Japan hit by a 6.9 Quake.

ABC news is reporting that a 40 foot Tsunami is imminent as it was/ is an offshore quake..waiting for updates

[edit on 14-11-2005 by siriuslyone]

Japan has a very good Tsunami alert system, one of the best in the whole world I would say.

Bad luck with this earthquake they had a 7.2 not to long ago

news.bbc.co.uk...

I dont think anyone even died in that one.

Found these links on the earthquake.

www.foxnews.com...

www.cnn.com...

www.alertnet.org...



[edit on 14-11-2005 by Mindwalker]

Thats awful, but they do have a great alert system. I hope they can get to a safe place.

Originally posted by ShadowXIX
Japan has a very good Tsunami alert system, one of the best in the whole world I would say.

Bad luck with this earthquake they had a 7.2 not to long ago

news.bbc.co.uk...

I dont think anyone even died in that one.

That makes be feel better.
Leave it up to our Oriental friends to be prepared..

It seems like there's no tsunami threat. The U.S. says the quake wasn't powerful enough to create a Pacific-wide threat and Japan already got hit by a local tsunami that was only 4 inches high, according to the BBC article.

www.sky.com...

link to skynews also

EARTHQUAKE on 14/11/2005 at 21:38 (UTC)
OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 289 km SE Shirahama

MAGNITUDE: mb 7.2

Data provided by: GFZ GII INGV LED LJU NEIC SED SKO SOF ZAMG

Latitude = 38.15 N
Longitude = 144.95 E
Origin Time = 21:38:49.9 (UTC)
Depth = 10 Km
RMS = 0.81 sec
Gap = 36 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 5.0 Km
- Semi minor = 3.2 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 172 degrees


www.emsc-csem.org...








[edit on 14-11-2005 by asala]

Originally posted by djohnsto77
It seems like there's no tsunami threat. The U.S. says the quake wasn't powerful enough to create a Pacific-wide threat and Japan already got hit by a local tsunami that was only 4 inches high, according to the BBC article.

Looks like news 'jumped the gun.'

Originally posted by siriuslyone

That makes be feel better.
Leave it up to our Oriental friends to be prepared..

I could only imagine how many people might have been saved if the countries that got hit by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami had one like Japans in place.

I wish the West coast of the US and Canada had one that good

[edit on 14-11-2005 by ShadowXIX]