BREAKING: Japan tsunami alert after 6.8 earthquake

[jim3775]

BBC reporter saying that the alert was that a tsunami that could cause minor insignifigant damage could occur, and that this is normal after a northern earthquake.

[whistle]

1. When, where, from what???

[jim3775]

4. check edited OP n/t

[Chichiri]

2. MSNBC link

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8965567/

[SlavesandBulldozers]

3. kick

kick

[jim3775]

5. Notes from BBC world news

-quake strongly felt in Tokyo

-6.8 on the richter scale

-AFP reporting many injuries in northern province

[Deja Q]

6. ANOTHER tsunami/earthquake? Hmm, $3 gas tomorrow...

Never mind the very odd frequency of these quakes and tsunami...

[Catholic Sensation]

10. yeah, earthquakes are a rarity in Japan

:eyes:

[Placebo]

12. almost as rare as cindy in texas

[name not needed]

16. which is almost as rare as hurricanes in florida

[CubsFan1982]

11. Must be Bush's tsunami/earthquake/natural disaster machine to blame.

:eyes:

[SlavesandBulldozers]

7. kicking again

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[jim3775]

8. edited again, kick n/t

[kestrel91316]

9. 7.0 off the east coast of Honshu, same place as the 6.0 3 weeks ago.

Not big enough and location such that a tsunami warning is NOT going to be issued for the W coast of the US. Hawaii is another matter.

From the USGS website.

[Sapphire Blue]

17. From NOAA...

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

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

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

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

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

[LincolnMcGrath]

13. Reported by Andrushka on the Malloy Thread earlier.

He is in Tokyo

[SlavesandBulldozers]

14. kicking again since you dont f with tsunamis

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[SlavesandBulldozers]

18. kicking again this needs to be on the DU radar

please keep kicked

[kurtyboy]

15. A 7.0 this close (50 mi.) to major population centers (Sendai)

Is very grim. There will be extensive damage, and more than a few injuries--perhaps some fatalities. The Tsunami, if it happens my not be big, but the trouble inland will be....

Good luck to our friends in Japan. Keep us posted.