Quake - 7.1 Japan

[djf]

Just a few minutes ago I think...

[SF Republican]

Thats big.

[firewalk]

prayers

[djf]

Just got downgraded to 6.7

[Yossarian]

AIT, check in please!

[djf]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00017871.php

[janetjanet998]

near Japan? In Japan?

[mickeylee]

The “Ring of Fire” sure seems to be heating up!

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT

[American Quilter]

Prayers up for the people in Japan.

[janetjanet998]

looks Deep...may limit damage

[Jet Jaguar]

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

[American Quilter]

Thanks for the link, djf.

[janetjanet998]

two qaukes

a 6.2 then a 6.7

[SevenofNine]

Godzilla tick off his stocks went down

[puroresu]

Definitely prayers! Japan is terribly vulnerable to quakes because of its huge population centers.

[mickeylee]

World quake list

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

[DTogo]

Jishin ping!

日本＊ピング＊ (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)

[Hatteras]

"NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN"

Well, THAT narrows it down...

[djf]

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=36.1373+141.4462(M6.8+-+NEAR+THE+EAST+COAST+OF+HONSHU%2C+JAPAN+-+2008+May+07++16%3A45%3A20+UTC)&ll=36.1373,141.4462&spn=2,2&f=d&t=h&hl=e

[rwfromkansas]

not a big deal then.....6.7 isn’t that bad in that part of the world. Here it would be, but not there.

[mnehrling]

Bump and prayers for our friends there.

[rwfromkansas]

Near probably means 100 miles.....they didn’t even feel a thing there probably.

[Jet Jaguar]

[Red_Devil 232]

Yep! The Ring of Fire! The Pacific rim. Volcano in Chili awaking after a thousand years, earthquakes swarms in the western states of the USA. Hawaiian volcano erupting in an unprecedented way.

Looks like AlGore needs to have another sacrificial concert to Gaia!

Big $ available for the Prince Of The Earth!

[Red Badger]

The “Ring of Fire” sure seems to be heating up!

May I suggest this:

[IM2MAD]

a 6.2 then a 6.7

and three 5’s in between, all within a 45-minute period! Amazing!

[GalaxieFiveHundred]

Quite a bit of activity in the immediate area over the last two weeks, shown as yellow rings underneath the red rings marking today's events. An even bigger 6.5 in the Aleutians last Friday.

[djf]

It was originally tagged as a 7.1

The red square on the USGS map covered almost all of Japan. I was pretty scared...

Looks like they are calling it a 6.8 now. Maybe the mods can update the title.

[MEG33]

Prayers for those in harm’s way..That is a big one.

[Allegra]

Prayers up for all of our FReepers in Japan.

[Publius6961]

BUMP!

[NormsRevenge]

Chaiten

Science Daily
Chile's Chaiten Volcano One Of Scores Of Active Volcanoes In Region

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A cloud of smoke produced by intensified eruption of the Chaiten
volcano is seen Tuesday May 6, 2008 in southern Chile.
The eruption spewed incandescent material and blated ash
some 20 miles (30 kilometers) into the Andean sky, forcing authorites
to a complete evacuation of the area incluiding the nearby town of Chaiten.
(AP Photo/Alvaro Vidal)

[stefanbatory]

The ancient continent of Lemuria is arising from the waves that once claimed her...Algore can do nothing to stop it...

[stefanbatory]

I suppose I had better include an tag there...before I get banished to the Coast to Coast am forums or something...

[Mr. K]

Yikes! i have to go to Japan in 2 weeks

[JimSEA]

a 6.2 then a 6.7 and three 5’s in between, all within a 45-minute period! Amazing!

For sure, major movement there. I bet a lot of people woke up wondering what was going on, it's 2:35 AM over there.

[NormsRevenge]

That is a darn good set of jolts, damn lucky it was as far offshore as it was..

[Red_Devil 232]

You forgot the tag? AlGorecal has your name!

[NormsRevenge]

no damage or injuries reported so far

Reuters

Magnitude 6.7 earthquake jolts eastern Japan
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/ts_nm/japan_quake_dc;_ylt=AsYC_T_HZaiDuyJlJD0i7d.aK8MA

TOKYO (Reuters) - A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 jolted eastern Japan early on Thursday, and was felt over a wide area, including in Tokyo, Japan’s meteorological agency said.

The quake, at 1:45 a.m. (12:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday), was centered in the Pacific Ocean east of Tokyo.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the quake, which measured 5 on the Japanese scale of 7 in some parts northeast of Tokyo, NHK said.

No tsunami damage was expected from the quake but there may be slight sea level changes, the agency said on its website.

[stefanbatory]

ya...and then I discovered by accident how to put a line thru text i type...even though I was attempting to put in a note for my sarcasm...not a good showing today on FR for Poland’s great warrior king...

[Ronin]

Rattled me pretty good. Still feeling some minor aftershocks.

[Retired Greyhound]

why the suppositories? I prefer the gel.

[Red Badger]

For those really bad Pains in the butt!..........

[Retired Greyhound]

LOL!

[Tolkien]

I have a lot of friends in Japan. This does not make me happy!

[Actually_in_Tokyo]

Wow, that was pretty big. Woke us up! Also, it continued for quite a long time!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Holy Guacamole....WOWZA...now THAT was a ride ;-) reaching for the 　　梅酎ハイ

[Royal Wulff]

Have you heard whether nuke plants have had to shut down? Oil was up over $1 on news of earthquake, likely in anticipation of nuke shutdowns and required use of fuel oil for power generation.

[Ronin]

Indeed it was!

But the funny part is how quickly you can go back to sleep when they finish.

About halfway through this one I started if this was the BIG ONE and if I needed to get up and start preparing to evacuate... then it settled down again and less than a minute later...

zzzzzzzzzz........