Posted on 04/15/2016 5:19:42 PM PDT by Innovative
Japan's Kumamoto earthquake, which took place early on Saturday, was upgraded from a provisional magnitude of 7.2 to 7.3.
The temblor was felt across wide swathes of southern Japan and triggered a tsunami warning, although the advisory was later lifted.
As the situation in Kumamoto continues to escalate, a second quake registering magnitude-5.8 also struck in the region at 03:55 local time.
Prior to that, numerous aftershocks jolted the region that had already been pummeled by a series of quakes and aftershocks striking a day earlier.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned trip to the already quake-ravaged region, scheduled for Saturday, has been officially cancelled following the latest quakes and the likelihood of further aftershocks, according to his office.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...
4/15/2016 — Major Earthquakes Strike Japan — Pacific Unrest Obvious — West Coast USA on watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVb1daKatQ8
I think I’ll not move to Japan.
And stay away from the coastal areas of the Pacific northwest:
Oh, go do it.
If you're taller than 5'8" they'll worship you as a God.
Good deal.
I always wanted to go.
I’m 6’3 but a tad overweight.
“I always wanted to go.
I’m 6’3 but a tad overweight.”
So shave your head and wear a bathrobe. They’ll think you’re a Buddha
I am sitting here in Sasebo, Japan riding all these quakes out for the past few days. Another one just occurred a few minutes ago. Last nites 7.3 seems to have caused quite a bit of physical destruction. Alerts were going off at 0140 am of a Tsunami and that did not occur. On TV they are showing a huge land slide of a mountainous region that wiped out a highway. It appears that all of the destruction is near a river bed area. That is where many of the nine deaths occurred on Thursdays smaller 6.2 quake.
You’re ok, though, right?
Wow, stay safe. I didnt realize there were more than one.
Obama would have gone golfing to show that he wasn’t afraid...
Obama would have gone golfing to show that he wasn’t afraid...
The USGS has a slightly different scale than the Japanese. This report is from the Chinese news agency so it’s likely reporting using the Japanese scale.
I’ll pass on the shaved head. I like my head of hair.
You get used to all but the huge ones.
I actually ENJOY 90% of earthquakes.
You can feel more earthquakes in a year in Japan than you can in 10 or even 20 in California.
Yes there have been 4 main shocks now and 100's of after shocks. Sasebo is about 60 to 70 miles from the epicenter so we are riding these out with relative ease. Lots of people driven out of their homes in the quake area though.
Looks like Vanuatu has had quite a few quakes lately.
6.9
81km NNW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2016-04-03 08:23:53UTC 35.0 km deep
6.7
105km WSW of Sola, Vanuatu 2016-04-06 06:58:48UTC 24.0 km deep
6.7
106km W of Sola, Vanuatu 2016-04-07 03:32:53UTC 26.8 km deep
6.4
95km NW of Port-Olry, Vanuatu 2016-04-14 21:50:27UTC 16.0 km deep
Then this one near Burma.
6.9
74km SE of Mawlaik, Burma 2016-04-13 13:55:17UTC 134.8 km deep
Japan has had a total of four significant ones in the past day or so.
You...ENJOY...earthquakes?
Um...hate to say it, FRiend...but you’re NUTS.
I like using this earthquake monitoring website.
http://ds.iris.edu/sm2/
You can download Earthquake 3D here for free.
http://download.cnet.com/Earthquake-3D/3000-2054_4-10395116.html
For your iPhone.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/earthquake-3d/id448638079?mt=8
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jupiterapps.earthquake&hl=en
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