Tsunami warning issued for northern Japan after strong Sakhalin quake

[BrightKnight]

Source: MSNBC

Breaking News - no details

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

[BrightKnight]

1. 6.4 - no damage or injuries reported

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20082053/

It doesn't sound like it is going to amount to anything.

[bananas]

2. Well there was just a 6.5-6.9 near alaska

http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/redpuma/redpuma_ami_list.html

NOTE: automatic locations are fast, but often not accurate and sometimes completely false!

D a t e Time (UTC) Location Dep Magni. T AGY R e g i o n

02Aug2007 03:21:31.8 49.1N 176.0W 30 mb=6.5 M*ROM SOUTH OF ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 0456
02Aug2007 03:21:46.2 51.3N 179.8W 60 mb=6.5 M*EMS ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIA0416
Signals recorded in Switzerland
02Aug2007 03:21:46.5 51.4N 179.9W 48 M =6.9 M*NEI ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIA0336

02Aug2007 02:37:42.2 47.2N 141.9E 10 Mw=6.2 M*EMS SAKHALIN ISLAND 0458
02Aug2007 02:37:52.3 48.1N 142.2E 30 mb=5.2 *ROM SAKHALIN ISLAND 0457
02Aug2007 02:37:44.4 47.3N 141.8E 10 M =5.8 M*NEI SAKHALIN ISLAND 0300

[BrightKnight]

3. and a 7.2 near VANUATU

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007fmba.php

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. oh wow, check out this visual...

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

[fed-up]

5. nice!!!!!! thanks-bookmarked next to my usgs site :) nt

[orleans]

7. nice...but what do the red and yellow circles mean? n/t

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. Red is last 24 hours...

Orange is Yesterday, Yellow is past 2 weeks. The pink is past 5 years activity.

[Eugene]

6. AP: Strong Quake in Russia Triggers Tsunami (1 dead)

Source: Associated Press

Strong Quake in Russia Triggers Tsunami

Thursday August 2, 2007 7:01 AM

TOKYO (AP) - A strong quake hit near Sakhalin island in Russia's
Far East on Thursday, reportedly killing one person and sending
small tsunami waves to northern Japan.

The temblor, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, struck at 11:38
a.m. Japan time (10:30 p.m. EDT) and hit the southern tip of
Sakhalin, just north of Japan, according to Japan's Meteorological
Agency.

One person died and two people were injured on Sakhalin from the
quake, the Russian news service Interfax reported.

In Japan, tsunami waves of about 1 foot hit the coastal city of
Wakkanai on the country's northernmost island of Hokkaido shortly
before 2 p.m., according to the Meteorological Agency. Smaller
waves were recorded elsewhere along Hokkaido's western coast.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6822213,00.html