TSUNAMI WARNING ISSUED FOR JAPAN, RUSSIA AND OTHER REGIONS

[bulmercke 56]

Some amazing recorded video on CNN now of this particular tsunami rolling in and aftermath. First wave. Warch out other Pacific rim areas.

UPDATE: Numerous injuries reported in Miyagi.

UPDATE: Quake up-graded to 8.9

UPDATE: More amazing live pictures of unfolding tsunami. Unbelievable.

Edited March 11, 2011 by bulmercke

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A major 6.8 quake has struck near Tokyo: /via@mpoppel

NEW QUAKE: 7.1 /via@mpoppel

[FarangKenStine 29]

Thats a big freaking Quake. I noticed my rabbit, Mr. Hoppy McSpudbuck, was acting strange during the time of the shaking and he's in Bangkok .

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Japan earthquake upgraded to magnitude 8.8

Tokyo - The intensity of the earthquake that hit Japan Friday was upgraded to a magnitude of 8.8 from 7.9, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake struck off north-eastern Japan Friday afternoon, generating tsunami warnings, shaking Tokyo and causing fires to break out.

The epicentre of the quake was 130 kilometres east of Sendai and 373 kilometres north-east of Tokyo, the Geological Survey said. It occurred at a depth of 24.4 kilometres, it said.

-- The Nation 2011-03-11

[JetsetBkk 8,212]

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 002

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0643Z 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 / GUAM / WAKE IS. /

TAIWAN

A TSUNAMI WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR

YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /

POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /

NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / 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

ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011

COORDINATES - 38.2 NORTH 142.5 EAST

DEPTH - 10 KM

LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN

MAGNITUDE - 8.8

MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN

LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.

NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY

ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL

MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.

EVALUATION

SEA LEVEL READINGS INDICATE A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. IT MAY HAVE

BEEN DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS NEAR THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER AND

COULD ALSO BE A THREAT TO MORE DISTANT COASTS. AUTHORITIES SHOULD

TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS POSSIBILITY. THIS

CENTER WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE

EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.

FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS

AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT

OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL

CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE

ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

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

KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1205Z 11 MAR

AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1211Z 11 MAR

MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1215Z 11 MAR

NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1149Z 11 MAR

JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON_IS. 16.7N 190.5E 1202Z 11 MAR

SOLOMON IS. PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1221Z 11 MAR

FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1222Z 11 MAR

MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1239Z 11 MAR

KIRIBATI TARAWA_IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1228Z 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.

[ryladie99 1]

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.

Oh dear...I am so scare for many people who are near by the Center...I thank the Thai Visa for reporting the news so fast. We all have to do the Best for people in Japan. Believe me after Japan I am sure we can map it whatever countries near by. It will happen in anywhere in the world. Recently we heard the news about Tsunami will occure in Reno, Nevada US...shocked me?? ...my take and an opinion.

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japanese tv (NHK) shows cars floating in the sea // warning of tsunamis for large parts of the pacific region /RT @vaitor:

QUAKE UPGRADED TO 8.9 /via@mrpoppel

[Master of the court 14]

Thats a big freaking Quake. I noticed my rabbit, Mr. Hoppy McSpudbuck, was acting strange during the time of the shaking and he's in Bangkok .

Im in Kobe, we got some rolls but non of the big scary shakes..........anyway same date at the big on in kobe years back

[BuckarooBanzai 61]

On CNN now with video - looks really bad. Very graphic and upsetting live feed.

Edited March 11, 2011 by BuckarooBanzai

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This is one of the largest earthquakes in recorded history /RT @mpoppel:

"@BloombergUTV: Japan Earthquake: Yen falls sharply after quake"

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Tsunami washes away houses, land in northern Japan after quake – NHK /RT @REUTERSFLASH:

[DoctorG 8,422]

Grim footage on OZ news. Big quake.

[dunkin2012 8]

i ain't see anything 'bout this E.Q. from the nation and Bangkok post now . Or I just missed it.

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Japan earthquake now at 8.9. PM Kan already asking cabinet to be ready to accept foreign assistance. /via@markmackinnon

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Thousands must be dead:

/via@mpoppel