE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
Thanks for the ping, BK. :-)
Seismicity in 2005
A 6.4 near the coast, and no chancec of a tsunami.
Must be because there wasn't any seafloor slumping or anything like that to cause a tsunami.
Death Toll in Asian Quake Passes 79,000 ~~ Oct. 8 2005 disaster in Pakistani & Kashmir...
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The new numbers come as two strong aftershocks jolted the devastated region, unleashing landslides and setting off another wave of panic among survivors who lost loved ones and homes in the Oct. 8 disaster.
You will never guess what the happen here on the coast today.
We had an emergency broadcast on tv that interupted telivised programming to Announce a 7.4 Earthquake of the Coast of Eureka and warning for Tsunami to his the ORegon and Wash. Coast.
THEY FORGOT TO SAY THIS IS A TEST!
That went on for about 45 min every 5 min untill somebody obviosly got word and then they followed in the next hour saying the previous message was only a test.
COME ON!
Fortunetly we had our NOAA radio on that was saying TEST AFTER the message.
Then it came over our scanner from 911 dispatch to all units that the Tsunami warning was only a test.
Folks went nut thinking there was a Tsunami coming because the idiots doing the TV drill forgot to say this is a TEST.
I think we need to get tax refunds or start drug testing the powers that be.
See post #6.
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