Japan - Major Earthquake Magnitude 9.0 on Mar 11, Sanriku Oki (7.2 on March 9) - Official number of dead and missing 28,000+ - March 8 - March 26

[makoto]

Tsunami Information

jma http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20110309114709453-091145.html

 

[Pathfinder]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

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Magnitude 7.2 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 09 02:45:18 UTC


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• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

<TABLE id=parameters summary="Earthquake Details"><TBODY><TR><TH>Magnitude</TH><TD>7.2</TD></TR><TR><TH>Date-Time</TH><TD>

• Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:45:18 UTC
• Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:45:18 AM at epicenter

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location</TH><TD>38.510?N, 142.792?E</TD></TR><TR><TH>Depth</TH><TD>14.1 km (8.8 miles)</TD></TR><TR><TH>Region</TH><TD>NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN</TD></TR><TR><TH>Distances</TH><TD>

• 169 km (105 miles) E (80?) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
• 196 km (122 miles) SE (133?) from Morioka, Honshu, Japan
• 221 km (137 miles) ENE (66?) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
• 416 km (258 miles) NE (40?) from TOKYO, Japan

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Location Uncertainty</TH><TD>horizontal +/- 12.8 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 1.8 km (1.1 miles)</TD></TR><TR><TH>Parameters</TH><TD>NST=464, Nph=469, Dmin=390.7 km, Rmss=1.06 sec, Gp= 29?,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=B
</TD></TR><TR><TH>Source</TH><TD>

• USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

</TD></TR><TR><TH>Event ID</TH><TD>usb0001r57</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0001r57.php

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Almonst 6 million people are subject to moderate shaking with light damage.

See: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/b0001r57/index.html

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[AlaskaDenise]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Aftershock:

Magnitude 5.6

Date-Time Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:57:16 UTC
Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:57:16 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 38.402?N, 142.825?E

Depth 17.5 km (10.9 miles)

Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Distances

170 km (106 miles) E (84?) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
207 km (128 miles) SE (134?) from Morioka, Honshu, Japan
219 km (136 miles) ENE (69?) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
409 km (254 miles) NE (41?) from TOKYO, Japan

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0001r5n.php

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[AlaskaDenise]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Japan issues tsunami warning after 7.2 earthquake

TOKYO: Japan issued a tsunami warning Wednesday after a major 7.2-magnitude quake struck 160 kilometres east off the main Honshu island at 0245 GMT, swaying buildings in the capital Tokyo.

A tsunami warning of up to 50 cm was issued for northeastern Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Tohoku Electric Power said its Onagawa nuclear plant was operating normally after the quake. Tokyo Electric Power also said there was no impact on its power plants in the region.

read more at: http://www.dawn.com/2011/03/09/japan-issues-tsunami-warning-after-7-2-earthquake.html

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[makoto]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Japan earthquake update: Tsunami warning issued for Iwate Miyaga Fukushima but no major damage expected

-Kyodo

 

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

MAP 5.0 2011/03/09 03:19:00 38.795 142.962 19.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.2 2011/03/09 03:08:35 38.339 143.097 24.4 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.6 2011/03/09 02:57:16 38.402 142.825 17.5 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.2 2011/03/09 02:45:18 38.510 142.792 14.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

as of 03:37;45 UTC

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[makoto]

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Magnitude 7.3 quake hits Sanriku region

....At 12:16 PM, a 60-centimeter tsunami was observed at Ofunato port in Iwate.

The agency is advising people to stay away from the coast and river mouths.
Police say there are as yet no reports of damage.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:48 +0900 (JST)
nhk world http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_23.html

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.3 Sanriku Oki

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.3 Sanriku Oki

Powerful quake hits Sanriku, causes tsunami

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Japan's northern Pacific coast on late Wednesday morning.

The Meteorological Agency says some parts of Miyagi Prefecture were jolted by tremors with the intensity of 5 minus on the Japanese scale of zero to 7 at around 11:45 AM local time....

nhk world http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/09_26.html

M7.3 quake rocks northeastern Japan

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 rocked northeastern Japan shortly before noon on Wednesday, measuring lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in northern Miyagi Prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, revising its earlier magnitude measurement of 7.2....

(Mainichi Japan) March 9, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110309p2g00m0dm017000c.html

Strong quake jolts northeastern Japan, sparking tsunami warning

A strong earthquake jolted northeastern Japan shortly before noon on March 9, sparking a tsunami warning....

(Mainichi Japan) March 9, 2011 http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110309p2a00m0na005000c.html

 

[makoto]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

00:17 Tsunami at Kesennuma port
00:45 TV station at Akita
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[makoto]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.3 Sanriku Oki

Tsunami Information

Tsunami advisory issued for Fukushima coastal area

A strong earthquake struck northern Japan on Thursday morning, sparking a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coastal region of Fukushima Prefecture. The meteorological agency lifted the alert about an hour later....

nhk world http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/10_10.html

 

[makoto]

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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

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[makoto]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

shake shake

 

[makoto]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

The portable telephone went dead in Tokyo

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.9 Sanriku Oki

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[makoto]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.9 Sanriku Oki

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.9 Sanriku Oki

 

[makoto]

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.9 Sanriku Oki

Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.9 Sanriku Oki

odaiba, tokyo

kudanshita, tokyo

ginza ,tokyo

sendai, miyagi

sendai, miyagi

photo mbs tv, jiji com, mainichi jp,

 

[makoto]

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[Michael Coston]

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Re: Japan - Magnitude 7.2 Sanriku Oki

Live streaming video from NHK World with English news commentary is available at:



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





In the hour or so since the major quake, several very strong aftershocks have been reported.