Magnitude 7.4 - BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

[The Straight Story]

Magnitude 7.4 - BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0000rxc.php

[RedCloud]

1. Slightly beyond medium for a quake. Any Tsunamis?

[AsahinaKimi]

2. There is this:

000
WEHW42 PHEB 211733
TIBHWX

HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-211933-

TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
733 AM HST TUE DEC 21 2010

TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII

SUBJECT - TSUNAMI INFORMATION

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. NO ACTION REQUIRED.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0720 AM HST 21 DEC 2010
COORDINATES - 27.5 NORTH 143.4 EAST
LOCATION - BONIN ISLANDS JAPAN REGION
MAGNITUDE - 7.4 MOMENT

EVALUATION

BASED ON ALL AVAILABLE DATA A DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS
NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII. REPEAT. A
DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI IS NOT EXPECTED AND THERE IS NO
TSUNAMI THREAT TO HAWAII.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY STATEMENT ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL DATA ARE RECEIVED.
...SP...


http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.2010.12.21.173310

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0000rxc.php#tsunami

[The Straight Story]

3. tsunami warnings for the Ogasawara Islands

has issued tsunami warnings for the Ogasawara Islands and a tsunami advisory for southern Japan.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/12/21/7-4-earthquake-hits-coast-of-japan/

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. 7.4 is slightly beyond medium? Wow. How big are the quakes where YOU live?

I've been in all of the big So Cal earthquakes since 1971 and I gotta tell ya, we don't consider 7.3 to be "slightly beyond medium". That kind of description might follow a 5.0.

[FirstLight]

4. Okay, I'll say it

think there's a link between this and the lunar eclipse? I personally think eclipses are like magnetic 'switches' that effect the earth...

[beam me up scottie]

5. No.

[Codeine]

7. You can think anything you'd like,

but you're wrong.

[Dover]

8. Yes

Quite possible there is a link.


Can the Moon Cause Earthquakes?
John Roach
National Geographic News

May 23, 2005
Coast dwellers are accustomed to the daily rhythm of the tides, which are primarily lulled in and out by the gentle gravitational tug of the moon. Some scientists wonder whether the moon's tugging may also influence earthquake activity.

"The same force that raises the 'tides' in the ocean also raises tides in the crust," said Geoff Chester, an astronomer and public affairs officer with the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. ..cont'd

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/05/0523_050523_moonquake.html

---

The Moon, Earth Tides and Earthquake Forecasting

According to a AAAS press release:

"Tidal forces may have contributed to triggering the devastating magnitude 9.0 Sumatra earthquake of 2004 and other large earthquakes in the region. Gravitational pull from the Sun and the Moon not only is responsible for ocean tides but also creates Earth tides, slight motions of the solid Earth (bulges and dips in the earth's crust and upper mantle) that can lead to stress buildup (or stress relief) along faults."

http://smarteconomy.typepad.com/smart_economy/2010/03/the-moon-earth-tides-and-earth-quakes-1.html

---

Earthquake Counts Go Up As Moon Moves Closer To Earth

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/science/Earthquake-counts-go-up-as-moon-comes-closer-to-earth-BARC/articleshow/6786972.cms


---

Earthquakes Follow NASA Moon Explosion
Feb 27, 2010

... Earthquakes Follow NASA Moon Explosion , It appears that we are experiencing a cascade of earthquakes ever since NASA bombed the moon on Oct ...
www.prevalhaiti.com

[beam me up scottie]

9. How exactly does earth's shadow on the moon cause earthquakes?

None of your links address the question.

[uppityperson]

11. sun/moon lineup puts greater grav on earth, more extreme tides

both of which can cause earthquakes. Just like a fly crawling on the skin of an orange can cause it to split open and leak juice all over the floor. Oh, almost forgot. AND it can cause the poles to shift!


:sarcasm:

[beam me up scottie]

13. Oh Jesus Christ, you really had me going for a minute!

:rofl:

Well played!

[Dover]

14. Lunar Eclipses always occur on a full moon, hence the connection.

High School Astronomy.

[uppityperson]

15. Yes, that is when the sun/moon/earth are lined up so shadow may cross

Rather like solar eclipses occur on new moon, the other time they are lined up so shadow may cross.

[beam me up scottie]

17. So like I said, eclipses have nothing to do with earthquakes.

Grade school science.

[beam me up scottie]

16. And for fuck's sake, for the last time: NASA DID NOT BOMB THE MOON.

Which means the non-bombing of the moon could not have caused "a cascade of earthquakes".

Your last link is to the comments section of a blog from Haiti, btw.

Quelle surprise. :eyes:

[SpiralHawk]

10. "Absolutely yes on the eclipse thingy." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*

* Courageously channeled by the the intrepid SH from the vast netherworld of darkside republicon occultism

[uppityperson]

12. Electromagnetic. Gravity. Strong&Weak Nuclear. Different forces. Links here...

http://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=225

http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/gravity/force.html

[SpiralHawk]

18. If John Boehner (R) moved to the Bonin Islands...

He would be THE Bonin Boehner.