Breaking News : Magnitude 6.9 Earthquake Hits Main Japanese Island of Honshu

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[Scythian]

Japan's weather agency says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck off the northern Japanese coast.

The Meteorological Agency says there was no danger of a tsunami, or seismic waves, from the 12:26 a.m. Thursday (11:26 a.m. Wednesday EDT) quake, which occurred about 75 miles below the ocean's surface off the coast of Iwate in Japan's Eastern Honshu region.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

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[Uri’el-2012]

In which case . . . influencing their convictions otherwise would take quite a string of successive nukes.

Some think science is someone's opinion.

[rabidralph]

Prayers for safety to all the people in Japan and neighboring islands. I hope the ships are properly tethered to the piers.

[bd476]

From United States Geological Survey

The following is a release by the United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:

An earthquake occurred about 25 km (15 miles) east-northeast of Morioka at 9:26 AM MDT, Jul 23, 2008 (Jul 24 at 12:26 AM local time in Japan). The magnitude and location may be revised when additional data and further analysis results are available.

Felt Reports

Dozens of people injured, landslides occurred, roads closed, train service and power disrupted in northern Honshu.

Felt widely in southern Hokkaido and in Honshu as far south as the Tokyo area.

From Japan Meteorological Agency

Earthquake Information

Issued at 00:31 JST 24 Jul 2008

Occurred at (JST) 00:26 JST 24 Jul 2008

Latitude (degree) 39.7N

Longitude (degree) 141.7E

Depth 120km

Magnitude 6.8

Region Name IWATE KEN ENGAN HOKUBU

No Tsunami threat by this earthquake.

Japan Meteorological Agency

[Cold Heart]

When scientists say, (even) looking at an experiment can alter same, I find it hard to believe that forces which change the shape of the earth cannot have some causal affect on earth quakes.

[Quix]

By the time one takes into account the

DOGMATIC RELIGION OF SCIENTISM . . .

IT IS!

Shoot even the quantum physics observer business seems to indicate some element of opinion in reality . . . unless my opinion is . . . as usual . . . flawed!

LOL.

[kingu]

Misawa Air Base with the 35th Air Fighter wing is in a particularly sensitive position for a quake in this region, and likely could suffer greater damage than something right next to the epicenter - I hope everything’s alright there.

[bd476]

Prayers extended for all in the area affected by this quake.

[Quix]

AMEN! AMEN!

Yes, certainly.

Though with the depth, there may not be a lot of damage.

[TigerLikesRooster]

I am fine.:-)

[bd476]

kingu wrote: "Misawa Air Base with the 35th Air Fighter wing is in a particularly sensitive position for a quake in this region, and likely could suffer greater damage than something right next to the epicenter - I hope everything’s alright there."

Thank you for the information, Kingu. I looked up Misawa Air Base and the base is located in the same Prefecture, the Aomori Prefecture, as this earthquake.

Hopefully earthquake hazard precautions were taken when Misawa Air Base was first built.

Two days ago, they were closing roads around Misawa Air Base due to some road construction they were doing on the base:

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Base construction

7/21/2008 - A Japanese construction worker updates road closure information July 17, 2008. Base residents should be prepared to use alternative routes during base road construction.

21 July 2008 Road construction

Misawa Air Base

The 35th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Misawa Air Base, Japan -- the northernmost U.S. air base in Japan. The only combined, joint service installation in the Western Pacific, Misawa Air Base is located on the shores of Lake Ogawara in Misawa City in the Aomori Prefecture.

Misawa Air Base

Here are some maps showing Japan, and the area of the earthquake:

[Vigilanteman]

The Daily Yomiuri is reporting the Shinkansen between Morioka and Akita has been halted until a safety inspection can be completed. There are also 88 injuries reported. I have a daughter in the Tokyo area as well and trust this means she is OK.

[fatima]

I hope so too.I have a niece floating around there.She is traveling .Remember no news is good news.

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks for the ping, BD.

It wasn't even reported on the radio news over here so it may have been too deep and didn't propagate local seismic sea waves.

[bd476]

BIGLOOK wrote: "Thanks for the ping, BD.

It wasn't even reported on the radio news over here so it may have been too deep and didn't propagate local seismic sea waves."

You're welcome, BIGLOOK.

The NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a simple statement this morning.

To: U.S. West Coast, Alaska, and British Columbia coastal regions

From: NOAA/NWS/West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

Subject: Tsunami Information Statement #1 issued 07/23/2008 at 8:39AM PDT

A strong earthquake has occurred, but a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, or Alaska coast. NO tsunami warning, watch or advisory is in effect for these areas.

Based on the depth of the earthquake within the earth, a tsunami IS NOT expected along the California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska coasts."

The NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI statement said virtually the same thing.

Here's some updated information:

Earthquake Strikes Japan's Main Island, Injuring 76 People [Magnitude 6.8]

[Quix]

Interesting.

And thanks particularly for the maps.

[Quix]

I’m fairly certain that a quake that far away and that deep of that magnitude would not cause damage in Tokyo.

However, there are several prophetic sources that have said that a major quake of major magnitude is going to hit Japan not long before a super devastating quake hits the San Francisco Bay area.

We shall see what that may mean.

[UCANSEE2]

Try this site.

http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismon/

[21twelve]

“People sleep restlessly.”

Well sure. Who can sleep when worrying about the increased odds of an earthquake!?

[UCANSEE2]

Here’s a list of the last two weeks of Earthquakes, and the last 11 were near Honshu, Japan.

http://www.iris.washington.edu/seismon/zoom/events/?lon=144.01&lat=41.73

[UCANSEE2]

“There’s no earthquake/moon phase correlation, though people desperately seem to want to believe there is one. “

There is no ‘1-1’ correlation, but the ‘phase’ of the moon is a major factor.