The web is a blaze with breaking news that several massive earthquakes have struck off the coast of Japan.
There are Tsunami watches for the British Isles and the West Coast of the United States, as a result of a massive 8.9 earthquake - as reported by the U.S.G.S. 1
Although still early in the aftermath, due to the instant media life we live in, thanks to Twitter and YouTube, we are getting more and more information every second. I have had to rewrite sections several times. This article will just be a snub, and more snubs will follow until the full damage assessment is concluded.
Full scientific details can be found here:
- This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
8.9
Date-Time
- Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
- Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter
- Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
38.322°N, 142.369°E
Depth
24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program
Region
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances
130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
178 km (110 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan
373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
NST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.46 sec, Gp= 29°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source
- USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0001xgp
Mainichi.jp Photojournal
Stay tuned to the main page and to @XieonPoliics -now up - for brekaing realtime news of the incident
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