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

[abigailsmybaby]

Geez! Lots of vehicles in the water.

[Quix]

THANKS JOYA;

AMERICAN IN TOKYO . . . HOW ARE YOU?

HOW CLOSE?

[roses of sharon]

By BNO News

TOKYO (BNO NEWS) — Japan’s Earthquake Early Warning System puts magnitude of quake off northeastern japan at 8.1.

[roses of sharon]

‘USGS now says....8.8

[madison10]

Heavens! That’s huge. New Zealand was an early warning, too, wasn’t it?

[B Knotts]

Yes. A monster quake.

[SeaWolf]

I was just watching what appeared to be a good 20 foot wave just sweep through a harbour within the the past 10 minutes.

[EDINVA]

USGS now confirming 8,8

[nutmeg]

CNN now upgrading the quake to 8.8... Wow.

Prayers for the people of Japan and in the entire region...

[Deo volente]

KTTV News in Los Angeles is reporting the quake has been upgraded to 8.8 Magnitude!

Unbelievable...

[dila813]

wow, that is twice as fierce. Each Point on the scale doubles the energy in the quake.

My biggest quake of all time was 7.7, they got me beat by 1.1. Incredible!

Is Washington and Oregon going to be hit, this is pretty big!

[TChad]

Wikipedia already has it listed as the seventh most powerful earthquake on record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

[South40]

Thinking about you. Hope you’re ok. Let us know.

[LadyDoc]

east coast of the Philippines is under a tsunami warning too. PHIL INQUIRER

[freedumb2003]

I have asked the AM to update the title to reflect the new 8.8 level...

[Quix]

USGS NOW HAS IT RATED AT 8.8

IIRC, there have been a few Christian prophetic sources declare the last 20 years . . . that soon after a very devastating quake hits Japan, great traumas will hit the rest of the world.

I don’t believe this is that quake.

However, things seem to be rachetting up toward such events . . .

with increasing rapidity.

[nutmeg]

Wikipedia already has it listed as the seventh most powerful earthquake on record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

Incredible!

Wikipedia already has it listed as the seventh most powerful earthquake on record:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude

[newzjunkey]

7.1 aftershock.

MAP	 7.1  	2011/03/11 06:25:51 	  38.074 	  144.559 	 26.5 	 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 3.2  	2011/03/11 06:18:04 	  19.350 	 -154.991 	 9.5 	 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII
MAP	 6.8  	2011/03/11 06:15:46 	  36.126 	  140.234 	 30.2 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 6.4  	2011/03/11 06:07:22 	  36.401 	  141.862 	 35.4 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 6.4  	2011/03/11 06:06:11 	  39.025 	  142.316 	 25.1 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	 8.8  	2011/03/11 05:46:24 	  38.322 	  142.369 	 24.4 	 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

[WePledge]

Watched tsunami live on NHK. That was some terrifying footage. Eighty foot plus boats thrown around like tub toys.

[newzjunkey]

Can you change the title to reflect the 8.9?