Tokyo time 10:35 pm Saturday Earthquake now in Hokkaido

This one covered a very large area on the south east side of Hokkaido. Currently it is saying between 4 and -5.
This was just an emergency alert on TV at the moment. No mention of Tsunami warning. The quake covered a very large land area though. Its night time now so I haven't heard anything more.

a reply to: musicismagic

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Pretty deep USGS has it at 42 miles deep, though they are posting 6.1 for the moment

M 6.1 - 66 km ESE of Kushiro, Japan
2023-02-25 13:27:42 (UTC)42.751°N 145.135°E42.9 km depth

originally posted by: putnam6
Pretty deep USGS has it at 47 miles deep, though they are posting 6.1 for the moment

The chart on TV tonight is show areas of 3 4 and a -5 . I heard any reporting of 6.1 on the update and its 11 pm now. The tv had shown a camera of land where the camera was really shaking. That's all I've seen so far. But according to the chart, the quake involved a large land mass.

originally posted by: musicismagic

originally posted by: putnam6
Pretty deep USGS has it at 47 miles deep, though they are posting 6.1 for the moment

The chart on TV tonight is show areas of 3 4 and a -5 . I heard any reporting of 6.1 on the update and its 11 pm now. The tv had shown a camera of land where the camera was really shaking. That's all I've seen so far. But according to the chart, the quake involved a large land mass.

I'm not sure why the USGS has it listed as 6.1 though, I would definitely defer to the Japanese seismologists on location

or is it this one ?

M 5.1 - 133 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan

originally posted by: putnam6
Pretty deep USGS has it at 47 miles deep, though they are posting 6.1 for the moment

I could believe it was a 6 due to the chart I saw. It really covered a large land mass there of Kushiro.

Just read your above post. Yes, 6 would have generated a tsunami fear. Here when a disaster is happening, the tv breaks a written news alert and within a few minutes then we might see a live broadcast. Off Okinawa today also had a quake. I mentioned we had a heck of a lot of snow this year up north. That weight might actually cause a quake ?

originally posted by: putnam6

originally posted by: musicismagic

originally posted by: putnam6
Pretty deep USGS has it at 47 miles deep, though they are posting 6.1 for the moment

The chart on TV tonight is show areas of 3 4 and a -5 . I heard any reporting of 6.1 on the update and its 11 pm now. The tv had shown a camera of land where the camera was really shaking. That's all I've seen so far. But according to the chart, the quake involved a large land mass.

I'm not sure why the USGS has it listed as 6.1 though, I would definitely defer to the Japanese seismologists on location

or is it this one ?

M 5.1 - 133 km NW of Ishikawa, Japan

Ishikawa is on the Japan Sea side and further south of Hokkaido. I haven't heard anything about that one. Ishikawa has a peninsula called Noto Peninsula. Its very mountainous. I've cycled the area and mostly its all fishing villages.

Good call

I wonder if they saw strange clouds also. I hope they are ok.

Look out for the square clouds.