webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Tsunamis strike Japan after enormous earthquakes 2011-03-11 13:41:19 GMT+7 (ICT) TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- A series of enormous earthquakes struck off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan on early Friday afternoon, seismologists said, generating large tsunamis that devastated coastlines. warnings for multiple countries. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake at 2.46 p.m. local time (0546 GMT) was centered about 179 kilometers (111 miles) east of Sendai in Japan. It struck about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) immediately issued a tsunami warning, saying a tsunami as high as 10 meters could strike coastlines. Several major aftershocks also struck, although its magnitudes were not immediately clear. Japanese television showed large tsunamis strikes the port of Kamaishi in northeastern Japan, submerging roads and swallowing up scores of cars. NHK showed footage of fires in Tokyo, hundreds of miles from the earthquake epicenter. It said several buildings had collapsed in northeastern Japan and there were reports of casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center also issued a tsunami warning for Russia, the Marcus Islands and Northern Marianas. Tsunami watches were issued for Guam, Wake island, Taiwan, Yap, Phillippines, Marshall Islands, Belau, Midway Islands, Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru and the U.S. State of Hawaii. -- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-03-11 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ BREAKING QUAKE & TSUNAMI NEWS UPDATES: Follow Tsunami Live updates on Twitter: http://twitter.com/georgebkk Facebook updates: http://facebook.com/ThaiVisaNews SMS Breaking news: Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Could be a major disaster. Massive shaking on land Some parts of Japan have felt over 6+ No word on tsunami warnings /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Strong earthquake strikes northern Japan, rattlingbuildings in Tokyo; tsunami warning issued - AP /[email protected] TSUNAMI WARNING /RT @mpoppel Six-metre tsunami warning issued for northeast Japan Pacific coast – NHK /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake magnitude was 7.9 - NHK /[email protected] Japan update: Weather agency warns of tsunami as high as 10 feet hitting northeast - AP /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
News_Editor 48 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR JAPAN, RUSSIA AND OTHER REGIONS 2011-03-11 12:59:08 GMT+7 (ICT) TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues tsunami warning for Japan, Russia, Marcus Islands and Northern Marianas. -- © BNO News All rights reserved 2011-03-11 Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 TOKYO (BNO NEWS) -- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issues tsunami warning for Japan, Russia, Marcus Islands, Northern Marianas. /[email protected] HAWAII UNDER TSUNAMI WATCH /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
JetsetBkk 8,215 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001PACIFIC 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 Sorry it's all in capitals - that's how it comes (Telex circuits). Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Japan quake could be MUCH stronger than 7.9.. some agencies put quake as high as 8.9 /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Nuclear power plants in NE Japan shut down - NHK /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Tsunami warning of 10 metres in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan - NHK /@REUTERSFLASH Tsunami live on NHK! /[email protected]: This is a major disaster /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Another strong earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo - witnesses; Tokyo's Narita airport closed - Kyodo / @Reuters Link to post Share on other sites
bitterbatter 136 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 8.8! dam_n that's a huge earthquake. I've been hearing that there are minor earthquake swarms occurring around the world an they are supposed to peak next week. It also predicted that one of the first ones would be in Japan. I can't believe they were correct. Prepare for possibly one hell of a week. Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Phone lines in Tokyo Dead #earthquake #tsunami #alert /RT @Dany_k: RT @jagora: Several buried in landslide in northern Japan after quake - NHK /RT @REUTERSFLASH: Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Confirmed quakes: 8.8, 6.4 and 6.4 /[email protected]] Link to post Share on other sites
webfact 79,232 Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR: JAPAN, RUSSIA, MARCUS ISLANDS, NORTHERN MARIANAS, GUAM, WAKE ISLANDS, TAIWAN /[email protected] Link to post Share on other sites
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