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JCMach1

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Fri Feb-26-10 03:54 PM
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7.3 Earthquake near Japan (Ryuku Islands)

Edited on Fri Feb-26-10 04:02 PM by JCMach1

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/pt10057003.php

Magnitude 7.3 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
2010 February 26 20:31:26 UTC

* Details
* Maps

Earthquake Details
Magnitude 7.3 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time

* Friday, February 26, 2010 at 20:31:26 UTC
* Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 05:31:26 AM at epicenter

Location 26.050°N, 128.510°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPAN
Distances

* 85 km (53 miles) E (99°) from Naha, Okinawa, Japan
* 471 km (292 miles) ENE (66°) from Ishigaki-jima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan
* 1281 km (796 miles) S (173°) from SEOUL, South Korea

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST=006, Nph=006, Dmin=0 km, Rmss=0.72 sec, Gp= 90°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A
Source

* NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

Event ID pt10057003

Hopefully no Tsunami... :(

Actually looks closer to Okinawa...

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Goldstein1984

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Fri Feb-26-10 03:57 PM
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1. Nature sending a message about Japan's decision

not to honor restrictions on bluefin tuna harvesting.

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JCMach1

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Fri Feb-26-10 03:58 PM
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2. I am just hoping no Tsunami

:(

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Posteritatis

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Fri Feb-26-10 03:58 PM
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3. Or just uncaring plate tectonics being uncaring plate tectonics. (nt)

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Adsos Letter

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:05 PM
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5. Funny thing about plate tectonics...

it seems entirely unconcerned with anything happening in the human realm of things.

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Goldstein1984

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:08 PM
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9. Actually, I'm a big fan of natural disasters for just that reason...

they are "uncaring."

They remind us of our place in nature. They don't honor prayers or wishes or human conventions.

For all of our arrogance, natural processes continue on without our input. Where we do have input, as in the case of pollution and overfishing, we ignore natural processes at our peril.

In the case of human-caused "natural" disasters, such as overfishing and climate change, our decisions will have real consequences without any regard for how humans feel about it.

We are an arrogant species.

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wwjd

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:28 PM
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15. AMEN!

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hootinholler

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Fri Feb-26-10 06:21 PM
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17. DUZY

Welcome to DU.

-Hoot

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cherokeeprogressive

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:09 PM
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11. Nope. I am guessing Goldstein's right about this. Mother Nature is very likely PISSED.

:crazy: :rofl:

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WeDidIt

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:02 PM
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4. That's as silly as Pat Robertson blaming hurricanes on teh gay n/t

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Goldstein1984

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Fri Feb-26-10 11:51 PM
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20. I think Pat Robertson was actually serious when he said that...

where I was merely making a joke about a thoughtless country assaulting Nature and a thoughtless Nature assaulting a country.

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anonymous171

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:07 PM
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7. So mother nature was just saying "Fuck you for being poor" when she killed 200,000 Haitians?

:shrug:

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Posteritatis

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:08 PM
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8. It's interesting how folks here will selectively go all Pat Robertson when ideologically convenient

Isn't it?

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Goldstein1984

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Fri Feb-26-10 11:53 PM
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21. I was making a joke

Some of you people take yourselves way too seriously.

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JCMach1

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:06 PM
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6. Google map of location

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=25.9653+128.443%28M7.0+-+RYUKYU+ISLANDS%2C+JAPAN+-+2010+February+26++20%3A31%3A26+UTC%29&ll=25.9653,128.443&spn=2,2&f=d&t=h&hl=e

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Jennicut

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:09 PM
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10. Just looked down at the corner of my screen and noticed my Firefox Earthquake alert.

Hopefully no one will be seriously hurt. 7.3, wow.

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JCMach1

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:10 PM
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12. Big one... looks like USGS knocked it down to 7.0

but that makes it big wherever it shakes out between 7-7.3.

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JCMach1

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:12 PM
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13. Looks like moderately deep 22km

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

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RaleighNCDUer

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Fri Feb-26-10 04:25 PM
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14. Okinawa is part of the Ryukyu chain. Looks like Oki is the nearest

island to the temblor.

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Bluebear

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Fri Feb-26-10 06:08 PM
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16. Any tsunami updates?

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slutticus

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Fri Feb-26-10 06:35 PM
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18. Just some swells, nothing major

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Bluebear

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Fri Feb-26-10 06:38 PM
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19. thanks!

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