8.3 earthquake in ocean off of Japan

[movingconcierge]

Did anyone over there feel this? So Cal is under a tsunami watch.

# Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 11:14:16 (UTC)
= Coordinated Universal Time
# Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 10:14:16 PM
= local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 46.616°N, 153.224°E
Depth 28.5 km (17.7 miles)
Region KURIL ISLANDS
Distances 445 km (275 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands
495 km (305 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'sk, Kuril Islands, Russia
1665 km (1030 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan
7170 km (4450 miles) NE of MOSCOW, Russia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 7.1 km (4.4 miles); depth +/- 8.2 km (5.1 miles)
Parameters Nst=213, Nph=213, Dmin=812.9 km, Rmss=1.05 sec, Gp= 65°,
M-type=moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usvcam

 

[LeetPCUser]

That is crazy. Since I live in Wisconsin we have nothing but a couple dozen tornadoes a year.

 

[Grey_OwL]

Oh my, here comes another tsunami paranoia..

 

[_FLIP_]

I looked it up, it looks the warnings were cancelled.

http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S20029.html?cat=1

 

[movingconcierge]

What a bizzare response . BTW: there was a 6' surge in Northern CA which did cause some damage

Oh my, here comes another tsunami paranoia..