7.9 | |
Date-Time |
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Location | 38.322°N, 142.369°E |
Depth | 24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program |
Region | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
Distances |
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Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program |
Parameters | NST=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 |
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Event ID | usc0001xgp |
Comments
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...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.
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".
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.