8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

now 6.2 hits westcost of japan...

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 6.2
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 18:59:15 UTC
Saturday, March 12, 2011 at 03:59:15 AM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 37.037°N, 138.355°E
Depth 1 km (~0.6 mile)
Region NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 46 km (28 miles) NNE of Nagano, Honshu, Japan
96 km (59 miles) NNE of Matsumoto, Honshu, Japan
96 km (59 miles) NW of Maebashi, Honshu, Japan
195 km (121 miles) NW of TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 12.9 km (8.0 miles); depth +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles)
Parameters NST=409, Nph=415, Dmin=55.7 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)


Event ID usc0001z2a

Originally posted by GezinhoKiko
hisz.rsoe.hu...

wow this is an incredible site
a biohazard in wales?
what does this meen?
sounds bad
they are all over the world?

You will find disasters all over the world for many different things on that website. Don't be concerned, very few have to do with the immediate effects of the earthquake/tsunami. You can click each warning, and get details about it.

It will let you know what the problem was, where, when. There's epidemics, plane crashes, earth quakes, etc... So don't be concerned by everything you see there. That is basically every 'disaster' reported across the world EVERY day.

Originally posted by baron23
Hey guys, first post. I just checked out that RSOE page. It's showing an earthquake in alaska. has anyone heard anything about this?

It's 2.1 on that chain of islands to the south. There was a 2.3 in Baja Mexico as well. Nothing to write home about.

Originally posted by butcherguy
Keep in mind that the nuclear reactor that we have been told repeatedly is fine....

Has technicians working on it during 5-6 mag aftershocks. The reactor piping was probably damaged during the main quake, as it was built to withstand a 7.5 mag EQ. Who knows what terrible conditions they are facing while trying to get coolant flowing again, if that is even feasible. After too much heat and pressure builds up, the introduction of water back into the system would cause an explosion.

edit on 11-3-2011 by butcherguy because: (no reason given)

Yes, but the piping has been designed to withstand a bleve, there are release valves that can prevent the massive pressures from building. The resulting radioactive water vapor is then condensed in tanks

Nothing major happened in mexico..He just wants attention. Ignore it

Luckily the buildings in Japan managed to do what they were meant to do. The death toll could have been way higher as it is so dense.

Good investment on ground breaking technology.

Update:- Aftershocks to continue for MONTHS getting weaker over time.

the 8.9 quake ripped a hole in the earths crust 150 miles long according to fox news

reply to post by shikori


Looks like the solar winds are pressing hard on the magnetic field as we speak. I wonder what it looked like during the quake...

Just on CNN...-Japan quake ripped a hole in the Earth's crust, 150 miles long and 50 miles wide.

reply to post by Perfectenemy


I think it was a separate quake caused by the release on tension from the 8.9 pushing on the pacific plate. It would seem that the island of Japan just moved farther out to sea than it was the day before. Though I'm no seismologist.

Anyone got links to this hole ripped in the Earth from the quake?

reply to post by TheSparrowSings

The site has archives so you can check.

Originally posted by shagula

Originally posted by GezinhoKiko
hisz.rsoe.hu...

wow this is an incredible site
a biohazard in wales?
what does this meen?
sounds bad
they are all over the world?

You will find disasters all over the world for many different things on that website. Don't be concerned, very few have to do with the immediate effects of the earthquake/tsunami. You can click each warning, and get details about it.

It will let you know what the problem was, where, when. There's epidemics, plane crashes, earth quakes, etc... So don't be concerned by everything you see there. That is basically every 'disaster' reported across the world EVERY day.

I even saw a report of a vehicle accident on that site. Somewhere in South America I think. The only reason they put it in there I think was because it happened on a military base. That is a very good site, along with the USGS site.

reply to post by Topato


yeah and thats just the start of it

reply to post by TheSparrowSings


thats what i was thinking, i remember seeing the image of the field a while back and it lookedl like a mushroom on the one side, but now all those layers look peeled back

reply to post by shagula


thank you for that

i did look at details on the wales biohazard but theres not much to tell me

its because i live in the UK near the border of wales so i was concerned lol



On topic
so have there been 2 6+ earthquakes seperate from aftershocks in japan?

Originally posted by GullibleUnderlord
the 8.9 quake ripped a whole in the earths crust 150 miles long according to fox news

What kind of effects would that have then ? Never heard of this before. What are the repercussions ?Did they talk about that at all ?

reply to post by StealthKix


its not working for me either. I have been trying since 8:00 EST today

Originally posted by StealthKix
Luckily the buildings in Japan managed to do what they were meant to do. The death toll could have been way higher as it is so dense.

Good investment on ground breaking technology.

But.. But... SUPER-MOON week has not even started yet

MR X-Flare

Should ATS start a new thread to show fake donation sites or corrupt organizations asking for donations? ATS did a pretty good job of bring attention to the corrupt and illegal ones in Haiti.