Tokyo earthquake reports - Japan prelim magnitude 7.3 - off Fukushima (Tsunami Imminent)

Earthquake hit at 6:01 a.m. local time
Depth reported at 10km
"Evacuate immediately from coastal regions and riverside areas to a safer place such as high ground or an evacuation building"
Tsunami to stroke within minutes says NHK
Height up to 3 metres on coast of Fukushima - NHK

news.forexlive.com...!/tokyo-earthquake-reports-20161121

This is not looking good for Fukishima! Tsunami imminent. Lets hope this doesn't become catastrophic as it has just happened.

Holy crappers the earth is falling apart. I hope not many casualties. I may never eat sea food again. Very sad.

a reply to: GreatWay

WEAK53 PAAQ 212110
TIBAK1

Tsunami Information Statement Number 1
NWS National Tsunami Warning Center Palmer AK
110 PM PST Mon Nov 21 2016

...THIS IS A TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT FOR ALASKA, BRITISH
COLUMBIA, WASHINGTON, OREGON AND CALIFORNIA...

EVALUATION
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* There is no tsunami danger for the areas listed above.

* Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records
the earthquake was not sufficient to generate a tsunami.

* An earthquake has occurred with parameters listed below.


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
---------------------------------
* The following parameters are based on a rapid preliminary
assessment and changes may occur.

* Magnitude 7.3
* Origin Time 1200 AKST Nov 21 2016
1300 PST Nov 21 2016
2100 UTC Nov 21 2016
* Coordinates 37.3 North 141.6 East
* Depth 6 miles
* Location near the east coast of Honshu, Japan


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND NEXT UPDATE
--------------------------------------
* Refer to the internet site ntwc.arh.noaa.gov for
additional information.

* Pacific coastal regions outside California, Oregon,
Washington, British Columbia and Alaska should refer to the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center messages at ptwc.weather.gov.

* This will be the only U.S. National Tsunami Warning center
message for this event unless additional information becomes
available.

$$

Tsunami warning center

a reply to: GreatWay

Praying for everyone affected! I hope this doesn't mess with that already f***ed situation over there. This is just awful

a reply to: GreatWay

Your link isn't working. This is breaking now on TV too.

EDIT:

They're saying waves expected to be a meter in height. It's 6:30 am in Japan. Hopefully people have heard warning sirens are quickly moving to higher ground.

a reply to: GreatWay

Google is saying it was a 4.6 or 4.5?

www.google.com...=tokyo+earthquake

Hope they weren't doing anything delicate.

Bloomberg reports:

7.3 has struck off the coast of Fukushima prefecture in Japan. A tsunami warning for waves of up to three meters (10 feet) has been issued.

Yikes.



jma reports:

Tsunami Warnings have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:

*FUKUSHIMA PREF.

Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan:

PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
IWATE PREF.
MIYAGI PREF.
IBARAKI PREF.
KUJUKURI AND SOTOBO AREA, CHIBA PREF.

Tsunamis are expected to arrive imminently in the following coastal regions of Japan (coastal regions above with asterisks):
FUKUSHIMA PREF.

Livestream link:

Livestream

Hearing all nuclear plants have been taken off line and are preparing....not that this gives me much comfort.

a reply to: Vasa Croe

I had no idea there are more nuclear plants in this area. This could be bad.

a reply to: Vasa Croe

The water looks so calm in the livestream. How frightening that the waves could come to land any moment.

Tsunami has been observed 20 KM from seaside at this point.....its coming.

now saying 6.9 10 foot waves

originally posted by: Vasa Croe
Tsunami has been observed 20 KM from seaside at this point.....its coming.

Wow that is intense...

10 feet?

That could probably do some damage I would think.

Is anywhere else gonna get hit?

originally posted by: GoShredAK

originally posted by: Vasa Croe
Tsunami has been observed 20 KM from seaside at this point.....its coming.

Wow that is intense...

10 feet?

That could probably do some damage I would think.

Is anywhere else gonna get hit?

A pretty large area along the pacific coast apparently. And there are now reports of a fire at a chemical plant in the area.

I hope the nuclear power plant can hold it! pleassse!

Backwash has been observed so they are just waiting at this point for the 10ft wave to hit. Hopefully it is no larger than that....10 ft will cause a lot of damage.

a reply to: Vasa Croe

From the jma link above:


It was just offshore from the plant.

Hopefully this won't be very disastrous, stay safe everyone. God speed, start running.

NHS have reported a wave 20km off shore.