LATEST UPDATE:Japan quake: No serious damage, tsunami warning lifted

[link to www.ndtv.com]




(Old)UPDATE: One meter high tsunami hits Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture - NHK

(Thanks to Doorbert for that info)




[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

37.710°N 144.625°E depth=33.0km (20.5mi)
Nearby Cities

295km (183mi) SE of Kamaishi, Japan
295km (183mi) ESE of Ofunato, Japan
300km (186mi) SE of Otsuchi, Japan
302km (188mi) ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
494km (307mi) ENE of Tokyo, Japan



A warning for a one meter tsunami was issued for the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was hit by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.


[link to www.jpost.com]


After Shocks are:
6.2
3.4
5.5
4.7
4.7
4.8
4.6
[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]

Check out a post from page 9 of this thread about the aftershocks and a pattern
Thread: 1 Meter Tsunami 7.3 EQ Off Japanese Coast ; 53 After Schocks! (Page 9)

did you know its almost the anniversary of

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicenter near the town of Léogâne (Ouest Department), approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time (21:53 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.[5][6]

By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded.[7] An estimated three million people were affected by the quake;[8] the Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died,[9] 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless.[10][11] The government of Haiti also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

today is the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor and Japan