Major quake hits region of Okhotsk Sea (7.5)

AFP ^ | 07/04/08

[TigerLikesRooster]

Major quake hits region of Okhotsk Sea

13 minutes ago

A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit the region of the Sea of Okhotsk early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported.

The epicentre of the quake, at a depth of 605 kilometres, was said to be 384 kilometres (239 miles) west-northwest of the Russian far eastern city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy. It occurred at 0212 GMT, the USGS said

[CyberAnt]

Weird .. CA had 2 4.0’s this afternoon near LA.

[txhurl]

I need to find a map for this one.

[bannie]

California's usually very busy.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Earth must be entering the ‘shaky period.’:-)

[Army Air Corps]

Global shaking.

[null and void]

Now rated as 7.7.

Tsunami territory?

[djf]

USGS has it pegged as a 7.7

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/index.php

[ExSES]

Now rated as 7.7. Tsunami territory?

At that depth?

[Strategerist]

Tsunami is impossible for a quake at that depth, almost 400 miles.

About as deep as earthqakes get.

[ExSES]

Tsunami is impossible for a quake at that depth, almost 400 miles. About as deep as earthqakes get.

That's what I thought...

[VeniVidiVici]

I need to find a map for this one.

Not too far from where the Soviets shot down KAL 007.

[null and void]

Didn’t know, so I asked, didn’t think to check the depth.

Thanks, guys.

[Jabba the Nutt]

Yeah, I figure the depth had to be a typo.