Strong earthquake shakes Tokyo area

by albertacowpoke | August 9, 2009 at 04:27 am

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An earthquake with a 6.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Tokyo and surrounding areas this morning according to the Japan Meteorological Agency on Sunday.

The earthquake occurred at 7:56pm Tokyo time. It rattled furniture and walls in the area. There were no immediate damages or casualties reported.

The quake was centered in the Izu Islands, 192 miles south southwest of Tokyo.

The U.S. Geological Survey gave a preliminary reading of 7.1. There is no danger of a Tsunami.

TOKYO -- A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 shook the Japanese capital and surrounding areas Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties from the temblor, which quake rattled furniture and walls in Tokyo homes at 7:56 p.m. (1056 GMT) Sunday, the agency said.

The United States Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude reading of 7.1 for the quake, which was centered in the Izu Islands some 320 kilometers southwest of Tokyo.

[q url="http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009kcaz.html]<33.144°N, 138.040°E 303.1 km (188.3 miles) IZU ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION 165 km (100 miles) W of Hachijo-jima, Izu Islands, Japan
175 km (110 miles) S of Hamamatsu, Honshu, Japan
205 km (130 miles) S of Shizuoka, Honshu, Japan
320 km (200 miles) SSW of TOKYO, Japan
horizontal +/- 5 km (3.1 miles); depth +/- 8.9 km (5.5 miles) NST=201, Nph=201, Dmin=668.8 km, Rmss=0.85 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=7

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Paschen

at 04:46 on August 9th, 2009

Thank you for the post ACP, It was a strong one and a long one as well.

albertacowpoke

at 04:40 on August 9th, 2009

How did you fare, Paschen?

Paschen

at 04:54 on August 9th, 2009

Japan is well set up for disasters and it is not common that people are in serious danger.

Just do not try to put up Dry Wall on a ceiling just before an Earthquake. :)

We do have a rather good warning system here as well, with Laud speakers all over the country that give us the latest updates.

Katori our next door Town has now a fire, I am not sure though if it has any relation to the Earthquake.

albertacowpoke

at 04:57 on August 9th, 2009

Thank you for this Passion. I suppose you wouldn't want to stand on a ladder either. Let us know if you hear more about the fire in Katori.

emiko (not verified)

at 04:55 on August 9th, 2009

we are okay, jan!

albertacowpoke

at 04:57 on August 9th, 2009

Thank you Emiko

J2B (not verified)

at 05:25 on August 9th, 2009

the earthquake covered most of mainland Japan, Japan said it had a mag of 6.9 America claims 7.1. It was on the Tokaido fault line. The Big Tokaido earthquake is about 10 years overdue. I think this was the one which happened in Tokyo in 1923.

Reports of an earthquake in Hawaii too.

albertacowpoke

at 05:40 on August 9th, 2009

Thank you for this informaton J2B. I will check Hawaii. Thanks

albertacowpoke

at 05:47 on August 9th, 2009

Depth Region Distances Location Uncertainty Parameters

19.773°N, 155.884°W

27.8 km (17.3 miles)

ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII

14 km (9 miles) ENE (66°) from Kalaoa, HI
18 km (11 miles) S (186°) from Puako, HI
19 km (12 miles) NE (39°) from Kailua, HI
84 km (52 miles) W (275°) from Hilo, HI
265 km (164 miles) SE (130°) from Honolulu, HI

horizontal +/- 1 km (0.6 miles); depth +/- 1.9 km (1.2 miles)

Nph= 33, Dmin=11 km, Rmss=0.1 sec, Gp=202°,
M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=0

albertacowpoke

at 05:48 on August 9th, 2009

The above is the data on the Hawaii earthquake. It is reported as magnitude 2.7.

Paschen

at 13:02 on August 9th, 2009

Nice comment and input here J2B.

Mag (not verified)

at 05:37 on August 9th, 2009

Thought they said it was 3 or so and centered in Chiba?

Im in western Tokyo and it was quite feelable, no damage except half of the plants in my aquarium that I put in yesterday seemed to detach. :|

albertacowpoke

at 05:42 on August 9th, 2009

Thank you very much for this information Mag. Tokyo reported 6.9 and U.S. Geological survery reported 7.1 as per J2B comments.

politisite

at 10:48 on August 9th, 2009

Thanks

hotmail email (not verified)

at 10:54 on August 9th, 2009

ohhh, hope so everything is fine. May be earthquake chances are less to hit again.

Yuliya Talmazan

at 13:12 on August 9th, 2009

It still appears that there has been no major damage from the quake:

The quake rocked buildings in the Japanese capital, but no damage was reported. Some local trains experienced slight delays.

There are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The quake swayed houses and rattled furniture in the city at 7:56 p.m. No damage was immediately reported by national television networks.

The seismologists in Japan predict more strong earthquakes in the future:

Seismologists in Japan, which experiences around 20 percent of the world's most powerful earthquakes, believe disastrously strong quakes will strike off its Pacific coastline in the near future.

lisha

at 23:27 on August 9th, 2009

GOOD REPORT

Milly wholestack (not verified)

at 07:42 on October 19th, 2009

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