Southland Wx Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Wasn't there also a small earthquake in ok, city also today? 3.2 east of town. Those sorts of quakes are relatively common there from what I've been able to gather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Hmmm, I guess thats just to prevent something really disasterous, but is doing that going to have any effect or is it so minimal to have no effect on anything? I'm sure it's a preventive measure and from what I gather the release will be small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 6.6 in the Honshu region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99lsfm2 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 6.6 in the Honshu region. TWC is saying it is not an aftershock it is a new quake of it's own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I'd probably crap my pants if I was on a hill watching that happen. Yeah but i'm glad those people were able to get out. Imagine if this had been at 3am instead and everyone was disoriented after the quake they may not have gotten up to high ground in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 6.6 in the Honshu region. Where are you seeing this? USGS doesn't have anything on their site... at least I can see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizardMafia Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Crazy.. MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 19:02:59 39.372 142.900 24.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.2 2011/03/11 18:59:15 37.037 138.355 1.0 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Where are you seeing this? USGS doesn't have anything on their site... at least I can see. Front page of yahoo just reported it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moneyman Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 CNN just reported about that 6.6 quake. The expert thinks it could be a seperate quake that was triggered by the 8.9 quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needbiggerboat Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Where are you seeing this? USGS doesn't have anything on their site... at least I can see. just posted as a 6.2, depth of less than 1 mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Front page of yahoo just reported it also. just posted as a 6.2, depth of less than 1 mile Got it - thanks... USGS was slow to update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99lsfm2 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Where are you seeing this? USGS doesn't have anything on their site... at least I can see. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott747 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Where are you seeing this? USGS doesn't have anything on their site... at least I can see. Paid Japanese news source I normally use for financial stuff. Comes out a bit quicker then the msm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Crazy.. MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 19:02:59 39.372 142.900 24.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.2 2011/03/11 18:59:15 37.037 138.355 1.0 NEAR THE WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN One would assume the East coast is an aftershock - while the West cost is a totally different quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 http://earthquake.us...on/Asia_eqs.php Paid Japanese news source I normally use for financial stuff. Comes out a bit quicker then the msm... Thanks, I'm good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtRosen Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Japan is going to release radioactive steam to relieve pressure from one of it's nuke plants. Link here I just read a story where 3 or 4 of Japan's nuke plants are having trouble right now. One is on fire, also. Can the radioactive steam harm humans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plokoon111 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ^ Yes of coarse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Can the radioactive steam harm humans? Take a wild guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoMo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 I just read a story where 3 or 4 of Japan's nuke plants are having trouble right now. One is on fire, also. Can the radioactive steam harm humans? The fire is out. It isn't the healthiest thing, but they have evacuated the area around it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 in case you all didn't know there was a also 4.3 in hawaii overnight about an hour or so they issued the tsunami warning and of course the 7.2 off japan a few days ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyewall Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 subject now says 9.1. DId they upgrade the magnitude? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 One would assume the East coast is an aftershock - while the West cost is a totally different quake. The definition of an aftershock isn't completely cut-and-dried; usually it's an aftershock if it's in the rupture zone of the mainshock. It's possible that something outside the rupture zone (the western Honshu one) is a triggered quake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-X Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 subject now says 9.1. DId they upgrade the magnitude? 9.1? We're closing in on 2004 territory. I was watching a seismologist talking about how megaquakes (8+) are cyclic in nature and how we were in a lull for decades and now we're in a period of higher megaquake activity-- sort of like what happens with hurricanes. He said that analyzing the data from the recent uptick in activity will help in better predict megaquakes, how long these megaquake cycles last and what causes their cyclic nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetjanet998 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Fox news reporting one dead in Cresent city CA, 3 more swept out to sea Nagano japan(pop 400,000) hit by a new quake 6.2 only .1 miles deep????? (different fault) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 subject now says 9.1. DId they upgrade the magnitude? USGS site still has 8.9, but still has "This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist." For quakes this big it can take MONTHS to figure out the actual Moment Magnitude. One problem is it saturates basically all sensors. It's sort of like Tornadoes and the EF scale - it's not just reading a number off an instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derecho! Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 9.1? We're closing in on 2004 territory. I was watching a seismologist talking about how megaquakes (8+) are cyclic in nature and how we were in a lull for decades and now we're in a period of higher megaquake activity-- sort of like what happens with hurricanes. He said that analyzing the data from the recent uptick in activity will help in better predict megaquakes, how long these megaquake cycles last and what causes their cyclic nature. Yeah, there was an article in the Journal of the Seismological Society of America about 3 years ago, I think, speculating on a worldwide decadal cycle of large subduction earthquakes. So it's legitimate - I only say that because there's SO much idiotic kookism trying to link quakes together or to other phenomena out there on the internet. And I'm not even talking about the End Times Apocalyptikook nutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappy Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The definition of an aftershock isn't completely cut-and-dried; usually it's an aftershock if it's in the rupture zone of the mainshock. It's possible that something outside the rupture zone (the western Honshu one) is a triggered quake. Yeah... I'm just assuming that since the 6.2 occurred on the other side of the country, it would be seperate from all the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baroclinic_instability Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 9.1? We're closing in on 2004 territory. I was watching a seismologist talking about how megaquakes (8+) are cyclic in nature and how we were in a lull for decades and now we're in a period of higher megaquake activity-- sort of like what happens with hurricanes. He said that analyzing the data from the recent uptick in activity will help in better predict megaquakes, how long these megaquake cycles last and what causes their cyclic nature. As long as nobody starts taking about the apocalypse With the interwebz these days--fear spreads fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aslkahuna Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 As far as I know, Japan is the only country that has any kind of developed early quake warning system. http://www.youtube.c...h?v=A_8ZkBXVvMw Not true, CA is starting to field one now. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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