7.0 Earthquake in Japan

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[dennis1x]

Tsuanmi warning issued.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Uh oh!

[hole_n_one]

[NCC-1701]

Looks like Godzilla is on the move. Again. I hope that not many people were hurt in this.

[Types_with_Fist]

7.0 is preliminary isn't it? Don't these things get revised up or down afterward?

[A CA Guy]

Prayers for the Japanese people.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Link here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00000390.htm

[cmsgop]

Good thing I am not in Ocean Shore's WA right about now, Hopefully this will be nothing.

[hole_n_one]

Magnitude 7.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
2005 August 16 02:46:30 UTC Preliminary Earthquake Report
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

A major earthquake occurred at 02:46:30 (UTC) on Tuesday, August 16, 2005. The magnitude 7.0 event has been located in NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	7.0
Date-Time	Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 02:46:30 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Tuesday, August 16, 2005 at 11:46:30 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	38.400°N, 141.800°E
Depth	55 km (34.2 miles) set by location program
Region	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	82 km (51 miles) ENE (78°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan 138 km (86 miles) ENE (57°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 157 km (98 miles) SSE (158°) from Morioka, Honshu, Japan 354 km (220 miles) NNE (30°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	Error estimate not available
Parameters	Nst=042, Nph=042, Dmin=377.1 km, Rmss=1.24 sec, Gp= 58°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=1
Source	West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID	at00000390

[Billthedrill]

Not good. If that's the epicenter the red square is over, it looks to be just north of Tokyo. That would be a very bad thing.

Prayers up.

[SevenofNine]

That what I love about FR every time Japan get nail by earthquake somebody would do Godzilla reset LOL!

[FireTrack]

Its deep, 34.2 miles.

[cmsgop]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0257Z 16 AUG 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0247Z 16 AUG 2005
COORDINATES - 38.4 NORTH 141.8 EAST
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.0

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

[NCC-1701]

Well, someone had to do it and I drew the short straw.

[hole_n_one]

Functioning hot links can be found here.

[nwctwx]

[SevenofNine]

ROFL OH I SEE LOL!

[cmsgop]

From Hawaii

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER 0459 PM HST 15 AUG 2005 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 - 0447 PM HST 15 AUG 2005 COORDINATES - 38.4 NORTH 141.8 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 7.0 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.

[cmsgop]

FOX Just reported ,said conflicting reports about injuries

[M. Espinola]

As of this posting the BBC is reporting numerous injuries north of Tokyo caused by this major earthquake taking place some 20 kilometers beneath the ocean floor.

Tokyo & Yokohama are long overdue for the 'big one', equal or worse then the great Great Kanto Quake of 1923.