Japan earthquake ; 6.2

[Gert van der Hoek]

Satsuma, Mukurazaki magnitude 6. and 6.3 "moderate" , so probably not very serious?

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lcaq.php

No further details.

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Japan earthquake ; 6.0

Re: Japan earthquake ; 6.0

Summary

On 9/3/2009 1:26:18 PM UTC an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 and depth 161.5km has struck an highly populated area in the Kyushu Province (population: 13.2 million) in Japan. GDACS estimates the likelihood for need of international humanitarian intervention to be low (Green alert).

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact since the affected region is highly populated and has high resilience for natural disasters.

The earthquake 68km from the city of Kagoshima. The nearest populated places are [None]. It is a mountainous region with a maximum altitude of 1787 m.

http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?ev...sgard&location=JPN&alertlevel=Green&glide_no=

 

[Shiloh]

Re: Japan earthquake ; 6.0

Re: Japan earthquake ; 6.0

Source: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009lcaq.php

Magnitude 6.2 - KYUSHU, JAPAN
2009 September 03 13:26:18 UTC

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time

* Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 13:26:18 UTC
* Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 10:26:18 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 31.128?N, 130.051?E
Depth 161.5 km (100.4 miles)
Region KYUSHU, JAPAN
Distances 70 km (45 miles) SW of Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan
160 km (100 miles) WSW of Miyazaki, Kyushu, Japan
760 km (470 miles) SSE of SEOUL, South Korea
1035 km (640 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 6.3 km (3.9 miles); depth +/- 5.3 km (3.3 miles)
Parameters NST=234, Nph=240, Dmin=234.9 km, Rmss=0.79 sec, Gp= 50?,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID us2009lcaq

 

[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Japan earthquake ; 6.2

It seems an earthquake of this magnitude is normal in Japan, no problems reported sofar.