Earthquakes near Japan

[Jon P. Inghram]

Wow, a 7 and then a 7.1 in the same day!

Everything ok where you're at Sasq?

[Paddy]

probably just a bit shaken up.....

Seriously, hope all is well!

[Sasq]

i felt 1, it was probably just over a 4 localy.

Still haven't checked the news yet to see where it was

[Sasq]

**more irritating is the typhoon knocking on my door to the south of us

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Originally posted by Sasq
**more irritating is the typhoon knocking on my door to the south of us

woah... i hope things will get better in japan...

[Paddy]

@Sasq: Can you surf?

[Sasq]

Nope cant surf, the typhoon is causing more grief in the west of the main Island, and is going to bug Taiwan more then here. We just get lots of wind and a bucket load or rain.

*note lots of rain and subways don't always mix that well

**I think its no. 14 typhoon for the year

[ZokesPro]

I've always wondered...

What would happen if you opened a can of pop after an earthquake?

Seriously though, did it cause much damage? 7 is pretty high.

[Sasq]

AP - Two powerful earthquakes hit western Japan, rattling several major cities and triggering tsunami waves.

At least four people were injured, news reports said, but no damage was immediately reported.

A quake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale hit western Japan shortly after 7pm (2000 AEST), followed five hours later by a more powerful 7.3-magnitude quake, the Meteorological Agency said.

The quakes were felt most powerfully in sparsely populated areas of Wakayama prefecture (state) about 450km west of Tokyo. But they also rattled the major cities of Osaka, Kyoto and Nagoya, and caused buildings to sway in Tokyo.

Both quakes were centred far off Japan's Pacific coast, which may have minimised damage. The first quake was centred about 110km off the coast of Wakayama on the Kii peninsula and 10km beneath the ocean floor.

The second was centred about 130km off the coast of Kochi prefecture, also 10km below the seabed.

Tsunami - waves triggered by seismic activity - were recorded along the Kii peninsula's coast after the first quake, the largest being 60cm high.

The Meteorological Agency issued fresh tsunami warnings after the second quake, prompting several coastal towns in Mie prefecture to order residents to evacuate, public broadcaster NHK reported.

An 89-year-old woman and a 94-year-old man in Kyoto were injured after the first quake, news reports said. A spokesman for the Kyoto prefectural police said they were checking on whether the injuries resulted from the earthquake.

Two more women in Wakayama and nearby Osaka also suffered minor injuries, Kyodo News reported.

A high-speed train service was suspended for about 10 minutes, Kyodo reported. Local commuter lines serving western Japan were also temporarily halted, the news agency said.

Japan, which rests atop several tectonic plates, is among the world's most earthquake-prone countries.

A magnitude 7 quake is capable of causing widespread, heavy damage.

In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8383

I'm in tokyo, it was enough that I felt one of them, we get about 1000 a year in tokyo so to be honest, you just generaly look up from what your doing say 'jishin da' and return to plucking belly button lint

[SitFlyer]

From the USGS

1st quake, Mag 7.0, 10:07:09 UTC
Felt Reports At least four people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of southwestern Japan and as far northeast as Tokyo. A local tsunami was generated with wave heights (peak-to-trough) of about 51 cm in Wakayama Prefecture. Recorded (5L JMA) in Mie, Nara and Wakayama; (4 JMA) in Aichi, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka and Shiga; (3 JMA) in Chiba, Fukui, Hiroshima, Kanagawa, Nagano, Okayama, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Tottori and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Gumma, Ishikawa, Saitama, Tochigi, Toyama and Yamaguchi (1 JMA) in Ibaraki, Miyagi and Niigata Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1 JMA) in Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki and Oita Prefectures, Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Kozu-shima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Mikura-jima and Miyake-jima; (1 JMA) on Dogo and the Dozen islands.

2nd quake, Mag 7.1, 14:57:18 UTC
Felt Reports Seven people injured in the Kyoto area. Felt in much of southwestern Japan and as far north as Tokyo. A tsunami was observed with wave heights of approximately 1 meter at Wakayama. A tsunami was also observed at Owase. Recorded (5L JMA) in Wakayama and Mie; (4 JMA) in Aichi, Fukui, Gifu, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Shiga and Tottori; (3 JMA) in Chiba, Hiroshima, Ishikawa, Kanagawa, Nagano, Okayama, Shimane, Shizuoka, Tokyo and Yamanashi; (2 JMA) in Gumma, Ibaraki, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi and Yamaguchi; (1 JMA) in Miyagi Prefectures. Recorded (3 JMA) in Kagawa, Kochi and Tokushima; (2 JMA) in Ehime Prefectures, Shikoku. Recorded (1 JMA) in Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Oita and Saga Prefectures, Kyushu. Also recorded (3 JMA) on Hachijo-jima, Kozu-shima, Miyake-jima, Nii-jima and O-shima; (2 JMA) on Dogo, Mikura-jima and in the Dozen islands; (1 JMA) on Sadago-shima.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Maps/10/135_35_frames.html

[Sasq]

*subnote to SitFlyers post, earthquakes are on a scale of 1 ~ 7 in the local scale

[Paddy]

Nope cant surf, the typhoon is causing more grief in the west of the main Island, and is going to bug Taiwan more then here. We just get lots of wind and a bucket load or rain.

Hope you've got a raincoat!

[SitFlyer]

Originally posted by Sasq
*subnote to SitFlyers post, earthquakes are on a scale of 1 ~ 7 in the local scale

Let's hope so. I'd prefer not to expierence an 8.whatever EVER.

[Sasq]

umm our 7 is a 9 on the normal scale

[Umfriend]

Trust the Japanese to miniaturise anything - even earthquacke scales.