Japan warns of 3-foot tsunami after powerful quake off Kuril Islands

[Roon]

Breaking on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. 3 foot?

as in 1 meter?


ummmm, why?

[tandot]

2. they are warning of a 3 foot tsunamI???

3 foot???

On edit: I just was informed that a 3 foot tsunami can be significant. I hope everyone is ok. Sorry for my ignorance.

[IDemo]

7. I think in a tsunami, it's not so much the wave height

as the volume of water behind it. It's not like a regular breaker that hits, dissipates, and recedes.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. That's the way I understand it too...

When it hits land, it doesn't dissipate...It picks up debris in its path and continues on.
Not to be messed with!

[blitzen]

3. link to seismic info....looks like a 7.0+

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

[blitzen]

5. more info...a 7.7

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php

[blitzen]

10. warning issued for Hawaii too...link here

the warning says it was an 8.4, but they might be off


http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

[blitzen]

13. oops...revision...It's a watch, not a warning, for Hawaii

[blitzen]

14. warning for parts of Alaska, watch for others ...link here

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt

[file83]

4. Depending on the tides, this could be significant or barely noticable.

[daleo]

6. Maybe 3 feet on average?

But if the slope of the sea bottom is just right, that can be magnified many times as it hits the shore.

[file83]

8. Well yes - the waves are so long out in the open ocean - that 3 feet can

swell up. But it's probably just a few inches out in the open ocean and could swell to 3 ft on shore. If it's high tide that could cause some problems.

[ThoughtCriminal]

9. Never scoff at a 3 foot tsunami

Seems small, but don't think of it as a 3-foot wave. Think of it as a sudden rise in sea-level by 3-feet. Visualize those 2 to 3-foot waves as suddenly 5-6 feet. It's not the kind of wave that kills thousandsm but it can be dangerous in harbors and beaches.

[ellisonz]

11. There are TSUNAMI WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR HAWAII.

Especially for the outer islands, but also the North Shore, might come midnightish.

Just came across TV in Honolulu.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Get to higher ground

Lord Hannah shoudl be safe (Maui), and my husband's parents are now living on higher ground

but that is the standard advise, get to higher ground, Hawaii has gotten hit in the past

[ellisonz]

22. We live on higher ground in Honolulu.

I think they're more worried about the North Shore and the Outer Islands.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Still they do not expect a pacific wide wave

I posted the advisory in the thread, but DO KEEP an eye on it

[daleo]

12. BBC now reports this as an 8.3 magnitude!

"Japanese authorities have issued tsunami warnings after an earthquake measuring 8.3 was detected in the north-western Pacific Ocean."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6258167.stm

[magellan]

15. USGS says 7.7

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php

But the magnitude of these large events are often changed after a few days study. Northridge was originally called a 7.0 by news sources, then modified to 6.7 later that week.

[daleo]

18. Yeah, it takes a while to calculate the depth

And that has a big impact on the stated magnitude. Still, given the events of two years ago, anything is possible.

[blitzen]

25. USGS upgraded to 7.9

[Duer 157099]

49. USGS upgrades to 8.2 (they're inching closer)

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Ok I am going to go look for California

If I need to get to higher ground it is time for me to go get refuge at my sister's... with three birds

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Self delete and my apologies

READ THE DMAN DATE ON IT

[blitzen]

20. so far an only an "advisory" for CA, OR, WA

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Yep I posted for all

they usually go this way, but one never knows

And I hope the damage is not extensive at the Kurile islands

[uppityperson]

26. delete, info from Nov (sorry)

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/previous.events/11.15.2006/11-15-06.html

[Heidi]

27. Kick.

:kick:

[IDemo]

28. MSNBC Breaking: Japan warns of 3-foot tsunami after powerful quake off Kuril Islands

no details yet..

[EFerrari]

29. Oh cr@p. What is a three foot tsumani?

:shrug:

[Monkeyman]

30. Enough to do some damage. It would knock you on your butt

And drag you for a while

[EFerrari]

31. I'm in a tsunami zone, Monkeyman, so I had to ask.

8 animals and me. Still can't figure out how to cage them all and get out of here when City Hall only gives us 15 minutes warning like it did last time.

[Monkeyman]

33. 15 Minutes Crap

Cages Don't know what to say. It should stay on the coast not go to deep inland.

[merh]

45. Little life vests, that's what you need to get

and take my word for it, the kennels/cages become the nuisance. Too bulky and hard to keep up with 'em

Gotcha in my prayers that it doesn't cause the waves, you know you are in my prayers.

Take good care. :hug:

[EFerrari]

59. Hey, merh. That's the one thing I haven't figured out yet.

With warning, I can cage them, slap the cages on a handtruck and trot up about 7 blocks and we'd be okay. I even have all the gear right here at hand next to a backpack with basics in it.

Without warning, not so good. But at least, we've passed the stage where they all hiss at the puppy. Now they just sneer. lol

:hug:

[merh]

61. I'm glad you have it down to such a "science"

So happy nothing came of this one. :hug:

[snowbear]

32. Our Tsunami Warning System just went off here in Alaska too...

I thought the guy on the alert said the (((earthquake))) was somewhere near Japan?, but my kid has her computer game on so freakin' LOUD and I didn't hear everything they said...

I was sitting here reading DU and listening to a hockey game on the radio when all of a sudden, that obnoxious =MEEP, MEEP, MEEP, MEEP= of the state alert system went off..



I'm sure we'll hear an update soon..

[Ahgoo]

34. No Updates Yet

hey Larissa same thing happened to me (I was listening to music instead of hockey). Let me know if you find out anything else. I should probably call my friend in Homer who just went down there for the weekend.

[Monkeyman]

35. 8.6

[snowbear]

38. Hi Ahgoo!

I think the dude on our Alaska Warning System was nervous, because I could've sworn he said Russia instead of Japan..

Shame on you for not listening to our Alaska Aces beating the Victoria BC team..

(Uh oh.. I probably just jinxed the Aces)

I will put an update on here if the Alaska Warning System sets off another alert.

Californians: Let us know if you get any warnings too!

[lapfog_1]

40. We are getting those warnings here in northern CA too

expected to hit us at 04:xxx (depending on where you live, the minutes are different) this morning.

If they have tsunami arrival times pinpointed (they are saying for example, 04:41 for Charleston, OR)... that means the mid ocean detection system (buoys) have already registered a tsunami passing them...

Now updating to just after 05:00 PST for San Francisco.

[EFerrari]

60. Well, It's 7:100 and this still seems to be the second floor.

I hope everyone is okay.

[IDemo]

36. more on tsunami threat -- NOAA

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0434Z 13 JAN 2007

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

RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

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

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

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0423Z 13 JAN 2007
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 8.4

EVALUATION

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 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
-------------------------------- ------------ ------------
RUSSIA URUP IS 46.1N 150.5E 0456Z 13 JAN
PETROPAVLOVSK K 53.2N 159.6E 0539Z 13 JAN
MEDNNY IS 54.7N 167.4E 0551Z 13 JAN
UST KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0551Z 13 JAN
SEVERO KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0552Z 13 JAN
JAPAN KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0539Z 13 JAN
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0614Z 13 JAN
KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0627Z 13 JAN
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0746Z 13 JAN
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0847Z 13 JAN
MARCUS IS. MARCUS IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0717Z 13 JAN
WAKE IS. WAKE IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0813Z 13 JAN
MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY IS. 28.2N 177.4W 0817Z 13 JAN
N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0839Z 13 JAN
GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0902Z 13 JAN
MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 0912Z 13 JAN
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 0944Z 13 JAN
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1001Z 13 JAN
TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0924Z 13 JAN
YAP YAP IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0935Z 13 JAN
POHNPEI POHNPEI IS. 7.0N 158.2E 0937Z 13 JAN
CHUUK CHUUK IS. 7.4N 151.8E 0939Z 13 JAN
PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0945Z 13 JAN
LAOAG 18.2N 120.6E 1003Z 13 JAN
SAN FERNANDO 16.6N 120.3E 1026Z 13 JAN
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 13 JAN
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1040Z 13 JAN
ZAMBOANGA 6.9N 122.1E 1136Z 13 JAN
MANILA 14.6N 121.0E 1146Z 13 JAN
ILOILO 10.7N 122.5E 1159Z 13 JAN
PUERTO PRINCESA 9.8N 118.8E 1215Z 13 JAN
KOSRAE KOSRAE IS. 5.5N 163.0E 0959Z 13 JAN
BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1003Z 13 JAN
JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON IS. 16.7N 169.5W 1008Z 13 JAN
HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 159.4W 1023Z 13 JAN
HONOLULU 21.3N 157.9W 1041Z 13 JAN
HILO 19.7N 155.1W 1058Z 13 JAN

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

THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.

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

[uppityperson]

37. times and edited to add link (sorry)

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt
BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
909 PM PST FRI JAN 12 2007

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
COASTAL AREAS FROM NIKOLSKI ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER
I., BRITISH COLUMBIA TO NIKOLSKI ALASKA...

...AT THIS TIME THIS MESSAGE IS ADVISORY ONLY FOR OTHER
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA...

EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A
TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW-
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF
WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
MAGNITUDE - 8.2 - REVISED FROM 8.4
TIME - 1924 AKST JAN 12 2007
2024 PST JAN 12 2007
0424 UTC JAN 13 2007
LOCATION - 46.7 NORTH 154.4 EAST
- EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
DEPTH - 14 MILES/23 KM

PKZ172-175-176-AKZ187-191-130609-
COASTAL AREAS BETWEEN AND INCLUDING NIKOLSKI ALASKA TO ATTU
ALASKA

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
COASTAL AREAS FROM NIKOLSKI ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOLLOW.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME.
SHEMYA-AK 2135 AKST JAN 12 ADAK-AK 2233 AKST JAN 12
$$
PZZ170-PKZ031>036-041-042-043-011>013-021-022-051-052-053-125>
129-121-120-130-140-141-136>138-132-150-155-170-171-AKZ023-024-
026>029-018>022-025-017-135-131-125-121-145-171-181-185-130609-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I., BRITISH
COLUMBIA TO NIKOLSKI ALASKA

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER
I., BRITISH COLUMBIA TO NIKOLSKI ALASKA...

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOLLOW.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME.
DUTCH HARBOR-AK 2342 AKST JAN 12 LANGARA-BC 0157 AKST JAN 13
SAND PT.-AK 0019 AKST JAN 13 VALDEZ-AK 0157 AKST JAN 13
COLD BAY-AK 0052 AKST JAN 13 CORDOVA-AK 0208 AKST JAN 13
KODIAK-AK 0113 AKST JAN 13 HOMER-AK 0231 AKST JAN 13
SEWARD-AK 0138 AKST JAN 13 KETCHIKAN-AK 0255 AKST JAN 13
YAKUTAT-AK 0148 AKST JAN 13 JUNEAU-AK 0310 AKST JAN 13
SITKA-AK 0148 AKST JAN 13
$$
PZZ750-655-650-673-670-555-535-530-550-455-450-356-353-350-255-
250-210-110-156-153-150-130>135-170-CAZ039>046-087-034-035-515-
514-509-508-006-506-505-002-001-ORZ022-021-002-001-WAZ503-506>
511-001-514>517-021-130609-
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE
NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I., BRITISH COLUMBIA

...TSUNAMI ADVISORY STATEMENT...

NO - REPEAT NO - WATCH OR WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
COASTAL AREAS FROM THE CALIFORNIA-MEXICO BORDER TO THE
NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I., BRITISH COLUMBIA

SELECTED TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIMES FOR INFORMATION AND REFERENCE ONLY.
THESE TIMES DO NOT INDICATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI IS EXPECTED.
TOFINO-BC 0321 AKST JAN 13 WESTPORT-WA 0452 PST JAN 13
NEAH BAY-WA 0433 PST JAN 13 SAN FRANCISCO-CA 0531 PST JAN 13
CHARLESTON-OR 0441 PST JAN 13 SANTA BARBARA-CA 0540 PST JAN 13
CRESCENT CITY-CA 0445 PST JAN 13 LA JOLLA-CA 0604 PST JAN 13
SEASIDE-OR 0446 PST JAN 13

[snowbear]

39. Thanks fpr the updates UP!

~~~~

[uppityperson]

41. updated TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt
.A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
COASTAL AREAS FROM DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER
I., BRITISH COLUMBIA TO DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA...

...AT THIS TIME THIS MESSAGE IS ADVISORY ONLY FOR OTHER
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA..

ESTIMATED TIMES OF INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL FOLLOW.
TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF WAVES POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
SEVERAL HOURS AFTER INITIAL ARRIVAL TIME.
SHEMYA-AK 2135 AKST JAN 12 DUTCH HARBOR-AK 2342 AKST JAN 12
ADAK-AK 2233 AKST JAN 12


http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/wmsg
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

RUSSIA / JAPAN / MARCUS IS.

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

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

[Ellipsis]

42. Alaska and west coast warning/advisory map here

[blitzen]

43. Warning Update # 4....Tsunami confirmed

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt

[blitzen]

46. "Extreme inundation not expected...Danger to those near waterfront

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt

EXPECTED WAVE HEIGHTS ARE SUCH THAT DANGER IS LIMITED TO
THOSE IN OR NEAR THE WATERFRONT. AN EXTREME INUNDATION IS NOT
EXPECTED IN THE STATES AND PROVINCES LISTED ABOVE.

[uppityperson]

44. TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 4

Tsunami spotted, rest seems the same:

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI JAPAN 0.1M/0.3FT
WAVE OBSERVATIONS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

[Ellipsis]

47. Estimated times of initial tsunami arrival:

Estimated times of initial tsunami arrival:

DART 21414 2135 AKST JAN 12 0635 UTC JAN 13
Attu, Alaska 2135 AKST JAN 12 0635 UTC JAN 13
Shemya, Alaska 2135 AKST JAN 12 0635 UTC JAN 13
Amchitka, Alaska 2152 AKST JAN 12 0652 UTC JAN 13
DART 46413 2208 AKST JAN 12 0708 UTC JAN 13
Atka, Alaska 2230 AKST JAN 12 0730 UTC JAN 13
Adak, Alaska 2233 AKST JAN 12 0733 UTC JAN 13
DART 46408 2233 AKST JAN 12 0733 UTC JAN 13
DART 46402 2300 AKST JAN 12 0800 UTC JAN 13
Nikolski, Alaska 2310 AKST JAN 12 0810 UTC JAN 13
DART 46403 2334 AKST JAN 12 0834 UTC JAN 13
Akutan, Alaska 2339 AKST JAN 12 0839 UTC JAN 13
Dutch Harbor, Alaska 2342 AKST JAN 12 0842 UTC JAN 13
St. Paul, Alaska 2354 AKST JAN 12 0854 UTC JAN 13
DART 46409 0015 AKST JAN 13 0915 UTC JAN 13
King Cove, Alaska 0017 AKST JAN 13 0917 UTC JAN 13
Sand Point, Alaska 0019 AKST JAN 13 0919 UTC JAN 13
DART 46410 0040 AKST JAN 13 0940 UTC JAN 13
Perryville, Alaska 0041 AKST JAN 13 0941 UTC JAN 13
Cold Bay, Alaska 0052 AKST JAN 13 0952 UTC JAN 13
Kodiak, Alaska 0113 AKST JAN 13 1013 UTC JAN 13
Old Harbor, Alaska 0118 AKST JAN 13 1018 UTC JAN 13
Seward, Alaska 0138 AKST JAN 13 1038 UTC JAN 13
Alitak, Alaska 0139 AKST JAN 13 1039 UTC JAN 13
Elfin Cove, Alaska 0140 AKST JAN 13 1040 UTC JAN 13
Saint Matthew Island, Alaska 0145 AKST JAN 13 1045 UTC JAN 13
Yakutat, Alaska 0148 AKST JAN 13 1048 UTC JAN 13
Sitka, Alaska 0148 AKST JAN 13 1048 UTC JAN 13
Port Alexander, Alaska 0149 AKST JAN 13 1049 UTC JAN 13
Langara I., British Columbia 0157 AKST JAN 13 1057 UTC JAN 13
Valdez, Alaska 0157 AKST JAN 13 1057 UTC JAN 13
Cordova, Alaska 0208 AKST JAN 13 1108 UTC JAN 13
DART 46419 0222 AKST JAN 13 1122 UTC JAN 13
Homer, Alaska 0231 AKST JAN 13 1131 UTC JAN 13
DART 46405 0332 PST JAN 13 1132 UTC JAN 13
DART 46404 0340 PST JAN 13 1140 UTC JAN 13
the north tip of Vancouver I., British Columbia 0241 AKST JAN 13 1141 UTC JAN 13
Craig, Alaska 0248 AKST JAN 13 1148 UTC JAN 13
Ketchikan, Alaska 0255 AKST JAN 13 1155 UTC JAN 13
Juneau, Alaska 0310 AKST JAN 13 1210 UTC JAN 13
DART 46411 0411 PST JAN 13 1211 UTC JAN 13
Tofino, British Columbia 0321 AKST JAN 13 1221 UTC JAN 13
Gambell, Alaska 0321 AKST JAN 13 1221 UTC JAN 13
Cape Flattery, Washington 0427 PST JAN 13 1227 UTC JAN 13
Prince Rupert, British Columbia 0327 AKST JAN 13 1227 UTC JAN 13
Neah Bay, Washington 0433 PST JAN 13 1233 UTC JAN 13
Cape Blanco, Oregon 0433 PST JAN 13 1233 UTC JAN 13
Clatsop Spit, Oregon 0434 PST JAN 13 1234 UTC JAN 13
La Push, Washington 0434 PST JAN 13 1234 UTC JAN 13
Point Grenville, Washington 0436 PST JAN 13 1236 UTC JAN 13
Cape Mendocino, California 0439 PST JAN 13 1239 UTC JAN 13
Cascade Head, Oregon 0439 PST JAN 13 1239 UTC JAN 13
Tillamook Bay, Oregon 0440 PST JAN 13 1240 UTC JAN 13
Charleston, Oregon 0441 PST JAN 13 1241 UTC JAN 13
Fort Bragg, California 0443 PST JAN 13 1243 UTC JAN 13
Humboldt Bay, California 0444 PST JAN 13 1244 UTC JAN 13
Crescent City, California 0445 PST JAN 13 1245 UTC JAN 13
the Oregon-California border 0446 PST JAN 13 1246 UTC JAN 13
Seaside, Oregon 0446 PST JAN 13 1246 UTC JAN 13
Newport, Oregon 0448 PST JAN 13 1248 UTC JAN 13
Point Arena, California 0448 PST JAN 13 1248 UTC JAN 13
Port Moller, Alaska 0352 AKST JAN 13 1252 UTC JAN 13
Westport, Washington 0452 PST JAN 13 1252 UTC JAN 13
Point Reyes, California 0501 PST JAN 13 1301 UTC JAN 13
Point Sur, California 0504 PST JAN 13 1304 UTC JAN 13
Monterey, California 0507 PST JAN 13 1307 UTC JAN 13
Astoria, Oregon 0509 PST JAN 13 1309 UTC JAN 13
Port Angeles, Washington 0510 PST JAN 13 1310 UTC JAN 13
DART 46412 0515 PST JAN 13 1315 UTC JAN 13
Point Concepcion, California 0520 PST JAN 13 1320 UTC JAN 13
Bella Bella, British Columbia 0421 AKST JAN 13 1321 UTC JAN 13
Port San Luis, California 0526 PST JAN 13 1326 UTC JAN 13
San Francisco, California 0531 PST JAN 13 1331 UTC JAN 13
Cape Newenham, Alaska 0438 AKST JAN 13 1338 UTC JAN 13
Santa Barbara, California 0540 PST JAN 13 1340 UTC JAN 13
San Pedro, California 0555 PST JAN 13 1355 UTC JAN 13
Santa Monica, California 0555 PST JAN 13 1355 UTC JAN 13
Newport Beach, California 0601 PST JAN 13 1401 UTC JAN 13
La Jolla, California 0604 PST JAN 13 1404 UTC JAN 13
the California-Mexico border 0610 PST JAN 13 1410 UTC JAN 13
Hooper Bay, Alaska 0609 AKST JAN 13 1509 UTC JAN 13
Little Diomede Island, Alaska 0618 AKST JAN 13 1518 UTC JAN 13
Dillingham, Alaska 0658 AKST JAN 13 1558 UTC JAN 13
Nome, Alaska 0814 AKST JAN 13 1714 UTC JAN 13
Unalakleet, Alaska 1144 AKST JAN 13 2044 UTC JAN 13

[Pithy Cherub]

48. They said on Channel 9 in LA that

it would reach Alaska at 1 am PST before Hawaii an hour later. There has been a reduction of the sea level of 4 inches, didn't catch where as the word tsunami caught my attention. The last time a warning came in for southern California coasts we got a few mere minutes warning to get to higher ground. Hope it is not bad. It was mentioned that it was deep in the Ocean where the epicenter was. The Ring of Fire...

[Duer 157099]

50. I was awakened by a 3.8 last night

scared the crap outta me!! Had Northridge flashbacks.

[Duer 157099]

51. There was an 8.3 on that fault recently -- after nothing major in years

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php#summary

Tectonic Summary

The Kuril Islands earthquake of January 13, 2007, occurred as normal-faulting in the Pacific plate near the boundary between the Pacific plate and the Okhotsk plate. In the region of the earthquake's epicenter, the Pacific plate moves northwest with respect to the Okhotsk plate with a velocity of about 90 mm/year. The Pacific plate subducts beneath the Okhotsk plate at the Kuril Trench and becomes progressively deeper to the northwest, remaining seismically active to a depth of 680 km. The January 13 earthquake occurred approximately 95 km ESE of an M8.3 earthquake that occurred on November 15, 2006. The November 15 earthquake is the largest earthquake to have occurred in the central Kuril Islands since the early 20th century. A central Kuril Islands earthquake in 1915 is estimated to have had a magnitude of about 8. The central Kuril Islands commonly experiences one or more shocks of magnitude 6 or greater in a decade. To the southwest, the southern Kuril Islands chain experienced a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in 1963. To the northeast, a magnitude 9 earthquake occurred offshore of Kamchatka in 1952.

[uppityperson]

52. mag 8.2 quake now, updated, #5 bulletin, tsunamis other places

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php#details
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/message.txt
A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI JAPAN 0.1M/0.3FT
KUSHIRO JAPAN 0.05 M/0.15FT
OFUNATO JAPAN 0.06M/0.2 FT
KAMAISHI JAPAN 0.07CM/0.2FT
MIYAKO JAPAN 0.08CM/ 0.26FT
SHEMYA ALASKA .06CM/0.2 FT
WAVE OBSERVATIONS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
(rest looks the sameish)

[nadinbrzezinski]

53. As i said on another thread

ABC took up the BBC feed, a meter high wave expected in Hokaido and we have a tsunami

Bears repeating, stay away from the coastline if you live in any of the affected areas, even only on advisories

[blitzen]

54. Wave heights in Japan only a few inches

i would guess that's good news for Alaska

A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN OBSERVED AT THE FOLLOWING SITES
HANASAKI JAPAN 0.1M/0.3FT
KUSHIRO JAPAN 0.05 M/0.15FT
OFUNATO JAPAN 0.06M/0.2 FT
KAMAISHI JAPAN 0.07CM/0.2FT
MIYAKO JAPAN 0.08CM/ 0.26FT
SHEMYA ALASKA .06CM/0.2 FT
WAVE OBSERVATIONS ARE THE AMPLITUDE ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

on edit...one of those waves is Alaska

[uppityperson]

55. good news so far for all.

[uppityperson]

56. Small tsunami hits Japan

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=UKNews1&storyID=2007-01-13T070048Z_01_SP199617_RTRUKOC_0_UK-JAPAN-TSUNAMI.xml&WTmodLoc=HP-C1-TopStories-4
A small tsunami wave hit Japan's northernmost island on Saturday after a powerful north Pacific earthquake prompted tsunami warnings for northern Japan, Russia and a wide swathe of Japan's Pacific coast.

A tsunami watch was also issued for a wide area of the Pacific, including Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines and Hawaii by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii, but there were no reports of injury or damage.

A 10-cm (4-inch) wave was reported at Nemuro, on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, a little after 3 p.m. local (6 a.m.), NHK public television said. Officials said several harbour waters had drawn back slightly in what could be a precursor to a wave.

There were no reports of injury or damage, or more significant waves, as of 3:45 p.m., but officials warned that larger waves could still arrive and evacuation advisories were issued for thousands of households....(more@link)

[G Hawes]

57. Thanks for the update

that's good news that there were no injuries or damage and that it came ashore at only 4 inches instead of 3 feet.

thanks again.

[nadinbrzezinski]

58. notehr link

http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=3378

The tsunami was tiny