7.0 Earthquake in Japan

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[bd476]

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[bd476]

Thanks for the ping, Lijahsbubbe!

[bd476]

Thanks for the ping, Ernest!

[BurbankKarl]

Did they behead any Marines after those pictures were taken?

[Lijahsbubbe]

I'm sitting in my office in Akasaka. It wasn't bad here, but it did seem to go on and on.

What are you hearing, if anything?

[Lijahsbubbe]

Nice to encounter a sense of humour!

[BurbankKarl]


e0235a0-wa06000
f n FLASH-NWS_WCA-THIS_TSUNA 08/15 197
THIS TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN IS FOR ALASKA - BRITISH

FROM - WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN
BULLETIN NUMBER 1
ISSUED 08/16/2005 AT 0258 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 - 7.0
LOCATION - 38.4N 141.8E - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
TIME - 1847 ADT 08/15/2005
1947 PDT 08/15/2005
0247 UTC 08/16/2005

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.

[M. Espinola]

"Did they behead any Marines after those pictures were taken?"

From the looks of those in the photos some may be hoping for a rerun of 1941.

[FireTrack]

Well, I was just wondering how the force from an earthquake dissipated with distance. If it is like many other forces, it would be 1/4 the force every time the distance from the epicenter doubled. If the above is true, it would be maybe 6 times greater at 13 miles verses the initial report of 34 miles. A very significant difference...

I often laugh at myself... :-)

[M. Espinola]

Passengers crowd at Tokyo Station's Shinkansen, or bullet train, ticket barrier in Tokyo Tuesday, Aug. 16th, 2005 shortly after a magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit the northern Japanese region of Tohoku, shaking buildings as far away as Tokyo and halting the train service. A caved-in roof of an indoor swimming pool collapsed in the coastal city of Sendai, more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) northeast of Tokyo, injuring 14 people. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

[BurbankKarl]

The Japanese may get their wish, but their foes will have slanted eyes just like them.

[M. Espinola]

I know what you mean, that 200 million man army of the East.

[righttackle44]

"I once made a tsunami that big in the bathtub"

Had to change your bath water, too, didn't you?

[BurbankKarl]

This thread is sinking

[bd476]

Thanks Karl. Good news at least on this side of the Pacific.

[M. Espinola]

Passengers sitting on the platform wait for resumption of the train service at Tokyo Station Tuesday, Aug. 16th, 2005 shortly after a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake triggered a small tsunami, collapsed buildings, knocked out power and shook skyscrapers nearly 200 miles away in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)

[righttackle44]

"This thread is sinking"

LOL

[M. Espinola]

Ceiling boards are broken into pieaces after a part of the roof callapsed and fallen over the swimming pool where more than 200 people were swimming in Sendai Tuesday, August 16th, 2005 after a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake hit northeastern Japan, injuring 14 people at the sports complex. The quake triggered small tsunamis along the country's Pacific coast, collapsed buildings, knocked out power and shook skyscrapers in Tokyo, more than 300 kilometers (186 miles) away. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun)

[M. Espinola]

Update: Earthquake Strikes North of Tokyo; Injuries Reported (Update4 - Bloomberg)

[BurbankKarl]

Can you hear me now?