7.9 Quake Hits Japan (my title)

USGS ^ | 2011 March 11 05:46:28 UTC | USGS

[newzjunkey]

Magnitude
7.9 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:28 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:28 PM at epicenter
Location
38.000°N, 142.900°E
Depth
10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
179 km (111 miles) E (98°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
205 km (127 miles) ENE (59°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
216 km (134 miles) E (81°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
382 km (237 miles) NE (46°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
Error estimate not available
Parameters
NST= 89, Nph= 89, Dmin=402.5 km, Rmss=2.22 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1
Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID at00lhvpd9

[newzjunkey]

[RckyRaCoCo]

My eQuake Alert add-on for Firefox has had a “whol-lotta shak’n go’n on” lately. This one....ouch...Tsunami??

[LukeL]

Holy S***! That is a huge quake. Luckily Japan has very strict building codes.

[Palladin]

Hope there is no great loss of life.

Prayers up for our FReepers in Japan.

[azishot]

Oh, my. Is your family okay??

[newzjunkey]

Japan's meteorological agency warns that a tsunami as high as 20 feet (6 meters) could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicenter.

Could be 20ft!

[TaraP]

Live Stream.

http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm

[freedumb2003]

>>That is a huge quake. Luckily Japan has very strict building codes.<<

Well, they have a different approach than Los Angeles. I hope Japan’s worked for them.

In any case, both Tokyo and L.A. have the best Earthquake resistant building codes in the world.

[nutmeg]

Are you OK, FRiends...?

[BuckyKat]

Tsunami watch just called for Oahu, Kauai, and Maui till around 3 a.m.

[444Flyer]

Prayers up. 7.9 is a whopper!!

[fight_truth_decay]

AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2011.03.11.055747

[RckyRaCoCo]

Thanks for the link...wow!

[dila813]

I was in a 7.7, a 7.9 is out of site!

Tsunami live on Fox

[Chipper]

Tsunami is hitting Japan on the live stream above.

[thouworm]

thanks for link;

Reporter said airports closed runways; think he said nuclear power plants shut down. Large tsunami already hitting in a northern city. Fires breaking out.

wow! 30 minutes after the quake and they are showing huge studio lights shaking like crazy in Tokyo.

[Joya]

Oh!

[Joya]

Thanks.

[roses of sharon]

Twitter: Japan quake could be MUCH stronger than 7.9.. some agencies put quake as high as 8.9