[Keith in Iowa]

Region: NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Geographic coordinates: 38.405N, 142.120E
Magnitude: 6.5 Mw
Depth: 5 km
Universal Time (UTC): 27 Mar 2011 22:23:56
Time near the Epicenter: 28 Mar 2011 07:23:56
Local standard time in your area: 27 Mar 2011 16:23:56

Location with respect to nearby cities:
109 km (68 miles) E (81 degrees) of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
163 km (101 miles) ENE (62 degrees) of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
169 km (105 miles) SSE (149 degrees) of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
370 km (230 miles) NE (34 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan

ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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event ID : US c0002cqa

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002cqa.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/

[VanDeKoik]

Adding insult to injury.

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/03/27/magnitude-65-quake-japan-small-tsunami-alert-1082054647/

[JoeProBono]

[ohioWfan]

Oh, my. Prayers for the Japanese people and those ministering to them.

[TruthConquers]

Aftershocks.

It is possible that there will be more aftershocks, and they CAN be 7 or 8 magnitude shocks. But 6.5 is nothing to sneeze at. I was in a 6.8 quake once.

[acoulterfan]

Bookmarked this page: quakes over 5.0 in the last 7 days:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks The Magical Mischief Tour.

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[topher]

There is good news on this earthquake:

(1) revised to 6.1 magnitude by USGS

(2) depth revised to 17.1 kilometers

I don't think there is much of a problem with a tsunami with those numbers. Tsunami's tend to be bad around 7.0 magnitude and very shallow.

Though 17.1 kilometers is shallow, it is not as shallow as 5 kilometers...

[gleeaikin]

Here is a mind boggling almost 6 minute video of one town being flooded and washed away in Japan. The town was very near the epicenter of the quake.

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/03/27/stunning-video-shows-japan-tsunami-ravage-kesennuma/?ncid=webmail

[opentalk]

This administration keeps using humanitarian reasons for foreign policy, We should get out of Libya and send more help to Japan.