Magnitude 7.3 - EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS

Details
Magnitude 7.3
Date-Time

* Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 17:49:39 UTC
* Friday, January 16, 2009 at 03:49:39 AM at epicenter

Location 46.888°N, 155.167°E
Depth 35 km (21.7 miles) set by location program
Region EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS
Distances

* 428 km (266 miles) S (190°) from Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
* 725 km (451 miles) SSW (201°) from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Russia
* 1787 km (1111 miles) NE (41°) from TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 5.2 km (3.2 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=161, Nph=161, Dmin=728.1 km, Rmss=0.82 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source

* U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID us2009bwa8

Holy Moly!@ That's a big one.

I hope my email and phone text doesn't blow up with warnings about Tsunamis on the west coast of North America

We had better keep an eye on this one as it could cause a major Tsunami

Email for warning center received just now:

PUBLIC TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER PALMER AK
1004 AM PST THU JAN 15 2009

...A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED BUT A TSUNAMI IS NOT
EXPECTED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA/ OREGON/ WASHINGTON/
BRITISH COLUMBIA OR ALASKA COASTS...

Information Statement: M 7.5 EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS 1750Z JAN 15: Tsunami NOT expected along US west coast,BC,and AK

[edit on 15-1-2009 by Wormwood Squirm]

just picked this one up. I am sure this will be updated shortly

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1804Z 15 JAN 2009

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 - 1750Z 15 JAN 2009
COORDINATES - 46.9 NORTH 155.2 EAST
DEPTH - 27 KM
LOCATION - EAST OF KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.5

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.

Does anyone know? has this be upgraded to a 7.5 That is a really big one

reply to post by starwatcher1


It was at 1st a 7.7 at the same place.
Tha... i wish had made a screenshot.

I guess this isn't new anymore. So many large earthquakes around the globe, no takes notice.

Hi there, I'm a member of a Guns N' Roses forum and someone on there posted a load of predictions by some woman called Nikki. The reason why they posted it there was that in her list of predictions for 2009 (apparently quite a few she made for 2008 came true) was because she's predicted that the lead singer, Axl Rose, would die. That's not my reason for replying though, amongst her predictions were an earthquake in Russia and Tsunami's in Alaska and British Colombia and a few other places. I've just checked to post the link and that thread has completely disappeared. Luckily I printed it off in work (but it is still there).

Showing a few other earthquakes right after the 7.5, now down by Austrailia. 6.8,6.1 and a 5.0

hisz.rsoe.hu...

reply to post by starwatcher1


Yeah i had that one "pop up"...

My screen violently shook for some time... that is a biggun!!