Big-ass earthquake hits off Japan; Tsunami warning issued

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2007xmae.php

According to the USGS it was 7.7. AP is reporting an 8.3.

They're anticipating a 3.3 foot tsunami. Is that considered big?

 

[gary coleman]Fuck yeah, that's big.[/gary coleman]

 

Interesting that AP is reporting a different number. I wonder why that is.

 

I believe we'll be hearing from Lucy Higgins from Cal-Tech, err, Caltech, any day now ...

 

Well I pulled the 7.7 off the USGS's site. I might be reading it wrong or something.

 

I wasn't trying to call you out, I was just curious if the AP maybe uses a different source for earthquake readings or something.

 

George Bush hates Asians.

 

From Reuters:

TOKYO (Reuters) - A tsunami warning was issued on Saturday for the eastern part of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido and a lesser warning for a wide swathe of northeastern and eastern Honshu, Japan's main island, NHK public television said.

The earliest possible arrival of the tsunami was estimated at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) on the eastern coast of Hokkaido with an estimated maximum height of one meter.

The warning came after a moderate earthquake on the Japanese scale of 3 rocked parts of eastern Hokkaido and northeastern Honshu. There were no immediate reports of injuries from the earthquake.

 

USGS has it at 7.7, AP has it at 8.3 and if you click through to the Tsunami warning site, via that link on the USGS page, it lists it at 8.4.

 

I blame the freezing fog.

 

If that thing gets to Miami, know that Horatio Caine will be there to stop it. [/csibuff]

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070113/ap_on_re_as/japan_earthquake

Residents have been warned to find higher ground.