Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes northern Miyagi, Japan

[Art_from_Ark]

It just happened a few minutes ago. I felt it 200+ miles away. It lasted for about 45 seconds. It is reported as a 6+ seismic intensity on the Japanese scale for northern Miyagi, which means there might be considerable damage.

http://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

[ensho]

1. please keep us updated and thank you for this report

Japan the beleaguered

[Art_from_Ark]

13. According to NHK News

there is a tsunami advisory out, with waves reaching 1 meter in height, and maybe several times higher than that in some places. :scared:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/

[xchrom]

2. oy. nt

[truebrit71]

3. Shit..

..

[femrap]

12. +1 nt

[thewiseguy]

4. The USGS site is not showing anything

Edit...the information just popped up.

7.4 Magnitude. 40 km deep. 98 km from Sendai.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00ljadqj.php#details

This was a little closer to Sendai than the last one.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Click on the link I gave

This was a big earthquake that was felt in most of Honshu and much of Hokkaido

[Generic Other]

Tsunami alerts issued

Expected to hit Fukushima in 30 minutes.

[drm604]

17. Where did you get that info?

That's the last thing they need!

This got linked to the wrong message somehow. I was trying to respond to Generic Other's message about a tsunami expected to hit Fukushima.

[Generic Other]

19. NHK World

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[Raschel]

14. Twenty four miles deep. Is that pretty shallow?

[Art_from_Ark]

27. Apparently, that is fairly shallow for an undersea quake

The 4.7 offshore quake that happened just after that was about 42 miles deep

[Art_from_Ark]

36. Yahoo Japan map showing where the earthquake was felt

Red, violet and orange show the strongest intensities.

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[Bonobo]

6. My twitter friends said it was scary. Lost power. You okay? nt

[Art_from_Ark]

9. I'm OK

But I'm a bit "shaken up", to say the least :scared:

[Raschel]

15. I don't know how you can take it. You've been going though hell over there.

[Art_from_Ark]

29. It's been pretty rough, for sure

And now I have to try to get some sleep, because it's now past midnight here in shaky Japan.

[Bosonic]

7. Just popped up on USGS

Out at sea, hopefully any Tsunami's are much smaller this time.

Magnitude 7.4

Location 38.200°N, 142.000°E
Depth 40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program
Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances

98 km (61 miles) E (93°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
144 km (90 miles) ENE (68°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
159 km (99 miles) NE (37°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan
345 km (215 miles) NE (35°) from TOKYO, Japan

[KurtNYC]

16. so under the ocean therefore tsunami ?

[Bosonic]

20. Probably

Although nowhere near the tsunami generated by the 9.0 earthquake I would have thought.

[Raschel]

8. Oh crap.

My thoughts and prayers are with the Japanese people.

[Greybnk48]

10. Those poor people have been through hell and back

and it just won't stop. :cry:

[thewiseguy]

11. USGS is now showing two 7.4 earthquakes in the same spot?

One shallower than the other and the shallower one is way closer to Sendai. Hmmm...

[Art_from_Ark]

24. Yahoo Japan is showing a 4.7 occurring near the 7.4

both off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture

http://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/

[lutefisk]

18. link to NHK "on air" reporting

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/

[stockholmer]

21. NOAA / NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Center link w/ map

http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=2&id=hawaii.2011.04.07.144221

[Ganja Ninja]

22. So what happens if a tsunami throws radioactive seawater up on land?

:hide:

[thewiseguy]

23. Oh crap I did not even think of that. Lets hope there is not a Tsunami.

Or all that radioactive seawater is going to wash up on land....

[Raschel]

26. Fukishima employees evacuated.

[Art_from_Ark]

30. Damn

I doubt if I'll be able to get any sleep tonight, with both that and the earthquake on my mind now

[Raschel]

32. Heard on TV that an initial wave came in already. Hopefully it will stay small.

CNN (I think) was interviewing a man over in Japan by phone and he said his hands were shaking and he wouldn't be going back to sleep tonight.

Art, I am over in the midwest of the US and the night I saw the tsunami I had a very hard time sleeping myself.

You are in my prayers. (really)

[Raschel]

28. Not just the ocean water, but the water inside for cooling. :(

[Mrs. Overall]

25. CNN reporting that the workers at Fukushima plant have been evacuated.

[MelissaB]

31. Things continue to get worse over there.

:cry: :wow:

[malaise]

33. I fel it for the people of Japan

[Rex]

34. Dam. 7.4 is BIG.

Stay safe.

[marions ghost]

35. you & yours

:grouphug:

I hope people are staying away from tsunami zones.

[Kablooie]

37. In LA I' ve been through 6.8 and 7.1. Those were very strong. Japan's must be terrifying.

[Art_from_Ark]

38. Aftershock this morning

Magnitude 3.6, occurring at about 4:45 am, with an epicenter about 30 miles west of here. Fortunately, there does not appear to be any damage from this one.

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[Art_from_Ark]

39. Another aftershock this morning

Magnitude 4.1, centered about 30 miles from my house, in about the same place as yesterday's aftershock.

This morning's aftershock:

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Yesterday morning's aftershock:

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