Magnitude 7 quake just hit us in Kyushu , Japan [Officially 6.4]

3/19

[sushiman]

Hit 20 minutes ago ...Scary ...we're ok ...Fukuoka hit hardest ...magnitude 7 ... more later ...

[dogbyte12]

It was a 6.7 earthquake. Very unlikely to cause a tsunami, other than localized and under the correct condition.

[Jay Howard Smith]

Felt, like how?

Rolling thunder....Was laying down and the place started rolling under me. I could hear parts of my ceiling straining.

[July 4th]

Sushiman, good to hear you're okay.

Were there a lot of people asking, "Fuk! U ok, a?"

[sushiman]

Aftershocks ...I believe Ms. Rice is far away from us in Tokyo .

[plewis1250]

Well, its pretty strong, but the key difference is it is not as strong as the December quake, and they DO have a tsunami warning system...

[bd476]

Local news in California report it as being a 7.0+ - this is the latest from USGS:

Magnitude 6.7 - KOREA STRAIT
2005 March 20 01:53:46 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

A strong earthquake occurred at 01:53:46 (UTC) on Sunday, March 20, 2005. The magnitude 6.7 event has been located in KOREA STRAIT. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.7
Date-Time	Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 01:53:46 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, March 20, 2005 at 10:53:46 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	34.000°N, 130.100°E
Depth	40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program
Region	KOREA STRAIT
Distances	45 km (28 miles) NNW (329°) from Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan 127 km (79 miles) W (262°) from Yamaguchi, Honshu, Japan 135 km (84 miles) N (7°) from Nagasaki, Kyushu, Japan 479 km (298 miles) SE (143°) from SEOUL, South Korea
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available
Parameters	Nst=013, Nph=013, Dmin=501.7 km, Rmss=0.64 sec, Gp=140°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source	West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID	at00000311

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[traumer]

Nothing on FOX, BBC, SkyNews....

[plewis1250]

I guess they don't want to interupt Rita...?

[mewzilla]

Click here for some preliminary info on the quake.

[HAL9000]

AFP via Babelfish translation -

Strong seism in the south of Japan, alerts with the tsunami

TOKYO - a strong seism magnitude 7 on the open scale of Richter shook Sunday morning the island of Kyushu, in the south of Japan, and an alarm with the tsunami was launched, announced the weather agency nippone.

No information was immediately available on possible dégats or victims.

The jolt was felt with 10H53 (01H53 GMT) and its epicentre is located in the area of Fukuoka, the capital of Kyushu.

Alarm with the tsunami, which makes state of a rise of the sea which can reach up to one half-meter, relates to the coastal prefectures of Fukuoka and Nagasaki, specified service Kyodo the news.

[M. Espinola]

Those guys are saying a "Magnitude 6.7 - in the KOREA STRAIT"

[all4one]

Nothing registered yet at the USGS Quake site.

Link to USGS Quake Site

But there have been a few quakes today:

Updated as of Sat Mar 19 22:39:12 UTC 2005.

2005/03/19 - 6.3 Magnitude - FIJI REGION

2005/03/19 - 6.3 Magnitude - TONGA

2005/03/19 - 4.4 Magnitude - RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS

2005/03/19 - 5.3 Magnitude - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

2005/03/19 - 5.4 Magnitude - POTOSI, BOLIVIA

[traumer]

Of course I believe you.
Can you post the link...

[bd476]

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[Graymatter]

Fukuoka hit...Never mind that now! Aruoka?

[OldFriend]

Am I reading this correctly. If there is no tsunami then there will be no tsunami???????????

[SE Mom]

As always- breaking first on Free Republic!

Amazing.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

South Koreans vent fury at Japan

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1366395/posts

no point in losing ones sense of humor :)

[Jay Howard Smith]

I am about 100K NorthWest of Pusan...Cnn International just reported it with magnitude of at least 7.0.....

[sushiman]

John Boudreau reporting live from Kyushu !