Massive earthquake hits Japan

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the east coast of Japan early today. The quake -- one of the largest in recorded history -- triggered a 23-foot tsunami that battered Japan's coast, killing hundreds and sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, and boats. Editors note: we'll post more as the story develops -- Lloyd Young (47 photos total)

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Massive earthquake hits Japan

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit off the east coast of Japan early today. The quake -- one of the largest in recorded history -- triggered a 23-foot tsunami that battered Japan's coast, killing hundreds and sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, and boats. Editors note: we'll post more as the story develops -- Lloyd Young (47 photos total) Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) 2 A tsumani triggered by a powerful earthquake makes its way to sweep part of Sendai airport in northern Japan on Friday March 11, 2011. The magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 3 Sendai Airport is surrounded by waters in Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 4 Evacuees stand around Shinjuku Central Park in Tokyo Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific (Reuters) # 5 Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck Sendai airport in northern Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 6 Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (Reuters) # 7 A massive tsunami sweeps in to engulf a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan. (Reuters) # 8 Reporters at the Associated Press Tokyo Bureau in Tokyo take shelter under a table while a strong earthquake strikes eastern Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Assoctiated Press) # 9 People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore during an earthquake in Sendai, northeastern Japan March 11. (Reuters) # 10 Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 11 Seismologists pose for the media as they display a seismographic graph showing the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan, on a monitor at the British Geological Survey office in Edinburgh, Scotland March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake on record to hit Japan struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings. (David Moir/Reuters) # 12 An energy map provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows the intensity of the tsunami caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake which struck Japan on March 11, 2011. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. The warning includes Hawaii and extends from Mexico down to South American countries on the Pacific, the center said. (NOAA/Tsunami Warning Center/)# 13 This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Global bathymetry map image released on March 11, 2011 shows features of the ocean floor depth (or bathymetry) from a NOAA ETOPO-1 dataset. The image shows the entire Western Pacific basin. Notice how abruptly the Japanese islands rise out of the ocean. Other coastal Asian areas have much more gradual slopes. The islands and mountain ranges throughout the ocean, visible in this imagery, also affect the tsunami travel time and speed. In the open ocean, tsunamis can travel at speeds up to 500 mph (800 kph). This momentum is what creates such a destructive force as the wave moves inland. Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan and washed ashore in Hawaii early March 11, 2011, but the tourist hotspot appeared to escape major damage. As sirens blared and Hawaiian authorities rapidly evacuated low-lying areas, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported wave changes at Waianae Harbor at around 3:24 a.m. (NOAA/handout)# 14 A building is in flames near Sendai airport, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts Friday, March 11. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 15 A helmeted man walks past the rubbles and a burning building after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 16 Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 17 An oncoming tsunami strikes the coast in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire. (Reuters) # 18 Earthquake-triggered tsumanis sweep shores along Iwanuma in northern Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 19 Fishing boats and vehicles are carried by a tsunami wave at Onahama port in Iwaki city, in Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. (Fukushima Minpo/AFP/Getty Images) # 20 A tsunami, tidal wave smashes vehicles and houses at Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, northern Japan. (AFP/Getty Images) # 21 Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (center) reacts he he feels an earthquake as he attends a committee meeting in the upper house of parliament in Tokyo March 11. A massive 8.8 magnitude quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo, causing "many injuries", at least one fire and triggering a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami, NHK television and witnesses reported. (Toro Hanai/Reuters) # 22 The owner of a ceramic shop checks his damaged wares following the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Tokyo. (Yoshikazu Tsuno AFP/Getty Images) # 23 Broken windows of a building are seen after an earthquake in Tokyo , March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a ten-metre (33-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline. (Reuters) # 24 Rescue workers hurry to a building following reports of injuries in Tokyo's financial district after an earthquake hit off the coast of northern Japan. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) # 25 An aerial shot shows vehicles ready for shipping being carried by a tsunami tidal wave at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11, 2011. A massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami that sent ships crashing into the shore and carried cars through the streets of coastal towns. (AFP/Getty Images) # 26 This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11. (AFP/Getty Images) # 27 Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, after strong earthquakes hit the area Friday, March 11. (Keichi Nakane/Associated Press/The Yomiuri Shimbun) # 28 Houses swept by a tsunami smoulder near Sendai Airport. (Reuters) # 29 Stranded commuters wrap themselves in blankets bracing for chilly evening at a park in Yokohama, near Tokyo, following a strong earthquake hit eastern Japan on Friday, March 11. (Shuji Kajiyama/Associated Press) # 30 A woman checks a map to find a route as she takes a rest at a hotel lobby after subway and train services were suspended after an earthquake, in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) # 31 Evacuees wait in an evacuation area following an earthquake in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 11, 2011. Japan was struck by its strongest earthquake on record, an 8.9-magnitude temblor that shook buildings across Tokyo and unleashed a seven-meter-high tsunami that killed hundreds as it engulfed towns on the northern coast. (Haruyoshi Yamaguchi/Bloomberg) # 32 A man looks for supplies in a store in Tokyo that has almost sold out of food and drink as people are unable to return home after an earthquake March 11. (Yuriko Nakao/Reuters) # 33 Hotel employees squat down in horror at the hotel's entrance in Tokyo after a strong earthquake hit Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press) # 34 Stranded commuters watch a TV news on a powerful earthquake at Tokyo railway station as train services are suspended in Tokyo. (Hiro Komae/Associated Press) # 35 Residents check the damage done on a road and house in Sukagawa city, Fukushima prefecture, in northern Japan. (Fukushima Minpo/AFP/Getty Images) # 36 Workers inspect a caved-in section of a prefectural road in Satte, Saitama Prefecture, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan slammed its eastern coast March 11. (Saitama Shimbun/Associated Press/Kyodo News) # 37 A station staff directs passengers at Tokyo's Shinagawa train station after a magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast. (Hiro Komae/Associated Press) # 38 Police place roadside flares along the highway on March 11 in Honolulu, Hawaii. An earthquake measuring 8.9 on the Richter scale has hit the northeast coast of Japan causing tsunami alerts throughout the Pacific Ocean. Thousands along the coast are evacuating their homes in Hawaii as the state prepares for tsunami waves. (Lucy Pemoni/Getty Images) # 39 Puipui Faletoi, of Moiliili, Oahu, background center, rests in his vehicle with his sons Daniel, left, and Fletcher Faletoi in the parking lot of Manoa District Park in Oahu, Hawaii. The site is a volunteer staging area which could turn into a Red Cross shelter if a tsunami arrives. The Faletoi family plan to take shelter here. (Rebecca Breyer/Associated Press)# 40 Students hold candles as they pray for Japan's earthquake victims inside their school in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 11. (Amit Dave/Reuters) # 41 A pedestrian road collapsed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture on March 11. (Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images) # 42 A man sits wrapped in a blanket after he was evacuated from a building in Tokyo's financial district, after an earthquake off the coast of northern Japan, March 11. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) # 43 Shores are submerged in Natori city, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded, slammed Japan's eastern coasts Friday, March 11, 2011. (Kyodo News) # 44 Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito city in Ibaraki prefecture on March 11. (Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images) # 45 Residents walk through the rubles of residents collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture Japan. (Kyodo News/Associated Press) # 46 This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) image released on March 11, 2011 shows model runs from the Center for Tsunami Research at the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory showing the expected wave heights of the tsunami as it travels across the Pacific basin. The largest wave heights are expected near the earthquake epicenter off Japan. The wave will decrease in height as it travels across the deep Pacific but grow taller as it nears coastal areas. In general, as the energy of the wave decreases with distance, the near shore heights will also decrease (e.g., coastal Hawaii will not expect heights of that encountered in coastal Japan). Tsunami waves rolled thousands of miles across the Pacific Ocean after a massive earthquake off Japan and washed ashore in Hawaii early March 11. (NOAA) # 47 Buildings burn in Yamada town, Iwate prefecture (state) after Japan's biggest recorded earthquake hit March 11. (Associated Press/The Yomiuri Shimbun) # More links and information Earthquake hazards program - USGS Asia Pacific page - NYTimes.com Earthquake - Wikipedia entry Read more at www.boston.com

 

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Obama Abandons Defense Of Marriage Act

President Obama snubs the American family

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President Obama snubs the American family

Obama Abandons Defense Of Marriage Act

Once again, President Obama has delivered a low blow to the American family. By now, I’m sure you’ve heard about it. On February 23rd, the Department of Justice announced President Obama’s decision to no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) because he believes it is unconstitutional. If you recall, huge majorities in both the House and Senate signed DOMA into law in 1996. DOMA defines marriage as only between a man and a woman; and therefore does not compel the federal government to recognize homosexual marriages. It also protects states from being forced to recognize homosexual marriages from other states. But beyond just abandoning DOMA, President Obama has recklessly disregarded the will of the people. First, he snubs us by telling Congress –- the representatives of the people that he will ignore the law they passed. Second, he snubs us by dangerously undermining similar DOMA laws that have already been passed in forty-two states. President Obama’s refusal to defend the federal DOMA now puts those state DOMA laws at risk. But there is more to this than all the legal mess. President Obama clearly shows his contempt for the role of traditional marriage and family in our culture. As you know, husband and wife are the core units of the family. It’s fathers and mothers who pass on morals to the children – the morals which have made America strong throughout our history. In fact, between 1996 and 2008, in handing down opinions on DOMA, several courts identified this principle as the strongest defense of traditional marriage. But, in the past two years under the Obama Administration, the Department of Justice has not included this in their briefs, instead offering only the bare minimum defense. So pro-family groups, including Public Advocate are pressing Congress to pick up the pieces and defend DOMA. Not just to file friend-of-the-court briefs but to intervene as a party in all cases where DOMA is challenged. Right now there are ongoing challenges in states including Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts. On the other hand, ultra-liberal Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein (CA) plans to introduce legislation that will repeal DOMA once and for all. And while President Obama disregards the rule of law, and disregards the will of the people, there is one group he clearly is not disregarding –- those who brought him to the White House -- and that is the Homosexual Lobby. Even so, just writing this letter to you makes me want to work harder for you. One thing is sure, the American people will not stand for their will to be overruled by any branch of government -- not the judicial, not the legislative, and not the President! For the Family,

Eugene Delgaudio President Public Advocate of the U.S. Read more at paracom.paramountcommunication.com

 

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Frank Davis Sex With "Underage Obama"?

WND's Cashill: Frank Marshall Davis "Quite Possibly" Had Sex With "Underage Obama"

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WND's Cashill: Frank Marshall Davis "Quite Possibly" Had Sex With "Underage Obama"

We previously noted that WorldNetDaily columnist Jack Cashill -- purveyor of the conspiracy theory that Bill Ayers authored Barack Obama's Dreams From My Father -- suggested that Obama may actually be "the illegitimate son of an American black." Cashill is now promoting a new book and making further wild claims: this time, that "drunken poet" Frank Marshall Davis was "plying the underage Obama with alcohol and quite possibly sex."

From Cashill's March 10 WorldNetDaily column:

On the Hawaii front, Obama had to worry too about what [Chicago Tribune reporter David] Mendell would learn about poet, pornographer and card-carrying member of the CPUSA, Frank Marshall Davis.

That relationship between Obama and Davis is succinctly illustrated in the poem "Pop," which was published under the 19-year-old Obama's name in a 1981 edition of an Occidental College literary journal.

Instinctively protective of Obama, reviewers to a person decided that the "Pop" of the poem had to be Obama's mother's father, Stanley Dunham, the man Obama called "Gramps."

Not a one of them asked the most basic question: Why would Obama name a poem about the man he called "Gramps" "Pop"?

Rebecca Mead, writing in the New Yorker, unhesitatingly describes the poem as a "loving if slightly jaded portrait of Obama's maternal grandfather."

Obama biographer David Remnick makes the same point, "'Pop,'" he says as though a given, "clearly reflects Obama's relationship with his grandfather Stanley Dunham."

More oblivious still is British poet Ian McMillan. "There's a humanity in the poem," he writes in the Guardian, "a sense of family values and shared cultural concerns that give us a hint of the Democrat to come."

Family values? What family? Roman Polanski's? The "Pop" of the poem is a drunken poet who is plying the underage Obama with alcohol and quite possibly sex.

Cashill has also complained that even Fox News is part of the conspiracy to keep the public from knowing about his theories about Obama.

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Liddy and WND's Cashill advance Andersen's claim, assert "every good paragraph" of Obama's book "is written by Bill Ayers"

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Live Coverage Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

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WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 004

PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS

ISSUED AT 0830Z 11 MAR 2011



THIS BULLETIN APPLIES TO AREAS WITHIN AND BORDERING THE PACIFIC

OCEAN AND ADJACENT SEAS...EXCEPT ALASKA...BRITISH COLUMBIA...

WASHINGTON...OREGON AND CALIFORNIA.



... A WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...



A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR



JAPAN / RUSSIA / MARCUS IS. / N. MARIANAS / GUAM / WAKE IS. /

TAIWAN / YAP / PHILIPPINES / MARSHALL IS. / BELAU / MIDWAY IS. /

POHNPEI / CHUUK / KOSRAE / INDONESIA / PAPUA NEW GUINEA /

NAURU / JOHNSTON IS. / SOLOMON IS. / KIRIBATI / HOWLAND-BAKER /

HAWAII / TUVALU / PALMYRA IS. / VANUATU / TOKELAU / JARVIS IS. /

WALLIS-FUTUNA / SAMOA / AMERICAN SAMOA / COOK ISLANDS / NIUE /

AUSTRALIA / FIJI / NEW CALEDONIA / TONGA / MEXICO /

KERMADEC IS / FR. POLYNESIA / NEW ZEALAND / PITCAIRN /

GUATEMALA / EL SALVADOR / COSTA RICA / NICARAGUA / ANTARCTICA /

PANAMA / HONDURAS / CHILE / ECUADOR / COLOMBIA / PERU



THIS BULLETIN IS ISSUED AS ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. ONLY

NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE

DECISIONS REGARDING THE OFFICIAL STATE OF ALERT IN THEIR AREA AND

ANY ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN IN RESPONSE.



AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS



ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011

COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST

DEPTH - 24 KM

LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN

MAGNITUDE - 8.9



MEASUREMENTS OR REPORTS OF TSUNAMI WAVE ACTIVITY



GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER

------------------- ----- ------ ----- --------------- -----

TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0752Z 0.94M / 3.1FT 72MIN

DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN

HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0657Z 2.79M / 9.2FT 76MIN

DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN

DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN



LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)

LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)

TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)

AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.

IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.

VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).

PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.



NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY

ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL

MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.



EVALUATION



SEA LEVEL READINGS CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED

WHICH COULD CAUSE WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. AUTHORITIES SHOULD TAKE

APPROPRIATE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THIS THREAT. THIS CENTER WILL

CONTINUE TO MONITOR SEA LEVEL DATA TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND

SEVERITY OF THE THREAT.



A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE PREDICTED AND CAN VARY

SIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM

ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO AN HOUR, AND

THE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE.



FOR ALL AREAS - WHEN NO MAJOR WAVES ARE OBSERVED FOR TWO HOURS

AFTER THE ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL OR DAMAGING WAVES HAVE NOT

OCCURRED FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS THEN LOCAL AUTHORITIES CAN ASSUME

THE THREAT IS PASSED. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES CAN

CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL

CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE

ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.



ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS

WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL

ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE

LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN

SUCCESSIVE WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.



LOCATION FORECAST POINT COORDINATES ARRIVAL TIME

-------------------------------- ------------ ------------

JAPAN KATSUURA 35.1N 140.3E 0642Z 11 MAR

KUSHIRO 42.9N 144.3E 0648Z 11 MAR

HACHINOHE 40.5N 141.5E 0701Z 11 MAR

SHIMIZU 32.8N 133.0E 0804Z 11 MAR

OKINAWA 26.2N 127.8E 0920Z 11 MAR

RUSSIA URUP_IS 46.1N 150.5E 0721Z 11 MAR

SEVERO_KURILSK 50.8N 156.1E 0840Z 11 MAR

PETROPAVLOVSK_K 53.2N 159.6E 0842Z 11 MAR

UST_KAMCHATSK 56.1N 162.6E 0846Z 11 MAR

MEDNNY_IS 54.7N 167.4E 0909Z 11 MAR

MARCUS IS. MARCUS_IS. 24.3N 154.0E 0806Z 11 MAR

N. MARIANAS SAIPAN 15.3N 145.8E 0901Z 11 MAR

GUAM GUAM 13.4N 144.7E 0917Z 11 MAR

WAKE IS. WAKE_IS. 19.3N 166.6E 0934Z 11 MAR

TAIWAN HUALIEN 24.0N 121.7E 0940Z 11 MAR

HUALIEN 24.0N 121.6E 0940Z 11 MAR

TAITUNG 22.7N 121.2E 0944Z 11 MAR

CHILUNG 25.2N 121.8E 1012Z 11 MAR

YAP YAP_IS. 9.5N 138.1E 0952Z 11 MAR

PHILIPPINES PALANAN 17.1N 122.6E 1002Z 11 MAR

LEGASPI 13.2N 123.8E 1033Z 11 MAR

DAVAO 6.8N 125.7E 1100Z 11 MAR

MARSHALL IS. ENIWETOK 11.4N 162.3E 1021Z 11 MAR

KWAJALEIN 8.7N 167.7E 1053Z 11 MAR

MAJURO 7.1N 171.4E 1132Z 11 MAR

BELAU MALAKAL 7.3N 134.5E 1032Z 11 MAR

MIDWAY IS. MIDWAY_IS. 28.2N 182.6E 1035Z 11 MAR

POHNPEI POHNPEI_IS. 7.0N 158.2E 1036Z 11 MAR

CHUUK CHUUK_IS. 7.4N 151.8E 1041Z 11 MAR

KOSRAE KOSRAE_IS. 5.5N 163.0E 1051Z 11 MAR

INDONESIA GEME 4.6N 126.8E 1057Z 11 MAR

BEREBERE 2.5N 128.7E 1105Z 11 MAR

WARSA 0.6S 135.8E 1117Z 11 MAR

MANOKWARI 0.8S 134.2E 1125Z 11 MAR

PATANI 0.4N 128.8E 1131Z 11 MAR

JAYAPURA 2.4S 140.8E 1142Z 11 MAR

SORONG 0.8S 131.1E 1143Z 11 MAR

PAPUA NEW GUINE MANUS_IS. 2.0S 147.5E 1131Z 11 MAR

KAVIENG 2.5S 150.7E 1132Z 11 MAR

VANIMO 2.6S 141.3E 1142Z 11 MAR

WEWAK 3.5S 143.6E 1154Z 11 MAR

RABAUL 4.2S 152.3E 1202Z 11 MAR

KIETA 6.1S 155.6E 1212Z 11 MAR

AMUN 6.0S 154.7E 1219Z 11 MAR

MADANG 5.2S 145.8E 1223Z 11 MAR

LAE 6.8S 147.0E 1301Z 11 MAR

PORT_MORESBY 9.3S 146.9E 1437Z 11 MAR

NAURU NAURU 0.5S 166.9E 1157Z 11 MAR

JOHNSTON IS. JOHNSTON_IS. 16.7N 190.5E 1211Z 11 MAR

SOLOMON IS. PANGGOE 6.9S 157.2E 1228Z 11 MAR

FALAMAE 7.4S 155.6E 1230Z 11 MAR

MUNDA 8.4S 157.2E 1247Z 11 MAR

GHATERE 7.8S 159.2E 1256Z 11 MAR

AUKI 8.8S 160.6E 1317Z 11 MAR

HONIARA 9.3S 160.0E 1322Z 11 MAR

KIRAKIRA 10.4S 161.9E 1326Z 11 MAR

KIRIBATI TARAWA_IS. 1.5N 173.0E 1236Z 11 MAR

KANTON_IS. 2.8S 188.3E 1337Z 11 MAR

CHRISTMAS_IS. 2.0N 202.5E 1451Z 11 MAR

MALDEN_IS. 3.9S 205.1E 1526Z 11 MAR

FLINT_IS. 11.4S 208.2E 1621Z 11 MAR

HOWLAND-BAKER HOWLAND_IS. 0.6N 183.4E 1251Z 11 MAR

HAWAII NAWILIWILI 22.0N 200.6E 1307Z 11 MAR

HONOLULU 21.3N 202.1E 1321Z 11 MAR

KAHULUI 20.9N 203.5E 1327Z 11 MAR

HILO 19.7N 204.9E 1346Z 11 MAR

TUVALU FUNAFUTI_IS. 7.9S 178.5E 1338Z 11 MAR

PALMYRA IS. PALMYRA_IS. 6.3N 197.6E 1354Z 11 MAR

VANUATU ESPERITU_SANTO 15.1S 167.3E 1416Z 11 MAR

ANATOM_IS. 20.2S 169.9E 1511Z 11 MAR

TOKELAU NUKUNONU_IS. 9.2S 188.2E 1417Z 11 MAR

JARVIS IS. JARVIS_IS. 0.4S 199.9E 1435Z 11 MAR

WALLIS-FUTUNA WALLIS_IS. 13.3S 183.8E 1435Z 11 MAR

FUTUNA_I. 14.3S 181.8E 1448Z 11 MAR

SAMOA APIA 13.8S 188.2E 1453Z 11 MAR

AMERICAN SAMOA PAGO_PAGO 14.3S 189.3E 1500Z 11 MAR

COOK ISLANDS PUKAPUKA_IS. 10.8S 194.1E 1500Z 11 MAR

PENRYN_IS. 8.9S 202.2E 1533Z 11 MAR

RAROTONGA 21.2S 200.2E 1634Z 11 MAR

NIUE NIUE_IS. 19.0S 190.0E 1535Z 11 MAR

AUSTRALIA CAIRNS 16.7S 145.8E 1535Z 11 MAR

BRISBANE 27.2S 153.3E 1627Z 11 MAR

SYDNEY 33.9S 151.4E 1658Z 11 MAR

GLADSTONE 23.8S 151.4E 1737Z 11 MAR

MACKAY 21.1S 149.3E 1818Z 11 MAR

HOBART 43.3S 147.6E 1833Z 11 MAR

FIJI SUVA 18.1S 178.4E 1537Z 11 MAR

NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA 22.3S 166.5E 1538Z 11 MAR

TONGA NUKUALOFA 21.0S 184.8E 1605Z 11 MAR

MEXICO ENSENADA 31.8N 243.2E 1650Z 11 MAR

PUNTA_ABREOJOS 26.7N 246.4E 1738Z 11 MAR

CABO_SAN_LUCAS 22.8N 250.0E 1815Z 11 MAR

SOCORRO 18.8N 249.0E 1825Z 11 MAR

MAZATLAN 23.2N 253.6E 1904Z 11 MAR

MANZANILLO 19.1N 255.7E 1930Z 11 MAR

ACAPULCO 16.9N 260.1E 2005Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_MADERO 14.8N 267.5E 2140Z 11 MAR

KERMADEC IS RAOUL_IS. 29.2S 182.1E 1656Z 11 MAR

FR. POLYNESIA PAPEETE 17.5S 210.4E 1714Z 11 MAR

HIVA_OA 10.0S 221.0E 1753Z 11 MAR

RIKITEA 23.1S 225.0E 1921Z 11 MAR

NEW ZEALAND NORTH_CAPE 34.4S 173.3E 1723Z 11 MAR

EAST_CAPE 37.7S 178.5E 1823Z 11 MAR

AUCKLAND(W) 37.1S 174.2E 1823Z 11 MAR

GISBORNE 38.7S 178.0E 1829Z 11 MAR

MILFORD_SOUND 44.6S 167.9E 1847Z 11 MAR

WELLINGTON 41.3S 174.8E 1853Z 11 MAR

AUCKLAND(E) 36.7S 175.0E 1905Z 11 MAR

NEW_PLYMOUTH 39.1S 174.1E 1908Z 11 MAR

NAPIER 39.5S 176.9E 1917Z 11 MAR

WESTPORT 41.8S 171.6E 1937Z 11 MAR

DUNEDIN 45.9S 170.5E 2029Z 11 MAR

LYTTELTON 43.6S 172.7E 2103Z 11 MAR

BLUFF 46.6S 168.3E 2120Z 11 MAR

NELSON 41.3S 173.3E 2215Z 11 MAR

PITCAIRN PITCAIRN_IS. 25.1S 229.9E 2008Z 11 MAR

GUATEMALA SIPICATE 13.9N 268.8E 2156Z 11 MAR

EL SALVADOR ACAJUTLA 13.6N 270.2E 2202Z 11 MAR

COSTA RICA CABO_SAN_ELENA 10.9N 274.0E 2215Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_QUEPOS 9.4N 275.8E 2241Z 11 MAR

CABO_MATAPALO 8.4N 276.7E 2243Z 11 MAR

NICARAGUA CORINTO 12.5N 272.8E 2223Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_SANDINO 12.2N 273.2E 2229Z 11 MAR

SAN_JUAN_DL_SUR 11.2N 274.1E 2239Z 11 MAR

ANTARCTICA CAPE_ADARE 71.0S 170.0E 2230Z 11 MAR

THURSTON_IS. 72.0S 260.0E 0129Z 12 MAR

PANAMA PUNTA_BURICA 8.0N 277.1E 2254Z 11 MAR

PUNTA_MALA 7.5N 280.0E 2340Z 11 MAR

PUERTO_PINA 7.4N 282.0E 2350Z 11 MAR

BALBOA_HTS. 9.0N 280.4E 0201Z 12 MAR

HONDURAS AMAPALA 13.2N 272.4E 2259Z 11 MAR

CHILE EASTER_IS. 27.1S 250.6E 2303Z 11 MAR

ARICA 18.5S 289.7E 0251Z 12 MAR

IQUIQUE 20.2S 289.9E 0256Z 12 MAR

ANTOFAGASTA 23.3S 289.6E 0302Z 12 MAR

CALDERA 27.1S 289.2E 0322Z 12 MAR

GOLFO_DE_PENAS 47.1S 285.1E 0324Z 12 MAR

COQUIMBO 29.9S 288.6E 0331Z 12 MAR

VALPARAISO 33.0S 288.4E 0345Z 12 MAR

CORRAL 39.8S 286.5E 0401Z 12 MAR

TALCAHUANO 36.7S 286.9E 0407Z 12 MAR

PUERTO_MONTT 41.5S 287.0E 0601Z 12 MAR

PUERTO_WILLIAMS 54.8S 291.8E 0904Z 12 MAR

PUNTA_ARENAS 53.2S 289.1E 1708Z 12 MAR

ECUADOR BALTRA_IS. 0.5S 269.7E 2338Z 11 MAR

ESMERELDAS 1.2N 280.2E 0009Z 12 MAR

LA_LIBERTAD 2.2S 278.8E 0030Z 12 MAR

COLOMBIA BAHIA_SOLANO 6.3N 282.6E 2353Z 11 MAR

TUMACO 1.8N 281.1E 0018Z 12 MAR

BUENAVENTURA 3.8N 282.8E 0036Z 12 MAR

PERU TALARA 4.6S 278.5E 0041Z 12 MAR

PIMENTAL 6.9S 280.0E 0145Z 12 MAR

LA_PUNTA 12.1S 282.8E 0146Z 12 MAR

CHIMBOTE 9.0S 281.2E 0152Z 12 MAR

SAN_JUAN 15.3S 284.8E 0200Z 12 MAR

MOLLENDO 17.1S 288.0E 0233Z 12 MAR



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Magnitude 8.9 Earthquake HONSHU, JAPAN

Magnitude 8.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

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Magnitude 8.9 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

2011 March 11 05:46:23 UTC

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Earthquake Summary

Tectonic Summary

The 03/11/2011 earthquake (preliminary magnitude 8.9) near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, occurred as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. At the latitude of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves approximately westwards with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 mm/yr. The Pacific plate thrusts underneath Japan at the Japan Trench, and dips to the west beneath Eurasia. The location, depth, and focal mechanism of the March 11 earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as thrust faulting associated with subduction along this plate boundary. Note that some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America and Eurasia plates; these include the Okhotsk and Amur microplates that are respectively part of North America and Eurasia.

The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with an M 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with a further 3 earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.

The Japan Trench subduction zone has hosted 9 events of magnitude 7 or greater since 1973. The largest of these was an M 7.8 earthquake approximately 230 km to the north of the March 11 event, in December 1994, which caused 3 fatalities and almost 700 injuries. In June of 1978, an M 7.7 earthquake 75 km to the southwest caused 22 fatalities and over 400 injuries. In December of 2008, a sequence of 4 moderate earthquakes (M 5.3-5.8) occurred within 20 km of the March 11 event. In the first 12 hours following the March 11 earthquake, the region has experienced over a dozen aftershocks of M 5 or greater, the largest being M 5.7.

Earthquake Information for Asia

Earthquake Information for Japan

Seismicity of the Earth 1900 to 2007, Japan and Vicinity Map

Preliminary Earthquake Report

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