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Update! Earthquake hits Central Japan. Tsunami warning cancelled!

by Paschen | August 10, 2009 at 12:38 pm

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By, Uwe Paschen.

At about five past five just after getting up this morning we had another strong Earthquake here in Chiba Kent, this one was of a force 6 on the Japanese scale wish goes from 1 to 7; 7 being the strongest possible. Magnitude 6.6 wish means a lot of rattling and shaking and things moving. This is a powerful earthquake and could have caused some serious damage.

Occurred at (JST)	Latitude (degree)	Longitude (degree)	Depth	Magnitude	Region Name
05:07 JST 11 Aug 2009	34.8N	138.5E	20km	6.6	Suruga-wan

More info will follow as it come in.

It seems we just had two earthquake from what I can hear over the Speakers.

From what I can see and hear so far, every thing is still standing and well. As I see it, we are fortunate so far.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20090811051326391-110507.html

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20090811052120391-110507.html

At 6 15 Am a Tsunami warning has now been issued.

Tsunami advisory in effect.

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/joho.html

Latest Update as of 09:14 Hours local Japanese time.

All Tsunamis warnings have been cancelled.

See. http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/index.html

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ayyK8tnKIiLM

At least 43 people have been injured due to falling object and so far 4 Casualties have been reported as well. Further, over 9000 homes are still with out power.

The Nuclear Power Plant have been shut down as well.

Trains are still delayed in Tokyo and Chiba Prefecture.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/6007875/Strong-earthquake-shakes-Japan.html

Some serious damage is being reported now through NHK and some land slides covered the Tome Highway in part, building have been seriously damaged as well.

See VIDEO in NHK link below.

http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_13.html

Some older buildings in our area where damaged as well and two collapsed. I will upload pictures latter.

Last update on August 13s 2009,: Every thing is back to normal.

See previous Earthquake from the 9th of August 2009, covered By ACP http://my.nowpublic.com/environment/strong-earthquake-shakes-tokyo-area

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Paschen

flagged this story as Eyewitness Report

at 12:38 on August 10th, 2009

This is an eyewitness report from the NowPublic member Paschen who was on the scene.

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Pythiian1

at 13:32 on August 10th, 2009

Thank you for posting this news so timely, Paschen.

I understand that there is a tsunami alert in the entire region.

patgarcia

at 15:56 on August 10th, 2009

Thanks for the post. There have been several earthquakes lately.

hidflect

at 01:21 on August 11th, 2009

Rattled my cupboards... twice! It's funny; I can always "hear" the big ones coming 3-4 seconds in advance of the "hit". That's not really possible since I believe the shockwave moves faster through the ground than sound does through air so I suppose it must be some sort of attenuation of the structure that makes the distant rumble effect.