Breaking news : 8.1 quake hits Japan(Tsunami coming)

News at it comes in

An 8.1 quake has hit Japan! Tsunami is on its way... People have been told to flee the coastal areas,

links will follow,

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[edit on 11-15-2006 by Springer]

I saw on sky news the tsunami is going to hit 12.10 GMT time 17 minutes! from posting this.
What effect is this going to have?
At least they have this time to do something.

news.sky.com...

Japan Tsunami Warning
A tsunami is set to hit north and eastern Japan.
Meteorological experts say the giant waves are expected at 1210 GMT.
More follows ...

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news.sky.com...

www.alertnet.org...

TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR PART OF NORTHERN JAPAN -- NHK TELEVISION An 8.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Kurile Islands and a tsunami warning issued for the eastern part of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, on Wednesday.

said to have occoured in the ocean,

The damage of this will depend on how close and how deep this was,

My thoughts are with all there,

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Warnings have now gone to the Russian coasts to also stay clear,

I was looking for other news sources, and whats strange is this article about a tsunami that hit japan exactly 1 year and one day to this link provided.

www.foxnews.com...

Monday, November 14, 2005

TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook northern Japan early Tuesday, triggering a small tsunami that struck coastal towns about 200 miles from the epicenter. There were no immediate reports of damage.

The tsunami is reported as being about 6ft so far and sadly if thats the case it will grow according to experts as it gets closer,

Hi All,

Here is a link to the USGS info on the earthquake. It happened right off the Kuril Islands. USGS INFO I saw on the news (one of the 24hour shows) that they expect the waves to be six feet high. It was displayed on a breaking news banner, but they werent talking about it at the time.

I do hope they are wrong though, and I am a bit upset that I cant find more info on what is going on. I am still searching though.

WARNING : These parameters are preliminary and subject to revision.
Location and magnitude estimations may be revised if necessary in
an INFORMATION message.
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EARTHQUAKE on 15/11/2006 at 11:14 (UTC)
KURIL ISLANDS 137 km S Sarychevo

MAGNITUDE: Mw 7.7

Data provided by: BUC GFZ INGV LDG LED LJU NEIC NOR ZAMG

Latitude = 46.84 N
Longitude = 153.36 E
Origin Time = 11:14:16.5 (UTC)
Depth = 33 Km
RMS = 1.17 sec
Gap = 65 degrees
95% confidence ellipse: - Semi major = 11.8 Km
- Semi minor = 4.6 Km
- Azimuth of major axis = 6 degrees

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this is the info from EMSC email,

Japan news channel,

www.nhk.or.jp...

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The wave could reach eastern Hokkaido at 9:10 PM, and areas along the Okhotsk Sea at 9:20.

just taking the lateset ticker info from the NHK news


TSUNAMI ALERT has just been upgraded, for Northan Japan and Russia,

more as follows...




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The tsunami warning includes Alaska and BC coastlines and puts the entire west coast on advisory...

TSUWCA

BULLETIN
TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 2
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
410 AM PST WED NOV 15 2006

...A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT WHICH INCLUDES THE ALASKA
COASTAL AREAS FROM DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA TO ATTU ALASKA...

...A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE BRITISH COLUMBIA
AND ALASKA COASTAL AREAS FROM THE NORTH TIP OF VANCOUVER I.
BRITISH COLUMBIA TO DUTCH HARBOR ALASKA...

...AT THIS TIME THIS MESSAGE IS ADVISORY ONLY FOR OTHER
AREAS OF CALIFORNIA - OREGON - WASHINGTON - AND BRITISH
COLUMBIA...

EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN - REPEAT NOT KNOWN - IF A TSUNAMI EXISTS BUT A
TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED. THEREFORE PERSONS IN LOW-
LYING COASTAL AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO INSTRUCTIONS FROM THEIR
LOCAL EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. PERSONS ON THE BEACH SHOULD MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND IF IN A WARNED AREA. TSUNAMIS ARE A SERIES OF
WAVES WHICH COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE
INITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.

And they have just had a 6.4 aftershock at nearly the same location.

water levels in Betsiki (Could be spelt wrong) has dropped 30cm its a fishing village


looks like it may hit there shortly?

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The aftershocks are coming like crazy. I think we're on our third one now.

6.4
5.7
6.3

First wave now hits nemuro Half a meter high, this is a fishing village, population of about 30,000

looks like they may be ok, Depending on the power of this wave,

Six foot high waves are nothing to worry about, we get them here all the time.

This is kind of different, the quake cause's a different force behind the wave, so it speeds up and that's what causes the damage,

this tsunami will get bigger and the next 20 Min's are more critical there will also be more than one wave,

There is a list of arival times at this link

wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov...

It says that just because they put the times on there, it doesnt mean a wave is imminant. But my understanding is that if there is a wave this is the list of times it will arive and where.

thanks mrs.

2nd small tsunami hits kushiro on Hokaido in Japan,

I hadn't seen this when I posted the link in the Quake watch thread, here is the BBC version:

news.bbc.co.uk...

it says 40cm high now, earlier estimate was of 2metres.

You can see it on the sismic charts, this one of Rainier:

www.pnsn.org...

Look near the bottom, in black. It seems a quite long earthquake. oops, that may be the wrong one. One of them must be though. How long does it take to get there?

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Japan meterorological Agency: 3 more small waves hit North JApan,