Earthquake Magnitude 6.2 - KYUSHU, JAPAN

USGS ^ | 2009 September 03 13:26:18 UTC | USGS

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Earthquake Details

Magnitude	6.2
Date-Time	Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 13:26:18 UTC Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 10:26:18 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	31.128°N, 130.051°E
Depth	161.5 km (100.4 miles)
Region	KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances	70 km (45 miles) SW of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan 160 km (100 miles) WSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan 760 km (470 miles) SSE of SEOUL, South Korea 1035 km (640 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles)
Parameters	NST=234, Nph=240, Dmin=234.9 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 50°, M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	us2009lcaq

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[stephenjohnbanker]

Any more info, Earnest.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

[SueRae]

Indonesia yesterday, now southern Japan. Heads up

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Well....see the map.

I saw this on a newsbanner on the TV ...and came into my computer room and cheched the USGS site and found this.

Guess the next thing is to check for casualty reports on the news wires.

[JimSEA]

There has been so much activity recently around the ring of fire. Has anyone besides me noticed the swarms of 1.0 to 3.0 earthquakes in the fault systems and volcano hot spots in Southern California, north to the Redding area? Google Earth show several areas of swarms since March.

[Global2010]

Did the 7.2 Indonesia quake ever make it onto a thread here?

We had a 4 sizable 4. size quakes hit off the coast here in the PNW.

211 miles offshore (to far to be felt) had it been withen 100 miles they would have been felt on land.

Made me a bit nervous (not overly) as a daily quake map watcher.

Have also had micros up and down the coast on land.

I ponder if it isnt the under sea volcanic activity.

I am intrigued by the under sea volcanoes.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The pacific rim has been quite active recently, but nothing on our west coast ... just sayin’.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think so.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There is this:

Six dead as major earthquake strikes Indonesia

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Just posted this BBC Report:

Indonesia quake search stepped up ( Mag 7 yesterday)

[Miss Behave]

Not sure where you are today (tonight,) but sure hoping you’re OK.

[AmericanInTokyo]

thanks. verrrrrry far away from that action. appreciate the message,

[Miss Behave]

Glad to hear it, American. I wasn’t sure how much you move around the joint. :-)

[Centurion2000]

full moon last night too. Expect more.