Japan Earthquake Today is 7.2 Magnitude
A strong 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Japan today. A tsunami warning has been issued. See earthquake details below provided by USGS.
Magnitude: 7.2
Date-Time:
* Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 02:45:18 UTC
* Wednesday, March 09, 2011 at 11:45:18 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location: 38.510°N, 142.792°E
Depth: 14.1 km (8.8 miles)
Region: NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances:
168 km (104 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
193 km (119 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
216 km (134 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan
413 km (256 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
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Why was the USGS warning issued on 9 March, 2011 ignored?
Are people so complacent as to scoff at geological experts?
I say, be arrogant at your peril. A return to GOD is necessary. Witness GOD’s wrath & repent.
Moderate quake ‘strikes off Japan’
(AFP) – Feb 10, 2011
TOKYO — A 5.4 magnitude quake struck close to the Japanese coast on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued.
The quake hit at 10:03 pm (1303 GMT) 34 kilometres (21 miles) east southeast of Iwaki on the main island of Honshu and 212 kilometres northeast of the capital, Tokyo, the USGS said.
The agency recorded the depth of the quake at 28 kilometres.
Around 20 percent of the world’s most powerful earthquakes strike Japan, which sits on the “Ring of Fire” surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
Tectonics experts have warned of a 70 percent chance that the “Big One” — a magnitude-seven earthquake or worse — will strike the greater Tokyo region, home to around 35 million people, within the next 30 years.