8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.9 2011/03/11 05:46:00 38.000 142.900 10.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN


USGS has two 7.9 quakes listed - seconds apart.

Full watch/warning info. The entire pacific is in trouble with this one. At least as far East as Hawaii.

000
WEPA40 PHEB 110555
TSUPAC
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0555Z 11 MAR 2011
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... A TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH ARE IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR:
GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. /
BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA /
PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NAURU / HAWAII

FOR ALL OTHER AREAS COVERED BY THIS BULLETIN... IT IS FOR
INFORMATION ONLY AT THIS TIME.

THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY
NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND
ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
REPORTED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.

ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.0 NORTH 142.9 EAST
DEPTH - 10 KM
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.9

EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS
BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION. AN EARTHQUAKE OF THIS
SIZE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GENERATE A DESTRUCTIVE TSUNAMI THAT CAN
STRIKE COASTLINES NEAR THE EPICENTER WITHIN MINUTES AND MORE
DISTANT COASTLINES WITHIN HOURS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS CENTER
WILL MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA FROM GAUGES NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE TO
DETERMINE IF A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED AND ESTIMATE THE SEVERITY OF
THE THREAT.

ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME
JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0635Z 11 MAR
KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0642Z 11 MAR
HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0700Z 11 MAR
SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0756Z 11 MAR
OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0912Z 11 MAR

RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0714Z 11 MAR
SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0834Z 11 MAR
PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0836Z 11 MAR
UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0840Z 11 MAR
MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0903Z 11 MAR

MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0757Z 11 MAR

N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0853Z 11 MAR

GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0909Z 11 MAR

WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0925Z 11 MAR

TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0932Z 11 MAR
HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0933Z 11 MAR
TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0936Z 11 MAR
CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1004Z 11 MAR

YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0944Z 11 MAR

PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 0955Z 11 MAR
LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1026Z 11 MAR
DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1053Z 11 MAR

MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1013Z 11 MAR
KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1044Z 11 MAR
MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1124Z 11 MAR

BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1025Z 11 MAR

MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1026Z 11 MAR

POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1027Z 11 MAR

CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1034Z 11 MAR

KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1043Z 11 MAR

INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1049Z 11 MAR

BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1058Z 11 MAR

WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1110Z 11 MAR

MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1118Z 11 MAR

PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1124Z 11 MAR

JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1135Z 11 MAR

SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1135Z 11 MAR

PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1124Z 11 MAR
KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1124Z 11 MAR
VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1134Z 11 MAR
WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1146Z 11 MAR
RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1154Z 11 MAR
NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1149Z 11 MAR

BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER IF CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE.
THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
CHINA SEA REGION. IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.

www.weather.gov...

30 ft wave going where,Hawaii?Futher

Originally posted by rinowilli
Not the brightest bulb but if these two eqs are legit does that make a case for two seperate tsunamis?....thoughts?

Beat me to it. Wouldn't this cause two separate
ripples? Is this the kind of event that displaces
water? I'm not too hip on this, so please pardon
my ignorance.

reply to post by kdog1982

Tsunami watch for Hawaii. It is not yet known if a tsunami was generated.

TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
756 PM HST THU MAR 10 2011
TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WATCH
A TSUNAMI WATCH IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT
0756 PM HST.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.0 NORTH 142.9 EAST
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.9 MOMENT
EVALUATION
BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A TSUNAMI MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY
THIS EARTHQUAKE THAT COULD BE DESTRUCTIVE ON COASTAL AREAS EVEN
FAR FROM THE EPICENTER. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE
IF THERE IS A TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.
IF TSUNAMI WAVES IMPACT HAWAII THE ESTIMATED EARLIEST ARRIVAL OF
THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS
0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011
MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

www.weather.gov...

My cousin in Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa, Japan posted on Face Book that it was intense!
Weird...the other week I told my boyfriend to predict a date that a big Quake would hit this month, I said March 11, he said March 15, knew I would be right on mine for some reason!

www.foxnews.com...

A little more info on warnings and what not.

reply to post by don rumsfeld


looks like usgs just removed one....

Watching vid on cnn,not good at all
showing a bunch of cars floating in water on the coast of japan

reply to post by Ear-Responsible


Thanks ear, that didnt really set me at ease

This is what the LA Times is reporting...

LA TIMES

Japan's meteorological agency warns that a tsunami as high as 20 feet could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicenter.

It's amazing, wasn't it just yesterday that millions of fish washed up in California. I am definately in the mindset that Earth changes is the reason for sudden animal die offs.

Oh and USGS has now changed it to 1 7.9 earthquake, so that's good. Less chance for major damage and extra tsunami waves.

Anyone think this has anything to do w/ the upcoming super moon?

News channels are showing pictures of cars near a coast in the water...they aren't being really clear as to where that is at.

Looks like water is up to second floors of buildings...crazy.

Showing it live on cnn ships floating buildings floating under bridges

Originally posted by kdog1982
Watching vid on cnn,not good at all
showing a bunch of cars floating in water on the coast of japan

edit on 11-3-2011 by kdog1982 because: (no reason given)

Where are you seeing this vid? I'm on the CNN website, and can't find any video...?
Derp...nvm.

Originally posted by kdog1982
Showing it live on cnn ships floating buildings floating under bridges

Looks like the bridge is about to go...or maybe half of it already did....hard to tell.


Seems like the Tsunami will be worse than the earthquake itself.

Saw it on the local news in LA that 10' waves just hit, but not sure where
as I was in the other room.

Where is this vid on CNN?

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