[EDINVA]

do you know where in NW Japan? My daughter lived for 2 years in Tajima in Fukushima Prefecture, and has several friends who are still there.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Earthquake center was in Iwate Prefecture (in Northwest Japan), but Fukushima (Prefecture) no doubt felt it. Depth was 10 kilometers. TV/Radio is naming off the villages effected. No fears of Tsunami waves. Buildings shook in Morioka City (NHK TV is replaying video). No reports of injuries yet. However, lots of phones down and I am sure cell phone system is stressed.

Geographically, this area in Northwest Honshu to Tokyo would be like Seattle to San Francisco, in distance.

My only concern is if any nuke plants around in that area. I dont know of any though.

Now the aftershocks are starting up there.

[Syncro]

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Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.9
Date-Time	Friday, June 13, 2008 at 23:43:46 UTC Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 08:43:46 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	39.106°N, 140.608°E
Depth	10.3 km (6.4 miles) (poorly constrained)
Region	EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances	80 km (50 miles) SW of Morioka, Honshu, Japan 85 km (50 miles) SSE of Akita, Honshu, Japan 100 km (60 miles) NNW of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 390 km (240 miles) N of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 10.3 km (6.4 miles); depth +/- 42.2 km (26.2 miles)
Parameters	NST= 63, Nph= 63, Dmin=354.5 km, Rmss=1.19 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2008tfdp

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[Alia]

A map of the 47 prefectures in Japan.

According to the earlier threads, epicentre was in Iwate (area 3) on the map. Fukushima Prefecture is area 7 on the map.

[Munz]

Eastern Honshu, Japan

roughly

65 km (40 miles) SW of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
70 km (40 miles) SE of Akita, Honshu, Japan
115 km (75 miles) N of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
410 km (255 miles) N of TOKYO, Japan