http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/11/markets/world_markets/index.htm

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134464397

Coast moved 8 feet, earth's rotation sped up 1.6 microseconds.

It "...caused a rupture 186 miles long and 93 miles wide in the sea floor 80 miles off the eastern coast of Japan. It happened 15 miles beneath the sea floor. The force of the quake was so strong that it moved the island of Honshu 8 feet to the east, said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut. It sped up the Earth's rotation by 1.6 microseconds, according to NASA.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110311/WIRE/110319867/-1/features?Title=Japan-quake-moved-coast-8-feet-but-nation-ready

http://www.startribune.com/science/117823073.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-1365380/Japan-earthquake-latest-travel-advice.html

"The quake struck at a depth of six miles, about 80 miles off the eastern coast, Japan’s meteorological agency said. The area is 240 miles (380km) north east of Tokyo."

http://e.nikkei.com/e/fr/tnks/Nni20110311D11JFA11.htm

"The major earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on Friday had the hallmarks of an interplate quake, which occurs at the boundary between two tectonic plates."

"At the area near the epicenter, the North American plate, on which part of the Japanese archipelago lies, slips under the Pacific plate. The temblor was likely triggered when the North American plate snapped upward, releasing the accumulated strain.

"The earthquake occurred near the site of another tremor that shook Miyagi Prefecture on Wednesday, so the earlier quake may have been a foreshock, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

"There aren't many instances in which such a large earthquake occurs right after a magnitude 7-class quake," said an official at the agency. "This is a highly unusual case.

"The agency warns that aftershocks registering around magnitude 7 could take place over the next month.

...

"The plate may have shifted over a stretch of several hundred kilometers along the fault on Friday, according to the agency, with some experts putting the figure at upwards of 400-500km."

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110311/WIRE/110319867/-1/features?p=2&tc=pg

"The quake was caused when one giant tectonic plate was shoved under another, the type of movement that produces the biggest earthquakes. It's the same kind of quake that caused the devastating 2004 Indonesian tsunami.

...

"The quake happened at the intersection of the North American and Pacific plates in the northwestern chunk of the "Ring of Fire," in an area that "has been incredibly quiet," Applegate said."

Many of you may be feeling a crescendo of energy building here, we want to focus, build, magnify and then send this energy toward the intentions you are holding in your hearts.

Meet me in the ECC Meditation Blog, and let's share our hearts for the highest good of all humanity, in this time of need.

Just show up and start expressing your intentions.  Then in one hour we will sit together and send these intentions into the cosmos, to the Pacific Rim, to Japan, to the people there, to the people we love....

Silence will be at 20:15 MST, 8:15PM, until then let me hear your hearts, and share your grace.

This blog is just an announcement it is close to comments.  Please meet me in the ECC Meditation Blog.

Blessings to all, Sha-lom, Peace, and Namaste' 

Grace

edina

ECC Meditation Room/Blog

THE GREAT QUAKE OF JAPAN... 8.9 MAG CAUSES CHAOS... BBC LIVE... REUTERS LIVE MAPS, DETAILS... KYODO WIRE... NHK... Hundreds of bodies found... Over 1,000 Feared Dead... Dam breaks, washes away homes... Agency: North American plate snapped upward... SKY LIVE... VIDEO... PHOTOS... HUGE WHIRLPOOL CREATED... Thousands roam Tokyo streets... Cruise ship, entire train missing... CITY HALF SUBMERGED, HALF IN FLAMES... VIDEO: Skyscrapers swaying...

http://drudgereport.com/

An all-hands mission has been called for tonight, no matter your contact point.  Be prepared.  This will be on-going for the foreseeable future.

For those not contactees, start sending positive energy to Japan by way of light, love, prayers, whatever means at your disposal.  Everybody can help!

"Scientists warned that the first tsunami waves are not always the strongest, and officials said people in Hawaii and along the West Coast should remain vigilant. Tsunami warnings continued in California and Oregon, but were downgraded to an advisory in Hawaii, and Gov. Neil Abercrombie said the islands were "fortunate almost beyond words."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2014468785_apusjapanearthquakepacific27thldwritethru.html

http://us.mg1.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.gx=1&.rand=6f2jivkv4tmhg

From Pat at survivepx....

Magnitude 6.2 - NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 11 18:59:15 UTC

• Details
• Maps

Earthquake Details

• This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

I know that farmers have utilized the farmer's almanac for planting their gardens.  This information was derived by the season, the moon cycle, and the sun cycles.  Which I may have be redundant. Anyway,  it would stand to reason that this would be different now and is anyone calculating the differences? and how we need to adjust our planting? 

I am no farmer or gardener so help me out here. 

With the 8.9 magnitude earth quake in Japan last evening I ask myself if the New Madrid fault line is next.  It has been predicted here, and on other sites, by many people including myself, that something big would coincide with the full moon of March 19th and the fact that the moon will be at it's closest point to the earth, during a full moon, since 2005.  What are the thoughts of the members of this ning.  I, for one, am on high alert as I had told myself any earthquake above 8 points in Japan would signal the beginning of the domino effect wrapping around the world.  I know that there are those on the PS site who had thought the tipping of South America would be the trigger.  I have always thought that it would start in Japan and then move to the New Madrid.  At the risk of rambling I will post this to get the opinions of all of our members!

Blessings,

Stevan/Coedwig