Posted on 09/05/2004 7:08:22 AM PDT by Lokibob
There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, but NHK said a tsunami measuring 20 inches had already reached the Wakayama region.
People were being warned to stay away from coastal areas, NHK said.
The strongest tremors were felt in the Nara area, the ancient capital of Japan where there are many temples. The quake measured five on the Japanese scale of seven.
WEPA43 PAAQ 051019
TIBWCA
TO - TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS IN
ALASKA/BRITISH COLUMBIA/WASHINGTON/OREGON/CALIFORNIA
FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 09/05/2004 AT 1019 UTC
...THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH
COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON AND CALIFORNIA ONLY...
NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
EARTHQUAKE DATA
PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE - 7.4
LOCATION - 33.3N 136.8E - NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU
TIME - 0207 ADT 09/05/2004
0307 PDT 09/05/2004
1007 UTC 09/05/2004
EVALUATION
BASED ON LOCATION AND MAGNITUDE THE EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT
SUFFICIENT TO GENERATE A TSUNAMI DAMAGING TO CALIFORNIA -
OREGON - WASHINGTON - BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA. SOME AREAS MAY
EXPERIENCE SMALL SEA LEVEL CHANGES. IN AREAS OF INTENSE
SHAKING LOCALLY GENERATED TSUNAMIS CAN BE TRIGGERED BY SLUMPING.
THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE TSUNAMI BULLETINS
FOR HAWAII AND OTHER AREAS OF THE PACIFIC.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT BY THE
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER UNLESS CONDITIONS
WARRANT. REFER TO THE INTERNET SITE HTTP://WCATWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
1220 AM HST 05 SEP 2004
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1207 AM HST 05 SEP 2004
COORDINATES - 33.3 NORTH 136.8 EAST
LOCATION - NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU
MAGNITUDE - 7.4 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
I was half asleep when the tremors hit! My wife, holding out infant child looked at me puzzled, "What!?" "Do you feel that," I said, seeing the $30 lighting fixture (cheapest in Japan) slowly undulate from the ceiling. "No, what?" She said. I turn to NHK. Tsunami warning! 50 cm WAVES!
When a boring earthquake comes, it's more fun to be out drinking. The shaking of a 3 magnitude earthquake in Kyoto when one is half asleep can sometimes be confused with an ambitious wife taking business into her own hands.
Bump, another quake just hit. This time mag4 in Kyoto. Same place. South of Wakayama.
Fox is now saying its a 7.3. Yikes!
FNC just reported another-7.3.Anybody?
Do these tsusami warning ever pan out? I can't remember ever hearing about an actual tsusami in modern times. I think there was one in Alaska about 60 years ago but I could be wrong.
Probably same one as in post 5.Japanese vs. Richter scales.
Latest is a 7.0 followed 4 hours later by a 7.2.
Typhoon Lashes Japan's Okinawa Island
TOKYO (AP) A typhoon billed as the strongest to hit southern Japan in at least three decades lashed Okinawa island with heavy rains and high winds Sunday and headed toward Japan's main islands. Fifteen people were injured, a news report said.
Our prayers for you and your family.
Prayers for you too.
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Don't worry people, especially those in Tokyo. The earthquake happened most likely because of a constriction or underground earthquake on the Tokai trench way out in the ocean. The tsunami warning is only up to 1 meter, no worrys. When you live in Japan this long, well four years only actually, you wake up after a long night of drinking to your small wooden apt. vibrating softly for a few seconds, and its like a mother's cradling arms, you go back to sleep. My wife didn't even notice the first quake tonight, and I didnt really notice the second. A REAL quake is hell, and the 7.1 Tottori quake a few years ago really rattled everyone after the Hanshin Quake of '95. And yes, MANY MANY people died of a tsunami from a 8'r off of Wakayama in the 40's. Of course, they were country people, so it wasnt really recorded, but many people told me that it created 5-10 meter tidal waves. I hope that these two are not just a preclude.
I'm a good 200 miles away as the crow flies, I felt both the first one and another aftershock about 30 minutes ago (11:55 p.m. local). As usual, okusan didn't feel the first one (although she said she felt kind of dizzy for a bit). I pointed out swaying window shades and turned on NHK then she believed me.
Aftershock tsunami warnings on NHK cover a much larger area than the first one.
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Was it Bush's FAULT?
Ah NHK, I just LOVE the dude who shows up at your door every month and demands money.
"Ni...hon.goo, wakarimmasen."
And this is from a guy who translates DTP manuals from Japanese to English. SOMEONE GIVE ME A JOB IN AMERICA!
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