Isopycnic Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Have y'all seen this one? Sorry if it's already been posted, but it's borderline unbelievable. A whole town just gets wiped out in about two minutes: Yeah... ^^^ two post above. Pretty heinous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazey Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Have y'all seen this one? Sorry if it's already been posted, but it's borderline unbelievable. A whole town just gets wiped out in about two minutes: Yup absolutely stunning video which rivals anything I saw in the Indonesia tsunami. Nowhere for those folks to go. The building that the camera man was shooting from and the 6 story building across the way were the only structures left standing. For a few moments I wasn't sure if the building across was going to be able to stand up, especially when that warehouse crashed into the side of it. Unbelievable. No warning system in existence could have helped those people. Just not enough time for many of them to run. No doubt the toll will end up being 50,000+ when they search all the areas and get a firm count of the missing as some bodies will never be found. Of course this story has taken a backseat to the nuclear crisis and other stories abroad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 That is incredible how high that gets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick05 Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Magnitude 6.5 "near the east coast of Honshu" accdg. to USGS... at around 22 UTC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downeastnc Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 http://news.yahoo.co...e_tsunami_alert 21 mins ago NEW YORK – A magnitude-6.5 earthquake shook eastern Japan off the quake-ravaged coast on Monday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami alert. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, but the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that a tsunami of up to 1.6 feet (a half meter) may wash into Miyagi Prefecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 http://www.liveleak....=3a7_1301163352 Just amazing! That water looked to be just feet away from the building the cameraman was on. Towards the end it looked like he was on a boat until he panned back into the city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 tsunami advisory in effect after 6.5 quake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperNET Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 tsunami advisory canceled 9:12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Have y'all seen this one? Sorry if it's already been posted, but it's borderline unbelievable. A whole town just gets wiped out in about two minutes: That video is probably the most incredible video I've ever seen. I don't even know what to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaoPos Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Really gives a good idea at how the tsunami builds in height as time goes on and how long it can last for. Amazing footage. It's like an entire ocean turned into a raging flooding river.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Can anyone with knowledge about earthquakes comment on this idea... Take the New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812. There were several major earthquakes over the course of a few months. Is there a real threat of possibly another 8.0-9.0 quake in the subduction zone that caused the 9.0 earlier this month? Are the dynamics of these two faults so different that it's really not possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaforce Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 After the 9.1 Sumatra earthquake in 04 there was a 8.6 130 miles away three months later and multiple 7s. But for some reason japan has yet to get a 7+ aftershock. There was also a lot of 7+ aftertshocks after the chile quake last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Can anyone with knowledge about earthquakes comment on this idea... Take the New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812. There were several major earthquakes over the course of a few months. Is there a real threat of possibly another 8.0-9.0 quake in the subduction zone that caused the 9.0 earlier this month? Are the dynamics of these two faults so different that it's really not possible? The latest research indicates that the New Madrid quakes were all less than 8.0 in magnitude, and that the fault is nowhere near slipping. And yes, New Madrid has different dynamics - Japan is located near a subduction zone; New Madrid is an intraplate mechanism. A 9.0 from New Madrid isn't very likely to ever happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 The latest research indicates that the New Madrid quakes were all less than 8.0 in magnitude, and that the fault is nowhere near slipping. And yes, New Madrid has different dynamics - Japan is located near a subduction zone; New Madrid is an intraplate mechanism. A 9.0 from New Madrid isn't very likely to ever happen. understood, I was not asking if a 9.0 could happen on the New Madrid. I was asking if there could be 8.0+ aftershocks on the Japan fault that ruptured earlier this month. Also I was under the impression that the New Madrid fault could go at any point tbh. I do understand anthong over an 8.0 is unlikely on the New Madrid fault at any point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 understood, I was not asking if a 9.0 could happen on the New Madrid. I was asking if there could be 8.0+ aftershocks on the Japan fault that ruptured earlier this month. Also I was under the impression that the New Madrid fault could go at any point tbh. I do understand anthong over an 8.0 is unlikely on the New Madrid fault at any point. Yeah they made a big deal of it in the early 90's I think, but I think most of scientific community agrees that it will probably be a few decades before the next 7.0+ quake in the New Madrid area (don't quote me on that though). There's definitely a chance of another 8.0 quake in the Japan area due to redistribution of strain along the plate boundaries (that's probably what happened in Sumatra). Hopefully that doesn't happen, or if it does, that it will happen to the north of the last quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 understood, I was not asking if a 9.0 could happen on the New Madrid. I was asking if there could be 8.0+ aftershocks on the Japan fault that ruptured earlier this month. Also I was under the impression that the New Madrid fault could go at any point tbh. I do understand anthong over an 8.0 is unlikely on the New Madrid fault at any point. There wouldn't be a MM8.0+ aftershock but the worry is that another megathrust shock of MM8.0+ could occur elsewhere in the triple point zone off Japan such as happened off Indonesia after the big 2004 shock as mentioned above. This would be a different main shock As far as aftersnocks are concerned, a 9.0 would have a main aftershock of about 7.5-big enough but still well less than an 8.0. We are coming up on 200 years after the big New Madrid Fault shocks but intraplate faults tend to accumulate strain slower than interplate faults and subduction zones. What we might not know completely is what other subsidiary faults there might be with the New Madrid. It would only take a 6.5 centered somewhere in the Ohio River Valley or Tennessee River Valley to create a fair degree of havoc in that part of the US since the deep sedimentary layers there transmit shock waves much more strongly and further than in the Western US. Besides the faulting found near NYC and in New England which could produce damaging shocks of 5.5-6.0 (a 5.5 in NYC would cause much more damage than a similar shock in SFO) there's another major danger spot in the east coast region of the US-Charleston, SC. A MM7.0 there in the 1880's was the most lethal US earthquake until 1906 and they could get another one anytime. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JQPublic Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Another view of Kesennuma. This one has more large boats getting tossed about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=444FpKRO1nI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Well there was the 7 we have been waiting for.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 7.4 QUAKE Depth: 25.6 km (15.9 miles) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Right on the coast and shallow, 8 miles deep. http://goo.gl/maps/3H5L USGS says different. So who's right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 USGS says different. So who's right? They had the depth at 8 miles a few minutes ago. They've since updated it. Edit: Actually I read the location uncertainty in depth as the actual depth. My mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Magnitude7.4 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes) Date-Time Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 14:32:00 UTC Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 11:32:00 PM at epicenter Location38.200°N, 142.000°E Depth40 km (24.9 miles) set by location program RegionNEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Distances 98 km (61 miles) E (93°) from Sendai, Honshu, Japan 144 km (90 miles) ENE (68°) from Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 159 km (99 miles) NE (37°) from Iwaki, Honshu, Japan 345 km (215 miles) NE (35°) from TOKYO, Japan Location UncertaintyError estimate not available ParametersNST= 12, Nph= 12, Dmin=385 km, Rmss=1 sec, Gp=148°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1 Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS Event IDat00ljadqj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ag3 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Tsunami warnings have been issued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99lsfm2 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 They had the depth at 8 miles a few minutes ago. They've since updated it. Edit: Actually I read the location uncertainty in depth as the actual depth. My mistake. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0002ksa.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ji Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 this is like their version of the Mid Atlantic 09-10 winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
battlebrick Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Now its a 25 mile depth? I really know nothing about earthquakes, but the shallower, the worse the tsunami? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riptide Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 this is like their version of the Mid Atlantic 09-10 winter This is wrong in so many ways but it could only come from JI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkrangers Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Now its a 25 mile depth? I really know nothing about earthquakes, but the shallower, the worse the tsunami? They have two quakes plotted, both 7.4, occurring within 31 seconds of each other. Was it two quakes or do they just have the same one plotted twice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Tsunami Warning/Advisory Issued at 23:34 JST 07 Apr 2011 ******************Headline****************** Tsunami Warnings (Tsunami) have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: MIYAGI PREF. Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions. Tsunami advisories are currently in effect in other coastal regions of Japan. *******************Text******************** Tsunami Warnings have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: <Tsunami Warning (Tsunami)> *MIYAGI PREF. Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions. Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: <Tsunami Advisory> PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF. *IWATE PREF. FUKUSHIMA PREF. IBARAKI PREF. Tsunamis are expected to arrive imminently in the following coastal regions of Japan (coastal regions shown above with * marks): MIYAGI PREF. IWATE PREF. ***********About Tsunami Forecast************ <Tsunami Warning (Tsunami)> Tsunami height is expected to be up to 2 meters. Caution advised. <Tsunami Advisory> Tsunami height is expected to be about 0.5 meters. Attention advised. ******* Earthquake Information ******** Occurred at 23:32 JST 07 Apr 2011 Region name MIYAGI-KEN OKI Latitude 38.2N Longitude 142.0E Depth about 40 km Magnitude 7.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Tsunami expected at Fukshima any minute now... 50 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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