Magnitude 6.9 - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

This is quite a big one in Japan

earthquake.usgs.gov...

Magnitude 6.9
Date-Time

Saturday, February 02, 2013 at 14:17:34 UTC
Saturday, February 02, 2013 at 11:17:34 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 42.812°N, 143.078°E
Depth 103.1 km (64.1 miles)
Region HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
Distances 15 km (9 miles) SW of Obihiro, Japan
22 km (13 miles) SSW of Otofuke, Japan
78 km (48 miles) NE of Shizunai, Japan
82 km (50 miles) SE of Shimo-furano, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 14.6 km (9.1 miles); depth +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles)
Parameters NST=583, Nph=583, Dmin=89.1 km, Rmss=0.67 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source

Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc000f03a

reply to post by NeoSpace


Seems everything is ok.

Reuters

No tsunami was seen as a result of the quake and there were no reports of damage to local police as of 11:30 p.m. (1430 GMT), about 10 minutes after the quake occurred, public broadcaster NHK said.

There were no abnormalities at Tohoku Electric Power Co's Higashidori nuclear plant in northern Japan, NHK said, citing the utility.

No injuries or damage reported as of yet.

Hopefully everyone is okay.

It was pretty deep, so hopefully there isn't much damage. I would be more concerned if the quake would have been shallower.

S&F

yeah baby you know it

Was chatting to a friend at the time and they mentioned it, they don't mention them all so it must of been a bit larger than normal, but they weren't concerned at all and went on to chatting about other random stuff right after, and they're in tokyo.

Oh. Another thread mentioning earthquakes in Japan.

Next up : It's raining in London.