8.0 Earthquake in Japan

EDIS | 9/25/03 | EDIS

[BlownChevelle]

I just got an EDIS alert that there was an 8.0 quake near Hokkaido, Japan. Tsunami warnings for AK. No news sources yet that I can find...

[AmericanInTokyo]

'Surf's up' is right.

For those who want to hear news bulletins real time in Japanese via audio streaming, here is the 56k stream URL for Radio Japan. They have an irrelevant report right now about kids enjoying summer at the beach, but did the news about three minutes ago:

http://www.nhk.or.jp/rj/asx/rjwmt56.asx

And everyone, let's please not crash the server. Free it up for others after you listen for a few minutes. Thanks.

[Psycho_Bunny]

An 8.0 IS huge....and if in the wrong place, extremely serious.

[Snowy]

[tallhappy]

Hokkaido is not very heavily populated, and quake pretty far out at sea,

According to the longitude and lattitude it seems very close to the island.

[nuconvert]

Said there's a nuke plant on the island.

[PJ-Comix]

For those who want to hear news bulletins real time in Japanese via audio streaming, here is the 56k stream URL for Radio Japan.

Even if I heard them reporting on the Earthquake I wouldn't know it since I speak almost no Japanese. Wakarimasen!

[UCANSEE2]

CHILL!!!!

Lunatic replied before any of us knew is this was real or was just a hoax. His remark, in my opinion, was directed at the thought that it was a hoax.
Just because you know now it is real, is no need to jump on someone that didn't at the time.

[presidio9]

Strong Earthquake Hits Northern Japan
AP 14 minutes ago


TOKYO - A strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 rocked the northern Japan island of Hokkaido early Friday morning, knocking out power and starting a fire in an industrial area.



The government warned local residets to avoid coastal areas due to the possibility of a tidal wave, or tsunami.


The quake was strong enough to rock buildings on the island and shake books and other objects off shelves. Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported that at least several people had been injured and a fire had broken out in the city of Tomakomai.


Black plumes of smoke and flames could be seen leaping from the site in an industrial area.


Japan's Meteorological agency warned that waves of up to 3 feet were expected to hit coastal areas. The quake, which hit just before dawn, was focused off Hokkaido's eastern shore.


Tsunami are ocean waves caused by seismic activity.


Tsunami of up to 1 foot were observed in some coastal cities, NHK reported.


The meteorological agency said the earthquake (news - web sites) had a magnitude of 7.8 and was focused 36 miles under the seabed.


The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) in Golden, Colo., said the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 8.


The quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, about 65 miles south-southwest of Kushiro and 495 miles north-northeast of Tokyo, said John Minsch, a USGS (news - web sites) geophysicist. The quake was shallow.


"That makes it more likely to be a tsunami, and there's most likely to be a great amount of damage," Minsch said.


Hokkaido is the northernmost and most sparsely populated of Japan's major islands. Sapporo is the prefecture's capital.


Geophysicist Doug Given in Pasadena, Calif., said the region is "part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the zone of very large earthquakes (news - web sites) and volcanoes that rings the Pacific Rim."


The USGS had no immediate reports of casualties.

[babble-on]

yes, someone posted a more distant number earlier.

New reports now of an oil refinery on fire following the quake.

[DittoJed2]

Hey! It's in Japanese! Seriously though, what's he saying?

[Prof Engineer]

An 8.0 IS huge....and if in the wrong place, extremely serious.

Unfortunately, anywhere in Japan is the "wrong" place, due to the geology.

[alnitak]

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Coincidence?

[Orlando]

We got Major movement at Yellowstone Lake, and Madison.
The Lake readings going nuts, right now...


http://www.seis.utah.edu/helicorder/heli/yellowstone/Uuss.LKWY_SHZ_US.2003092500.gif


Is this connected with Japan ? 8.1

[DittoJed2]

Tsunami 1 foot tall? Do they grow from that point?

[Avi8tor]

N. Japan Quake Cuts Power, Sparks Fire
3 minutes ago Add Top Stories - AP to My Yahoo!


By ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Writer

TOKYO - A strong quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 rocked the northern Japan island of Hokkaido early Friday morning, knocking out power and starting a fire in an industrial area.



The government warned local residents to avoid coastal areas due to the possibility of tsunami, or ocean waves caused by seismic activity.


The quake was strong enough to rock buildings on the island and shake books and other objects off shelves. Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported that at least several people had been injured and a fire had broken out in the city of Tomakomai.


Black plumes of smoke and flames could be seen leaping from the site in an industrial area. Streams of water were aimed at the flames.


Television footage showed an office in which books were knocked off shelves, and desks and computers swayed back and forth.


Japan's Meteorological agency warned that waves of up to 3 feet were expected to hit coastal areas. The quake, which hit just before dawn, was focused off Hokkaido's eastern shore.


Tsunami of up to 1 foot were observed in some coastal cities, NHK reported.


The meteorological agency said the earthquake (news - web sites) had a magnitude of 7.8 and was focused 36 miles under the seabed.


The U.S. Geological Survey (news - web sites) in Golden, Colo., said the temblor had a preliminary magnitude of 8.


The quake struck in the Pacific Ocean, about 65 miles south-southwest of Kushiro and 495 miles north-northeast of Tokyo, said John Minsch, a USGS (news - web sites) geophysicist. The quake was shallow.


"That makes it more likely to be a tsunami, and there's most likely to be a great amount of damage," Minsch said.


Hokkaido is the northernmost and most sparsely populated of Japan's major islands. Sapporo is the prefecture's capital.


Geophysicist Doug Given in Pasadena, Calif., said the region is "part of the Pacific Ring of Fire, the zone of very large earthquakes (news - web sites) and volcanoes that rings the Pacific Rim."


The USGS had no immediate reports of casualties.

[blam]

"New reports now of an oil refinery on fire following the quake."

Fox News just showed it. "Big fire in an industrial area."

[Snowy]

Wow, that's weird.

[Krodg]

I pray the day never comes when something major happens to your neighborhood or family...

I'll still pray if that comes...it's what Jesuse asks of us.