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9.0 Earthquake strikes Japan


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West Coast of the US now under a WARNING. Stay safe west coasters.

Also...

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TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0830Z 11 MAR 2011

THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.

... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...

A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR

JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. /

TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /

POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /

NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER /

HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. /

WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE /

AUSTRALIA / FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO /

KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / NEW ZEALAND / PITCAIRN /

GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA /

PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU

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Steve, do you think this earthquake might also be linked to one from a previous year? I was reading earlier where the last Chilean earthquake might have been linked to the one in 1960. This linkage of the same fault being affected has been traced back to the 1575 Valdivia earthquake.

Not beyond the realm of possibility. These megathrust faults are typically very long-the one off Indonesia is especially so. In a MM 8.5-9+ about 1000 km of the fault will be involved and actually shift but if your megathrust is 2 or 3000 km long then you have more of the fault that could become more stressed as the uplift or down thrust rearranges the stress patterns which may bring a section closer to failure-on the other hand it might actually lessen stress on other parts of the fault-this has actually been noted in CA especially after the 1989 and 1994 events. THEN there are the seismic gaps which is a big concern off the Mexican West Coast.

Steve

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^Does that represent the energy of the tsunami? Pretty neat, looks like Chile could get hit pretty hard despite being very far away.

Basically how it's labeled; result of modeling. I believe the heights are open-ocean heights; the curve to the south is interesting.

Guam just reported 2.6 ft - outside the "beam" though.

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CNN is reporting that entire islands might have been washed over in the pacific.

That comes from the International Red Cross, and it's completely wrong.

They told Gerard Fryer of the Pacific Tsunami Center that while interviewing him and he basically said it was nonsense; because they're surrounded by deep water, tsunamis have very little effect on coral atolls.

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Estimated times of initial tsunami arrival:DART 21415                                      2340 AKST MAR 10  0840 UTC MAR 11Attu, Alaska                                    0012 AKST MAR 11  0912 UTC MAR 11Shemya, Alaska                                  0013 AKST MAR 11  0913 UTC MAR 11DART 21414                                      0013 AKST MAR 11  0913 UTC MAR 11Amchitka Pass, Alaska (125 miles W of Adak) 	0026 AKST MAR 11  0926 UTC MAR 11Amchitka, Alaska                                0029 AKST MAR 11  0929 UTC MAR 11DART 46413                                      0051 AKST MAR 11  0951 UTC MAR 11Atka, Alaska                                    0108 AKST MAR 11  1008 UTC MAR 11Adak, Alaska                                    0110 AKST MAR 11  1010 UTC MAR 11DART 46408                                      0111 AKST MAR 11  1011 UTC MAR 11DART 46402                                      0138 AKST MAR 11  1038 UTC MAR 11Nikolski, Alaska                                0151 AKST MAR 11  1051 UTC MAR 11DART 46403                                      0212 AKST MAR 11  1112 UTC MAR 11Akutan, Alaska                                  0217 AKST MAR 11  1117 UTC MAR 11Dutch Harbor, Alaska                            0220 AKST MAR 11  1120 UTC MAR 11Unimak Pass, Alaska (80 miles NE of Dutch Harbo 0228 AKST MAR 11  1128 UTC MAR 11St. Paul, Alaska                                0231 AKST MAR 11  1131 UTC MAR 11DART 46409                                      0253 AKST MAR 11  1153 UTC MAR 11King Cove, Alaska                           	0255 AKST MAR 11  1155 UTC MAR 11Sand Point, Alaska                              0257 AKST MAR 11  1157 UTC MAR 11Perryville, Alaska                              0319 AKST MAR 11  1219 UTC MAR 11DART 46410                                      0319 AKST MAR 11  1219 UTC MAR 11Cold Bay, Alaska                                0329 AKST MAR 11  1229 UTC MAR 11Chignik Bay, Alaska                         	0350 AKST MAR 11  1250 UTC MAR 11Cape Suckling, Alaska (75 miles SE of Cordova)  0351 AKST MAR 11  1251 UTC MAR 11Kodiak, Alaska                                  0351 AKST MAR 11  1251 UTC MAR 11Old Harbor, Alaska                              0353 AKST MAR 11  1253 UTC MAR 11Hinchinbrook Entrance, Alaska (90 miles E of Se 0401 AKST MAR 11  1301 UTC MAR 11Seward, Alaska                                  0416 AKST MAR 11  1316 UTC MAR 11Alitak, Alaska                                  0417 AKST MAR 11  1317 UTC MAR 11Elfin Cove, Alaska                              0418 AKST MAR 11  1318 UTC MAR 11Kennedy Entrance, Alaska (40 miles SW of Homer) 0420 AKST MAR 11  1320 UTC MAR 11Yakutat, Alaska                             	0425 AKST MAR 11  1325 UTC MAR 11Sitka, Alaska                               	0425 AKST MAR 11  1325 UTC MAR 11Salisbury Sound, Alaska (25 miles NW of Sitka)  0426 AKST MAR 11  1326 UTC MAR 11Saint Matthew Island, Alaska                    0426 AKST MAR 11  1326 UTC MAR 11Cape Fairweather, Alaska (80 miles SE of Yakuta 0426 AKST MAR 11  1326 UTC MAR 11Port Alexander, Alaska                          0427 AKST MAR 11  1327 UTC MAR 11the Alaska/British Columbia border              0531  PST MAR 11  1331 UTC MAR 11Valdez, Alaska                                  0435 AKST MAR 11  1335 UTC MAR 11Langara Island, British Columbia                0535  PST MAR 11  1335 UTC MAR 11Cordova, Alaska                             	0445 AKST MAR 11  1345 UTC MAR 11Cape Decision, Alaska (85 miles SE of Sitka)    0447 AKST MAR 11  1347 UTC MAR 11DART 46419                                      0600  PST MAR 11  1400 UTC MAR 11Homer, Alaska                               	0508 AKST MAR 11  1408 UTC MAR 11DART 46404                                      0617  PST MAR 11  1417 UTC MAR 11the north tip of Vancouver Island, British Colu 0619  PST MAR 11  1419 UTC MAR 11DART 46407                                      0625  PST MAR 11  1425 UTC MAR 11Craig, Alaska                               	0526 AKST MAR 11  1426 UTC MAR 11Ketchikan, Alaska                           	0533 AKST MAR 11  1433 UTC MAR 11Juneau, Alaska                                  0535 AKST MAR 11  1435 UTC MAR 11DART 46411                                      0649  PST MAR 11  1449 UTC MAR 11Gambell, Alaska                             	0558 AKST MAR 11  1458 UTC MAR 11Tofino, British Columbia                        0658  PST MAR 11  1458 UTC MAR 11the Washington-British Columbia border          0704  PST MAR 11  1504 UTC MAR 11Prince Rupert, British Columbia             	0704  PST MAR 11  1504 UTC MAR 11Neah Bay, Washington                            0710  PST MAR 11  1510 UTC MAR 11Cape Blanco, Oregon                         	0711  PST MAR 11  1511 UTC MAR 11La Push, Washington                         	0711  PST MAR 11  1511 UTC MAR 11Clatsop Spit, Oregon                            0712  PST MAR 11  1512 UTC MAR 11the Oregon-Washington border                    0712  PST MAR 11  1512 UTC MAR 11Point Grenville, Washington                 	0714  PST MAR 11  1514 UTC MAR 11Port Moller, Alaska                         	0614 AKST MAR 11  1514 UTC MAR 11Charleston, Oregon                              0715  PST MAR 11  1515 UTC MAR 11Cascade Head, Oregon (70 miles SW of Portland)  0716  PST MAR 11  1516 UTC MAR 11Douglas/Lane County Line, Oregon (10 miles SW o 0717  PST MAR 11  1517 UTC MAR 11Cape Mendocino, California                      0717  PST MAR 11  1517 UTC MAR 11Tillamook Bay, Oregon                       	0718  PST MAR 11  1518 UTC MAR 11Horse Mountain, California (50 miles SW of Eure 0719  PST MAR 11  1519 UTC MAR 11Fort Bragg, California                          0721  PST MAR 11  1521 UTC MAR 11Humboldt Bay, California                        0722  PST MAR 11  1522 UTC MAR 11the Oregon-California border                    0723  PST MAR 11  1523 UTC MAR 11Crescent City, California                   	0723  PST MAR 11  1523 UTC MAR 11Seaside, Oregon                             	0724  PST MAR 11  1524 UTC MAR 11Westport, Washington                            0725  PST MAR 11  1525 UTC MAR 11Newport, Oregon                             	0726  PST MAR 11  1526 UTC MAR 11Point Arena, California                     	0726  PST MAR 11  1526 UTC MAR 11Gualala Point, California (80 miles NW of San F 0727  PST MAR 11  1527 UTC MAR 11Point Reyes, California                     	0739  PST MAR 11  1539 UTC MAR 11Davenport, California (10 miles NW of Santa Cru 0739  PST MAR 11  1539 UTC MAR 11Point Sur, California                       	0742  PST MAR 11  1542 UTC MAR 11Astoria, Oregon                             	0744  PST MAR 11  1544 UTC MAR 11Monterey, California                            0744  PST MAR 11  1544 UTC MAR 11Port Angeles, Washington                        0748  PST MAR 11  1548 UTC MAR 11Ragged Point, California (45 miles NW of San Lu 0750  PST MAR 11  1550 UTC MAR 11DART 46412                                      0752  PST MAR 11  1552 UTC MAR 11Point Concepcion, California                    0757  PST MAR 11  1557 UTC MAR 11Port San Luis, California                   	0803  PST MAR 11  1603 UTC MAR 11Bella Bella, British Columbia               	0805  PST MAR 11  1605 UTC MAR 11San Francisco, California                   	0808  PST MAR 11  1608 UTC MAR 11Cape Newenham, Alaska                       	0716 AKST MAR 11  1616 UTC MAR 11Santa Barbara, California                   	0817  PST MAR 11  1617 UTC MAR 11Rincon Point, California (15 miles SE of Santa  0828  PST MAR 11  1628 UTC MAR 11Santa Monica, California                        0831  PST MAR 11  1631 UTC MAR 11San Pedro, California                       	0832  PST MAR 11  1632 UTC MAR 11Newport Beach, California                   	0837  PST MAR 11  1637 UTC MAR 11La Jolla, California                            0841  PST MAR 11  1641 UTC MAR 11Seattle, Washington                         	0844  PST MAR 11  1644 UTC MAR 11Alamitos Bay, California (20 miles SE of L.A.)  0846  PST MAR 11  1646 UTC MAR 11the California-Mexico border                    0847  PST MAR 11  1647 UTC MAR 11Hooper Bay, Alaska                              0846 AKST MAR 11  1746 UTC MAR 11Little Diomede Island, Alaska               	0856 AKST MAR 11  1756 UTC MAR 11Dillingham, Alaska                              0938 AKST MAR 11  1838 UTC MAR 11Nome, Alaska                                    1051 AKST MAR 11  1951 UTC MAR 11Unalakleet, Alaska                              1422 AKST MAR 11  2322 UTC MAR 11

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Japan just ordered a "nuclear emergency" as attempts to cool the northern plant are "not going as planned"

http://www.breakingnews.com/

sounds like at one of the plants, the emergency diesel generators failed to turn on and are not working. that's a very scary scenario for a nuke plant. If they are similar to the US plants, they should have battery backup that they can use as a backup to the failed diesels.

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