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7.0 Earthquake in Japan
usgs ^

Posted on 08/15/2005 8:06:30 PM PDT by dennis1x

Tsuanmi warning issued.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Japan
KEYWORDS: earthquake; japan; miyagi; quake; sendai; tome
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To: plushaye; tortoise; nwctwx; M. Espinola; SevenofNine

"A 20-inch tsunami! Aieeeeeeeee. Free for your rives!"

41 posted on 08/15/2005 8:36:37 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Islam is not a religion, but rather a means of world conquest" - ALAN BURKHART.COM)
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To: Enterprise; All

Magnitude revised to 7.2


42 posted on 08/15/2005 8:37:14 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: plushaye
A 20-inch tsunami was expected to reach Japanese shore about 15 minutes after the quake struck, NHK reported.

The Japanese have smaller tsunami's.

43 posted on 08/15/2005 8:37:45 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: nwrep
"Magnitude revised to 7.2"

Ruh Roh!

44 posted on 08/15/2005 8:38:28 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Islam is not a religion, but rather a means of world conquest" - ALAN BURKHART.COM)
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To: FreeReign

LOL!


45 posted on 08/15/2005 8:39:04 PM PDT by bonfire (dwindler)
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To: Enterprise; All

OMG that Little person wrestling you see on Channel 34 which is Spanish station here in SO CAL


46 posted on 08/15/2005 8:39:17 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: nwrep

Really Now?


47 posted on 08/15/2005 8:39:38 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
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To: Strategerist
There actually are a number of different earthquake magnitude scales...

Thanks for typing all that up for us.

What I don't know about earthquakes could fill a book.

48 posted on 08/15/2005 8:39:57 PM PDT by Semper911 (Real estate is not real anymore.)
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To: cmsgop

Yes, by USGS


49 posted on 08/15/2005 8:40:44 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: dennis1x

Yowsers!! Our daughter and I just returned last week from a two week trip to Tokyo! While we were there, there were a couple of light earthquakes. It was a very strange feeling! The friends with whom we stayed live pretty far from Tokyo Bay or any other body of water, so they won't have any problems from any tsunami. They also live in a house, far away from any tall buildings, so that won't be a worry either.


50 posted on 08/15/2005 8:41:37 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: nwrep

Just saw it ,Thanks


51 posted on 08/15/2005 8:42:07 PM PDT by cmsgop ( I DON'T C.A.I.R. !!!!!!!!!)
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To: Types_with_Fist

Usually yes but not by much. The machines are very good these days.


52 posted on 08/15/2005 8:42:43 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Never corner anything meaner than you. NSDQ)
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To: nwrep
Magnitude revised to 7.2 I know Japan has reasonable building codes for earthquakes... is this likely to be a major disaster? That's an awful big quake.
53 posted on 08/15/2005 8:43:04 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: dennis1x

TOKYO : A powerful earthquake registering 6.8 on the Richter scale shook Japan on Tuesday, reportedly injuring a number of people and swaying buildings in the heart of Tokyo.

Bullet trains, a nuclear power plant and elevators were automatically shut down as a precaution after the quake hit at 11:46 am (0246 GMT) off the Pacific coastline of Miyagi prefecture, 300 kilometres (185 miles) north of Tokyo.

The meteorological agency issued a tsunami alert, predicting seismic waves of 50 centimetres (20 inches).

Officials said they were still gathering information on casualties, but Kyodo News said many people were reported to be injured.

The quake was the same magnitude as one in October last year in central Niigata prefecture that killed 40 people. That was the strongest earthquake in quake-prone Japan in a decade.

"I was on the second floor and felt as if I was suddenly tossed up. Then there was a long, sickening spell of horizontal shakes," said Wakako Suzuki, 31, who lives in Miyagi prefecture.

"My first-aid kit fell from the closet and neighbours rushed out of their houses. Mother went to the cemetery to check if our family gravestone was all right," Suzuki told AFP by telephone.

The quake was felt strongly in the heart of Tokyo, automatically shutting down elevators and swaying high-rise buildings.

Misao Hoshi, an elderly woman in southern Miyagi, said she was eating lunch when the earth began shaking but the quake had caused no major damage at her home.

"After we heard there was a tsunami alert, we went outside to see our well. If there is really going to be a tsunami, the surface level usually goes up. But it was the same as usual.

"A few dishes fell from our kitchen shelves. But that was it. We are again eating lunch," she said.

Japan is home to 20 percent of the world's major earthquakes and is always bracing for the dreaded "Big One" predicted to hit in the future.

Last month thousands of volunteers and rescue workers took part in one of Japan's largest-ever tsunami drills, anxious to prevent a repeat of the devastation seen in December's Indian Ocean catastrophe.

- AFP /ct

54 posted on 08/15/2005 8:43:31 PM PDT by M. Espinola (Freedom is never free)
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To: Dianna
is this likely to be a major disaster? That's an awful big quake.

It was 50 miles offshore and 30 miles deep; it would be a major disaster directly under a city, but isn't at those distances.

55 posted on 08/15/2005 8:44:12 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: M. Espinola

Other thing to note is like most large quakes, it wasn't particularly near a new or full moon. Problem is the moon-obsessives only note the quakes that are on or very near new or full moons :-)


56 posted on 08/15/2005 8:45:39 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
It was 50 miles offshore and 30 miles deep; it would be a major disaster directly under a city, but isn't at those distances.

Thank you, I appreciate the info. Prayers for the injured and the lost.

57 posted on 08/15/2005 8:45:50 PM PDT by Dianna
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To: plushaye
A 20-inch tsunami was expected to reach Japanese shore about 15 minutes after the quake struck, NHK reported.

Pshhhhh...I've made ceramic monkeys TWICE that size....

58 posted on 08/15/2005 8:46:02 PM PDT by The Drowning Witch (Sono La Voce della Nazione Selvaggia)
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To: Strategerist

Thanks for the info. I didn't know that. So the Dec 26 quake was the third greatest quake ever scientifically recorded? All three quakes you mentioned happened in a 45 years time span, which is a fraction of geologic time.


59 posted on 08/15/2005 8:47:07 PM PDT by plushaye (President Bush: W-2-4-4!! God Bless him and his administration.)
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To: SevenofNine

Wrestling - the international sport of friendship.


60 posted on 08/15/2005 8:47:15 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Islam is not a religion, but rather a means of world conquest" - ALAN BURKHART.COM)
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