[Brian Mosely]

Japan Meteorological Agency says 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off Okinawa. Tsunami warnings issued.

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0019Z 17 AUG 2009

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0006Z 17 AUG 2009 COORDINATES - 23.2 NORTH 123.8 EAST DEPTH - UNDETERMINED LOCATION - SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISL. JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 6.8

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD 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 JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

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

[llevrok]

The ring of fire seems increasingly active of late...

[Shqipo]

Surfs Up Ping!

[MrEdd]

Southwest of Okinawa.

[SevenofNine]

Godzilla’s fault????

[pillut48]

Luke 21:11 (KJV) "And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven."

I've always wondered what "divers places" meant--down in the ocean, or 'diverse' places around the world?

[SunkenCiv]

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[TheCipher]

Felt it at 8:05 AM here in Taiwan. Building swayed a bit.

[Springman]

You wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

[cmsgop]

[Revolting cat!]

We felt it here in Reno.The one armed bandits started spilling out silver dollars, and I got to grab me some, until the security guys showed up, and guess what, they all too started filling their pockets themselves. I walked out of there rich, anyhow.

[rdl6989]

Aftershock from the one last week???