Posted on 02/26/2010 1:01:39 PM PST by Pyro7480
Magnitude 7.0
Date-Time * Friday, February 26, 2010 at 20:31:26 UTC
* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 05:31:26 AM at epicenter
Location 25.965°N, 128.443°E
Depth 22 km (13.7 miles) set by location program
Region RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Distances
* 81 km (50 miles) ESE (106°) from Naha, Okinawa, Japan
* 461 km (286 miles) ENE (67°) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
* 1290 km (802 miles) S (174°) from SEOUL, South Korea
(Excerpt) Read more at earthquake.usgs.gov ...
Heads up..here it comes..
Heads up!! Here it comes!!
Here what comes?
Geology experts needed to weigh in...
Tsunami
Head for zee hillz!
Seriously though. When will we know if it produced a tsunami that the west coast needs to worry about?
7.0 is an attention-getter.
Sparky that Manbearpig he don’t anything drive South Park kids crazy
Hope our military folks on Okinawa are OK - also all the other folks who live there
Surf’s Up in Pusan?
bump
— USGS says 7.0-magnitude quake struck near Okinawa; Japanese officials issue beach evacuation order
I bet money it won’t produce a significant tsunami.
Seems like it takes at least several points over a 7 to do that.
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 2044Z 26 FEB 2010
THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC
OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...
WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.
... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY.
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 - 2031Z 26 FEB 2010
COORDINATES - 26.1 NORTH 128.5 EAST
DEPTH - 29 KM
LOCATION - RYUKYU ISLANDS JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.3
EVALUATION
NO DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD 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 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.
Needs to be at least a boxer day number 9 to wake-me up.
So nice coincidence , they spank Toyota, Japan relieves us of much debt from China & I truly hope the people are ok :(
Tsunami along the Cali. Oregon Alaska Washington coast.
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