earthlight Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Wow...is that the airport underwater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Wow...is that the airport underwater? one of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewxmann Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 can someone provide a link to the stream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 For the record the 9.5 Earthquake occurred in Chile in 1960 and the 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. The fault on which this shock occurred is a classic subduction zone megathrust fault hence the high magnitude. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Oil Refinery on fire now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 For the record the 9.5 Earthquake occurred in Chile in 1960 and the 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. The fault on which this shock occurred is a classic subduction zone megathrust fault hence the high magnitude. Steve It seems the subduction zone faults are most prone to big tsunamis too since they usually involve huge thrusts of earth upwards during the quake to displace the water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 For the record the 9.5 Earthquake occurred in Chile in 1960 and the 9.2 in Alaska in 1964. The fault on which this shock occurred is a classic subduction zone megathrust fault hence the high magnitude. Steve Are those the two strongest earthquakes on record, Steve? I believe there was another 9+ in Portugal but that was a couple of centuries ago. And maybe one in China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Another 2 M6.3 earthquakes of 20-30 km in depth offshore of Honshu Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 That was the craziest thing I've seen on TV in a LONG LONG time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 TSUNAMI WARNING HAWAII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 It seems the subduction zone faults are most prone to big tsunamis too since they usually involve huge thrusts of earth upwards during the quake to displace the water. This is a list of megathrust earthquakes.... the interesting thing is only one of these was among the top ten deadliest earthquakes (that was the 2004 Indonesian earthquake.) The Portugal earthquake from 1755 I referenced earlier is on this list as a 9.0 http://en.wikipedia....rust_earthquake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 It seems the subduction zone faults are most prone to big tsunamis too since they usually involve huge thrusts of earth upwards during the quake to displace the water. Those silicates under high pressure certainly help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 That was the craziest thing I've seen on TV in a LONG LONG time... Yes...I can't believe what I am watching still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weathergun Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Video of tsunami hitting Japan. Incredible: http://www.cnn.com/v...uake.cnn?hpt=T1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 JESUS.... TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 003 PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS ISSUED AT 0730Z 11 MAR 2011 THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA... WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA. ... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. / TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. / POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA / NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER / HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. / WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE / AUSTRALIA / FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO / KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / NEW ZEALAND / PITCAIRN / GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA / PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU http://www.prh.noaa.gov/hnl/tsunami_msgs/HEBTSUPAC.201103110932 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlover11 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just lost at words right now, cant even imagine what those folks are going thru right now, still haven't heard from my friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Tsunamis over the deep ocean are barely perceptible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthlight Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 3 NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI 931 PM HST THU MAR 10 2011 TO - CIVIL DEFENSE IN THE STATE OF HAWAII SUBJECT - TSUNAMI WARNING A TSUNAMI WARNING IS ISSUED FOR THE STATE OF HAWAII EFFECTIVE AT 0931 PM HST. AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS ORIGIN TIME - 0746 PM HST 10 MAR 2011 COORDINATES - 38.2 NORTH 142.5 EAST LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN MAGNITUDE - 8.8 MOMENT MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0657Z 2.79M / 9.2FT 76MIN DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH) LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST) TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME) AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL. IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT. VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT). PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT. NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS. EVALUATION A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED THAT COULD CAUSE DAMAGE ALONG COASTLINES OF ALL ISLANDS IN THE STATE OF HAWAII. URGENT ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF LONG OCEAN WAVES. EACH INDIVIDUAL WAVE CREST CAN LAST 5 TO 15 MINUTES OR MORE AND EXTENSIVELY FLOOD COASTAL AREAS. THE DANGER CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE AS SUBSEQUENT WAVES ARRIVE. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVES EFFICIENTLY WRAP AROUND ISLANDS. ALL SHORES ARE AT RISK NO MATTER WHICH DIRECTION THEY FACE. THE TROUGH OF A TSUNAMI WAVE MAY TEMPORARILY EXPOSE THE SEAFLOOR BUT THE AREA WILL QUICKLY FLOOD AGAIN. EXTREMELY STRONG AND UNUSUAL NEARSHORE CURRENTS CAN ACCOMPANY A TSUNAMI. DEBRIS PICKED UP AND CARRIED BY A TSUNAMI AMPLIFIES ITS DESTRUCTIVE POWER. SIMULTANEOUS HIGH TIDES OR HIGH SURF CAN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE TSUNAMI HAZARD. THE ESTIMATED ARRIVAL TIME IN HAWAII OF THE FIRST TSUNAMI WAVE IS 0259 AM HST FRI 11 MAR 2011 MESSAGES WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY OR SOONER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 For those watching CNN... was that someone on a second story waving a white sheet out their window from their flooded building just now??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Yeah it was. They were trapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famartin Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I have two friends in Japan right now. I know one is alright. Haven't heard about the other yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 tsunami sirens should be going off in HI right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Interesting note: Basically any country/continent touching the Pacific basin has a tsunami warning except for the coasts of OR/CA/WA/AK and Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zir0b Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 al jazeera has pretty good streaming coverage http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Why isn't the west coast of the US under some type of advisory? the west coast of South America has a tsunami warning and so does mexico and central america Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooL Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Why isn't the west coast of the US under some type of advisory? the west coast of South America has a tsunami warning and so does mexico... someone just told me the west coast has a watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 These high end earthquakes actually alter the earth's rotational period slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacindc Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center: http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ No watch yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORH_wxman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Why isn't the west coast of the US under some type of advisory? the west coast of South America has a tsunami warning and so does mexico... The USGS is pretty good...they have often not issued advisories when neighboring agencies did....and they were correct. They said correctly in 2004 that no additional tsunamis were a threat in the indian ocean when the agencies out there were warning of more. They usually err on the side of caution. They've had several tsuanmi warnings that did nothing like the one in Hawaii last year. They might issue one, but they are probably waiting for more data from buoys in the central PAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The USGS is pretty good...they have often not issued advisories when neighboring agencies did....and they were correct. They said correctly in 2004 that no additional tsunamis were a threat in the indian ocean when the agencies out there were warning of more. They usually err on the side of caution. They've had several tsuanmi warnings that did nothing like the one in Hawaii last year. They might issue one, but they are probably waiting for more data from buoys in the central PAC. That makes sense, it just def looks awkward when you see mexico to chile under tsunami warning and US/Canada with nothing for right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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