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Posted on 03/27/2011 4:12:00 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Monday morning, prompting a tsunami warning, according to reports from the region. The quake hit near Miyagi prefecture, which suffered extensive damage in the catastrophic March 11 temblor, at 7:24 a.m. (6:24 p.m. U.S. Eastern time), according to Kyodo News. Dow Jones Newswires said the quake was centered off the coast. No injuries or damage were immediately reported. A tsunami warning was issued shortly after the quake, however the resulting wave was expected to be relatively small in size, according to CNBC.
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Region: NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Geographic coordinates: 38.405N, 142.120E
Magnitude: 6.5 Mw
Depth: 5 km
Universal Time (UTC): 27 Mar 2011 22:23:56
Time near the Epicenter: 28 Mar 2011 07:23:56
Local standard time in your area: 27 Mar 2011 16:23:56
Location with respect to nearby cities:
109 km (68 miles) E (81 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
163 km (101 miles) ENE (62 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
169 km (105 miles) SSE (149 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
370 km (230 miles) NE (34 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US c0002cqa
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002cqa.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/
Adding insult to injury.
The difference between a 9 and a 6.5 earthquake is the 9 is about 400 times as powerful.
Oh, my. Prayers for the Japanese people and those ministering to them.
Aftershocks.
It is possible that there will be more aftershocks, and they CAN be 7 or 8 magnitude shocks. But 6.5 is nothing to sneeze at. I was in a 6.8 quake once.
You ever been in a 6.5?
I have, it ain't no walk in the woods.
Bookmarked this page: quakes over 5.0 in the last 7 days:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php
Possible offset - see post 2...... 5 kilometers deep is very, very shallow.
I’ll bet it isn’t. I live in middle Tennessee where the ground is nice and firm and only moves when I have had too much to drink ;)
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(1) revised to 6.1 magnitude by USGS
(2) depth revised to 17.1 kilometers
I don't think there is much of a problem with a tsunami with those numbers. Tsunami's tend to be bad around 7.0 magnitude and very shallow.
Though 17.1 kilometers is shallow, it is not as shallow as 5 kilometers...
THX
see #14...
That’s hilarious.
LMAO!
Now that right there is funny.
... still praying for friends and family in Japan.
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