Tsunami warning for Japan

[malaise]

following earthquake

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/

[malaise]

1. Tsunami advisory for Hawaii

now.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Mag 7.8...

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

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.8 (Major)
Date-Time Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:14:16 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 10:14:16 PM
= local time at epicenter

Location 46.683°N, 153.224°E
Depth 27.7 km (17.2 miles)
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances 443 km (275 miles) ENE (67°) from Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
493 km (306 miles) SSW (207°) from Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
798 km (496 miles) E (88°) from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
1660 km (1032 miles) NE (38°) from TOKYO, Japan

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles)
Parameters Nst=213, Nph=213, Dmin=806.3 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Event ID usvcam

[malaise]

5. CNN is linking up with video from Japan n/t

[Terri S]

3. wow, warning issued for Alaska now too

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Hawaii too

n/t

[annabanana]

4. It's a big 'un...

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

[malaise]

6. Earthquake has been upgraded to 8.1

Advisories now watches or warnings.

[HeeBGBz]

7. Watch also for as far down as Vancouver, BC

As just reported by the CNN weather guy.

[malaise]

9. 16 inch wave so far

looks like nothing to worry about.

[originalpckelly]

10. DAMN! That is a big quake!

Biggest I've heard of in a long time!

[originalpckelly]

11. From the USGS: It was in the Kuril Islands...

so it won't probably directly hurt many Japanese.

"Magnitude 7.8 (Major)
# Date-Time Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:14:16 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 10:14:16 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 46.683°N, 153.224°E
Depth 27.7 km (17.2 miles)
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances 445 km (275 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
495 km (305 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
1665 km (1030 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
7170 km (4450 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth +/- 5.6 km (3.5 miles)
Parameters Nst=213, Nph=213, Dmin=806.3 km, Rmss=0.97 sec, Gp= 58°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usvcam"