[HOT] 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Japan

[Shu Higashi]

Small tsunami hit Soma, Sendai,Ishinomaki from 0.2m to 1.0m at 18:00-18:40.
Not heard serious damages yet.
Shu from Tokyo

2012年12月7日金曜日 Faheem Merchant faheem.merchant at gmail.com:

> I just checked the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, below is the link. The
> evaluation from them is:
>
> AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
> REPORTED BY THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY.
>
>  ORIGIN TIME -  0818Z 07 DEC 2012
>  COORDINATES -  37.7 NORTH  144.6 EAST
>  DEPTH       -   33 KM
>  LOCATION    -  OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU  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.
>
> THE JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY MAY ALSO ISSUE TSUNAMI MESSAGES
> FOR THIS EVENT TO COUNTRIES IN THE NORTHWEST PACIFIC AND SOUTH
> CHINA SEA REGION.  IN CASE OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION... THE
> MORE CONSERVATIVE INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED FOR SAFETY.
>
> THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE PRODUCTS
> FOR ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...OREGON...CALIFORNIA.
>
> http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=2&id=hawaii.TIBHWX.2012.12.07.0826
>
> http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=1&id=pacific.TIBPAC.2012.12.07.0825
>
> On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Sam Larsen <samlarsen1 at yahoo.co.uk<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'samlarsen1 at yahoo.co.uk');>
> > wrote:
>
>> Tsunami warnings issued
>>
>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/07/japan-asia-pacific?CMP=twt_fd
>>
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