BREAKING NEWS: Magnitude 6.6 quake hits east coast of Japan. Tsunami warning issued

[Contrary1]

No link yet.

[Quakerfriend]

1. Oh, my.

:eyes:

My SIL is due to leave for Japan on Sunday morning for a business trip.

[ColbertWatcher]

2. Where is the preparedness forum!? n/t

[Muttocracy]

3. USGS site shows two quakes - 7.0 and 5.3

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia.php

[Critters2]

4. 7.0?! That's scary! nt

[Muttocracy]

5. yep - summary from there (fixed my link)

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center: An earthquake occurred about 125 km (75 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan or about 130 km (80 miles) ESE of Sendai, Honshu, Japan or about 305 km (190 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan at 8:39 PM MDT, Jul 18, 2008 (Jul 19 at 11:39 AM local time in Japan). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available. No reports of damage or casualties have been received at this time; however, this earthquake may have caused damage due to its location and size.

[Muttocracy]

6. link where they post recent large earthquakes:

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

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Yikes.

[Name removed]

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[nadinbrzezinski]

9. well no warning

To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions
From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Subject: Tsunami Information Statement #1 issued 07/18/2008 at 7:49PM PDT

A strong earthquake has occurred, but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas.

Based on the earthquake magnitude and historic tsunami records, a damaging tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts. At coastal locations which have experienced strong ground shaking, local tsunamis are possible due to underwater landslides.

At 7:40 PM Pacific Daylight Time on July 18, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 6.6 occurred off the east coast of Honshu, Japan. (Refer to the United States Geological Survey for official earthquake parameters.)

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii will issue messages for Hawaii and other areas of the Pacific outside California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska.

This will be the only statement issued for this event by the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center unless conditions warrant. See the WCATWC web site for basic tsunami information, safety rules, and a tsunami travel time map and table. (NOTE: Travel time maps and tables indicate forecasted times only, not that a wave was generated.)

Link to Standard Information Statement
Link to Public Information Statement
Link to XML/CAP Message
Link to Printable Message

[Muttocracy]

10. sort of a "probably not" for the other side of the Pacific

http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/messages/pacific/2008/pacific.2008.07.19.024900.txt

[Muttocracy]

11. BBC has a story now

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7515114.stm