viking
02-07-2010, 10:28 AM
Anyone heard?
Just saw some info on twitter!!
edit...
http://www.todayonline.com/BreakingNews/EDC100207-0000054/Japan-says-magnitude-6,6-earthquake-has-struck-off-the-countrys-southern-coast
viking
TheRebel
02-07-2010, 12:05 PM
Yeah, saw that, but there are conflicting reports whether it was 6.6 or 6.4; however interestingly two days back there was an underwater volcano eruption in Japanese sea..It seems after earthquake, tsunami warning has been issued!!
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=261_1265306896
http://www.merinews.com/article/japan-earthquake-tsunami-warning-issued-latest-updates/15797156.shtml
GaiaLove
02-07-2010, 03:12 PM
6.4 Confirmed
Magnitude (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#magnitude)6.4 Date-Time (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#date)
Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 06:10:00 UTC
Sunday, February 07, 2010 at 03:10:00 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones (http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_skal_tz.html)
Location (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#location)23.472°N, 123.713°E Depth (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#depth)16.5 km (10.3 miles) (poorly constrained) Region (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#region)SOUTHWESTERN RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN Distances (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#distances)115 km (70 miles) SSW of Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
225 km (140 miles) ESE of Hua-lien, Taiwan
225 km (140 miles) ESE of Su-ao, Taiwan
2055 km (1280 miles) SW of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#uncertainty)horizontal +/- 5.7 km (3.5 miles); depth +/- 21.9 km (13.6 miles) Parameters (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#parameters)NST= 95, Nph= 95, Dmin=130.9 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7 Source (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#source)
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/glossary.php#eventid)us2010skal
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010skal.php
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