Posted on 01/18/2005 10:50:57 PM PST by Pro-Bush
Tsunami warning issued for Izu Islands after M6.8 quake in Pacific
Wednesday, January 19, 2005 at 15:41 JST TOKYO — The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning Wednesday for the Izu island chain south of Tokyo after a quake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 took place in the Pacific.
The agency expects the height of the possible tsunamis to be some 50 centimeters but warned they may be higher in some places. The 3:11 p.m. quake had its focus east of the Kanto area. (Kyodo News)
Thank you. I was hunting for this. No word at USGS yet, unless I'm looking in the wrong place.
They had a 6.2 there yesterday.
The tsunami that might result from the current 6.8 is 200 times weaker than the Indonesian tsunami at Christmastime.
Is this a 'better safe than sorry' call? Or does it look probable?
anybody have a map?
I have know idea, but the first option is more likely if I had to guess.
TOKYO (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued for a group of islands south of Tokyo after a strong earthquake off Japan's eastern coast on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake, the focus of which was about 6.2 miles below the ocean floor in the Pacific Ocean struck at around 3:11 p.m. (1:11 a.m. EST), NHK said.
Tsunami around 20 inches high were expected to hit the Izu islands around 3:30 p.m. (1:30 a.m. EST), it said.
the Japanese are probably prepared for a small or moderate tsunami
....lol, you got that one first.
Something odd, though. The story says the tsunami were expected half an hour ago. Shouldn't we already know?
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A strong earthquake occurred at 06:11:38 (UTC) on Wednesday, January 19, 2005. The magnitude 6.3 event has been located OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 40 km (25 miles). (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
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Every couple hundred years or so there is a big bad destructive killer tsunami somewhere in the world. It is now safe to go back to the beach. Watch out for sharks.
Tsunami warnings are issued for possible tsunamis as small as 4 inches. I used to think it was funny. (The idea of a 4 inch tsunami, not tsunamis in general.)
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/ptwc/bulletins.htm
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2030Z 16 JAN 2005
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
.................. TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ..................
THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 2018Z 16 JAN 2005
COORDINATES - 10.9 NORTH 141.0 EAST
LOCATION - WESTERN CAROLINE ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 6.9
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.
HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A FEW HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.
THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
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