Tsunami alert as 6.8 earthquake hits Japan

[groober2011]

http://rt.com/news/japan-earthquake-tsunami-alert-541/

Published: 14 March, 2012, 13:29

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck off the northeastern coast of Japan. The national meteorological agency has issued a tsunami advisory. Later it was canceled. The quake happened at a depth of some 10 km. Kyodo news agency says the earthquake has reportedly left Japan’s nuclear facilities unscathed.


The tsunami warning was meant for the coastal Aomori and Iwate prefectures as well as central and eastern Hokkaido coast. The authorities advised residents of the coastal areas to evacuate to higher ground.


The estimate put the height of the tsunami at about half a meter. Two waves measuring 20 and 10 cm respectively reached the Japanese coast, according to NHK TV channel. The tsunami alert was later canceled.

Wednesday’s tremor came just days after Japan marked the anniversary of the March 11, 2011 disaster. At the time, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the strongest seismic event to ever hit the country, triggered a massive tsunami.


The disaster killed almost 15,900 people in Japan and badly damaged the Fukushima nuclear power plant, causing the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

 

[groober2011]

Another source mentioned the quake being 7.4 magnitude.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...rs-tsunami-alert/story-e6frea8l-1226299777055

 

[Bigfuck]

Another source mentioned the quake being 7.4 magnitude.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...rs-tsunami-alert/story-e6frea8l-1226299777055

Why you so worked up? It is in the numbers. More good ones to come. Better early than later.

 

[erection2015]

hope nothing as bad as the recent one..... Some of our forum guys are there i think.

Another source mentioned the quake being 7.4 magnitude.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/...rs-tsunami-alert/story-e6frea8l-1226299777055

 

[groober2011]

Further to the initial post, dire warnings had been issued out for those living near earthquake-prone areas. Just be aware that last year, there were several minor earthquakes before the 9.0 that happened at Fukushima and the subsequent tsunami.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

COMING CRISIS ALERT: Swarm of quakes strike Japan and Pacific region, with potential for more -- March 14, 2012


A swarm of quakes has struck in the Pacific region, particularly off Japan. The first of the Japanese quakes was measured as a 7.0 mag, but was later reduced to a 6.8. However, many stations in the area reported the quake as a 8.0 or 8.1 magnitude event. The second major quake was a 7.x+, but for reasons unknown, was removed from USGS servers (it still exists on Japanese monitoring sites, leading us to believe that it did, in fact, occur just seconds after the initial quake).

We are issuing an alert out of concern that this swarm may lead to another major earthquake event in the Pacific, or near Japan. During the 3/11 event, a similar swarm with two major quakes was the precursor to the 9.0 magnitude event and the subsequent tsunami that killed 20,000 individuals. Japanese scientists have also expressed concern as of late that Japan may indeed be gearing up for another major seismic event, Tokyo in particular.