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8.0 Earthquake in Japan
EDIS | 9/25/03 | EDIS

Posted on 09/25/2003 1:17:12 PM PDT by 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...


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KEYWORDS: earthquake; japan
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Would a tsunami from this quake impact Hawaii?
41 posted on 09/25/2003 1:36:07 PM PDT by Mears
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To: TheBigB
I resemble this remark
42 posted on 09/25/2003 1:36:09 PM PDT by Godzilla (You are just jealous because the voices only speak to me.)
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To: BlownChevelle
COASTAL AREAS FROM KODIAK, AK. TO ATTU, AK., INCLUSIVE.

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM KODIAK, AK. TO ATTU, AK., INCLUSIVE...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL...
SHEMYA, AK 1507 ADT SEP 25
ADAK, AK 1607 ADT SEP 25
DUTCH HARBOR, AK 1717 ADT SEP 25
SAND PT., AK 1758 ADT SEP 25
COLD BAY, AK 1825 ADT SEP 25
KODIAK, AK 1846 ADT SEP 25

COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO KODIAK, AK.

...NO - REPEAT NO - TSUNAMI WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO KODIAK, AK...

FOR INFORMATION ONLY - ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL...
SEWARD, AK 1913 ADT SEP 25
YAKUTAT, AK 1925 ADT SEP 25
SITKA, AK 1927 ADT SEP 25
LANGARA, BC 2033 PDT SEP 25
VALDEZ, AK 1935 ADT SEP 25
CORDOVA, AK 1945 ADT SEP 25
HOMER, AK 2009 ADT SEP 25
KETCHIKAN, AK 2046 ADT SEP 25
JUNEAU, AK 2048 ADT SEP 25
TOFINO, BC 2200 PDT SEP 25
NEAH BAY, WA 2211 PDT SEP 25
CHARLESTON, OR 2215 PDT SEP 25
CRESCENT CITY,CA 2222 PDT SEP 25
SEASIDE, OR 2223 PDT SEP 25
ASTORIA, OR 2246 PDT SEP 25
SAN FRANCISCO,CA 2306 PDT SEP 25
SAN PEDRO, CA 2327 PDT SEP 25
LA JOLLA, CA 2336 PDT SEP 25

43 posted on 09/25/2003 1:36:09 PM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: TomGuy
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER
1027 AM HST 25 SEP 2003

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI ADVISORY BULLETIN

A TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0950 AM HST 25 SEP 2003
COORDINATES - 42.1 NORTH 143.6 EAST
LOCATION - EASTERN HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 8.1 MOMENT

EVALUATION

THIS IS A CORRECTION FOR ARRIVAL TIMES STATED IN BULLETIN #1
For Hawaii posted at http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/hmsg



THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER HAS ISSUED AN EXPANDING
REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH FOR PARTS OF THE PACIFIC
LOCATED CLOSER TO THE EARTHQUAKE. AN EVALUATION OF THE PACIFIC
WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT IS UNDERWAY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
HAWAII COULD BE ELEVATED TO A WATCH OR WARNING STATUS.

IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THEIR ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL
TIME IS

0501 PM HST 25 SEP 2003

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

44 posted on 09/25/2003 1:36:14 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: All
Here's Shemya:


45 posted on 09/25/2003 1:36:48 PM PDT by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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46 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:08 PM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: ZGuy
Being reported now as 7.8, no damage reports seen yet. Hokkaido is not very heavily populated, and quake pretty far out at sea, so probably the worst would be the tsunami if there is one.
47 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:16 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: BlownChevelle

Magnitude 8.0 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
2003 September 25 19:50:08 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A great earthquake occurred at 19:50:08 (UTC) on Thursday, September 25, 2003. The magnitude 8.0 event has been located in the HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Small Globe

Magnitude 8.0
Date-Time Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 19:50:08 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Friday, September 26, 2003 at 4:50:08 AM
= local time at epicenter

Location 42.171°N, 143.719°E
Depth 33 km (21 miles) set by location program
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances 105 km (65 miles) SSW (212°) from Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan
397 km (247 miles) SSE (155°) from Wakkanai, Hokkaido, Japan
477 km (297 miles) SW (226°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 8.3 km (5.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=123, Nph=123, Dmin=537.2 km, Rmss=1.09 sec, Gp= 50°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

48 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:31 PM PDT by Brian Mosely
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To: Godzilla
You're just ticked cuz King Ghidorah kicked your butt. ;)
49 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:33 PM PDT by TheBigB ("Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats." --P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: All
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uszdap.htm
50 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:36 PM PDT by Pro-Bush (Illegal immigration is the number one threat to our Countries sovereignty.)
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To: Species8472
FYI!!!
51 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:42 PM PDT by Dog (How is my posting? Call 1-888-ITS-GOOD)
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To: Chemist_Geek
Wow. I hope this doesn't become a Kodiak moment.
52 posted on 09/25/2003 1:37:58 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Make list of Arnold buttboys/girls on FR, so they'll have no right to cry over RINO policy to come)
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To: TomGuy
Posted at http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/wmsg


TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2024Z 25 SEP 2003

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

........... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ............

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / MARSHALL IS. /
MIDWAY IS. / CHUUK / POHNPEI / BELAU / PHILIPPINES / KOSRAE /
JOHNSTON IS. / NAURU

FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 1950Z 25 SEP 2003
COORDINATES - 42.1 NORTH 143.6 EAST
LOCATION - EASTERN HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 8.1

EVALUATION

THIS IS TO CORRECT THE ARRIVAL TIMES IN BULLETIN #1

IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE
EARTHQUAKE TO DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE
THE SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES. ACTUAL ARRIVAL TIMES
MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. THE TIME
BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE TSUNAMI WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME




JAPAN HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.7E 2046Z 25 SEP
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 2235Z 25 SEP
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 2329Z 25 SEP
RUSSIA URUP IS 45.9N 150.2E 2103Z 25 SEP
SEVERO KURILSK 50.5N 156.3E 2206Z 25 SEP
PETROPAVLOVSK-K 53.0N 158.5E 2220Z 25 SEP
MEDNNY IS 54.6N 167.6E 2235Z 25 SEP
UST KAMCHATSK 56.2N 162.5E 2236Z 25 SEP
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS 24.3N 154.0E 2233Z 25 SEP
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 2336Z 25 SEP
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 2353Z 25 SEP
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 2354Z 25 SEP
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0014Z 26 SEP
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0027Z 26 SEP
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0035Z 26 SEP
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0117Z 26 SEP
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 0145Z 26 SEP
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0037Z 26 SEP
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0042Z 26 SEP
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0054Z 26 SEP
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 0056Z 26 SEP
PHILIPPINES LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 0117Z 26 SEP
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0121Z 26 SEP
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 0217Z 26 SEP
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 0222Z 26 SEP

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

53 posted on 09/25/2003 1:38:34 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: babble-on
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.html
54 posted on 09/25/2003 1:39:04 PM PDT by DittoJed2 (Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it,derived from our Maker- John Adams)
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To: Dog

Dutch Harbor webcam

55 posted on 09/25/2003 1:39:09 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Brian Mosely
Thats more like it.
56 posted on 09/25/2003 1:39:24 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Make list of Arnold buttboys/girls on FR, so they'll have no right to cry over RINO policy to come)
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57 posted on 09/25/2003 1:40:09 PM PDT by Chemist_Geek ("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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To: TheBigB
"You're just ticked cuz King Ghidorah kicked your butt. ;) "

Wouldn't you be :-{P
58 posted on 09/25/2003 1:40:31 PM PDT by Godzilla (You are just jealous because the voices only speak to me.)
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To: BlownChevelle
It's my observation that whenever an earthquake occurs the other side of the world has one too. Usually within three days. Bye-bye Jellystone Park!
59 posted on 09/25/2003 1:40:32 PM PDT by whereasandsoforth (tagged for migratory purposes only)
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To: Brian Mosely
That's an awfully deep earthquake, over 110,000 feet below the ocean floor.

It's the shallow ones that are most dangerous.

60 posted on 09/25/2003 1:40:51 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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