Quake in Japan, tsunami warnings...

[Stardust]

Breaking News Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 9:42 PM PDT


TOKYO (AP) Japan's Meteorological Agency says strong quake has hit southern Sakhalin, issues tsunami warning for northern Japan.

[fed-up]

1. Mag 5.4 NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN and a 7.2 at 17:08:54 (UTC) VANUATU

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007fmar.php
Earthquake Details

Magnitude 5.4
Date-Time
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 08:15:59 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 5:15:59 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 33.932°N, 136.639°E
Depth 358.2 km (222.6 miles)
Region NEAR S. COAST OF WESTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 85 km (50 miles) S of Tsu, Honshu, Japan
130 km (80 miles) SW of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
135 km (80 miles) SE of Osaka, Honshu, Japan
345 km (215 miles) WSW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.7 km (2.9 miles); depth +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles)
Parameters Nst=184, Nph=184, Dmin=322.8 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 72°,
M-type=body magnitude (Mb), Version=8
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007fmar





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

Earthquake Details

Magnitude 7.2
Date-Time
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 17:08:54 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 4:08:54 AM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 15.710°S, 167.690°E
Depth 147.8 km (91.8 miles) set by location program
Region VANUATU
Distances 65 km (40 miles) ESE of Luganville, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu
235 km (145 miles) NNW of PORT-VILA, Efate, Vanuatu
455 km (285 miles) NNW of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu
1995 km (1240 miles) NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.3 km (4.5 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters Nst=249, Nph=249, Dmin=>999 km, Rmss=1.16 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=Q
Source
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID us2007fmba


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/


and I check the CA/NE recent quake site almost daily
http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[Stardust]

2. Have you checked out this website: map of world and ensuing disasters in real time

http://visz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Ok guys what the hell is going on tonight?

full moon on steroids?

[Stardust]

4. Hellzapoppin! And I think the moon is quite full tonight.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Well when I was in EMS we learned to plan for

threes... major things came in threes....

Yep I know that it made no sense, but it worked