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7.9
Date-Time
  • Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
  • Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter
Location38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program
RegionNEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
  • 130 km (81 miles) E (86°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan
  • 179 km (111 miles) ENE (68°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
  • 188 km (117 miles) SE (145°) from Morioka, Honshu, Japan
  • 376 km (234 miles) NE (37°) from TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertaintyhorizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
ParametersNST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.46 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source
Event IDusc0001xgp
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  • The impact of the earthquake that hit Japan this morning shifted the earth’s rotation axis is nearly 10 inches. It’s the preliminary result of studies carried out by INGV, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

    According to Richard Gross, a geophysicist at NASA, the Earth’s rotation rate is increased causing a shortening of 1.6 microseconds duration of the day.

    http://lightworkers.org/blog/126810/axis-shift-and-volcanic-eruptio...
  • YouTube video-Japan Tsumami hits Bay area, Marin County (California) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc4CwxC8FQs
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp-39kqACo4&feature=player_embedded

     

    nice clip of unfolding early warning system in operation

  • Map of damage from Japan earthquake

    http://www.nytimes.com/packages/flash/newsgraphics/2011/0311-japan-...

  • Its the sign I have been waiting for.

  • There are some at SIUE that is calling it a 9.1Mag just said on Fox news @ STL
  • Of course now we have heard that the EQ has been upgraded to an 8.9 which was followed by a tsunami.  There are tsunami warnings up and down the west coasts of the Americas and Hawaii!  Pray for our Japanese brothers and sisters!  For many of us on this site this was one of our early warnings for our moves to our safe places.

    Blessings,

    Coedwig/Steve

  • This is being looked at as "A great quake".

     

    Japan’s earthquake will be considered a great quake,” said Dale Grant, a geophysicist with the US Geological Survey in Golden, Colo. “Japan has never seen this before.”

    Any quake above an 8 in magnitude is considered a great quake, Grant said. Damage can span from hundreds to thousands of miles.

    The quake was centered about 80 miles east of Japan.

    A few days earlier, Japan was hit with a 7.2 earthquake that many are saying was the precursor to today’s quake, he said.

    “A 7.2 quake has 80 or 90 times less energy than an 8.9 quake,” he said.

    As of 3 a.m., there were at least 12 aftershocks following the earthquake, with the highest aftershocks measuring 7.1 and 6.8, Grant said.

    “This is what we’d expecte from an 8.9 earthquake.”

    The greater concern is the tsunami that was triggered by the quake, he said. “Tsunamis can travel up to 450 miles per hour,” he said.

    “Warnings have been issued for the Hawaiian Islands,” he said. “We’ll probably see an impact.”

    The biggest earthquakes in recent history occurred last year in Chile at 8.8 and in 2004 in Indonesia at 9.1, Grant said.

    cxsmith@tribune.com

  • This is showing the swam of quakes that happen today sorted by magnitude within time.

     

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  • Yes, there is 2/3 white background and the effect is global and not localized to the Japan area showing a major wobble suddenly occurred.  Two quakes back to back within a week or so but shallow in depth.  Christchurch and then this.  When these happen in the ocean away from land masses or unpopulated areas not much is said about them, but that has now changed.
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