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6.9 Quake Off Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
AP ^ | 11.14.05

Posted on 11/14/2005 2:10:22 PM PST by mhking

Just got this from the breaking news queue --

BC-APNewsAlert,0021

TOKYO (AP) -- A 6.9-magnitude quake hits ocean east of Japan; tsunami warning issued.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: earthquake; japan; japanquake; quake
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1 posted on 11/14/2005 2:10:23 PM PST by mhking
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To: mhking

Prayers...


2 posted on 11/14/2005 2:10:40 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Oh no.


3 posted on 11/14/2005 2:11:40 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

7.2


4 posted on 11/14/2005 2:11:45 PM PST by dennis1x
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To: mhking

Hopefully there soon will be details, like the areas targeted by the warning, and the expected magnitude of the tsunami.


5 posted on 11/14/2005 2:11:57 PM PST by Petronski (Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Let's get this over with: Bush's fault.


6 posted on 11/14/2005 2:12:07 PM PST by zarf (It looks just like a Telefunken U-47!)
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To: mhking

That is a big one. Thanks for the heads up mhking.


7 posted on 11/14/2005 2:12:07 PM PST by ladyinred ("Progressive" = code word for Communist/Nazi)
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To: mhking

CAN THIS HIT THS US WEST COAST\HAWAII\ALASKA?


8 posted on 11/14/2005 2:12:41 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: mhking

Will someone take Rove's finger off the "Big Wave" switch?


9 posted on 11/14/2005 2:13:13 PM PST by theDentist (The Dems have put all their eggs in one basket-case: Howard "Belltower" Dean.)
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To: HHKrepublican_2

No, not by a long shot...


10 posted on 11/14/2005 2:13:27 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: mhking
Is President Bush sending FEMA and buses?
11 posted on 11/14/2005 2:13:53 PM PST by manwiththehands
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Why? Was it on the Chinese side of Japan


12 posted on 11/14/2005 2:14:06 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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To: zarf; overtaxd
Let's get this over with: Bush's fault.

~Slams head repeatedly on desk~

13 posted on 11/14/2005 2:14:35 PM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: mhking

If it would only take out Pyongyang,...government officials that is.


14 posted on 11/14/2005 2:14:41 PM PST by Tulsa Ramjet ("So far, so good. But this is only phase 1."--Captain America)
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To: mhking

Bush has become a master of this natural disaster stuff.


15 posted on 11/14/2005 2:15:27 PM PST by jw777
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To: mhking

I cant find anything on this..not even on the AP wire


16 posted on 11/14/2005 2:16:35 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1521271/posts?page=20)
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CNN now updating to a 7.2.


17 posted on 11/14/2005 2:17:49 PM PST by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: mhking

Owww...may God watch over Japan!


18 posted on 11/14/2005 2:18:01 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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I cant find anything on this..not even on the AP wire

I'm on the raw wire; no web links yet.

19 posted on 11/14/2005 2:18:17 PM PST by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2148Z 14 NOV 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 - 2139Z 14 NOV 2005
COORDINATES - 38.2 NORTH 144.8 EAST
LOCATION - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.3

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.


20 posted on 11/14/2005 2:18:45 PM PST by Knitting A Conundrum (Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
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