7.3 earthquake Naime, Japan

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TSUNAMI MESSAGE NUMBER 1
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
2108 UTC MON NOV 21 2016

...PTWC TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE...


**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****

THIS MESSAGE IS ISSUED FOR INFORMATION ONLY IN SUPPORT OF THE
UNESCO/IOC PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING AND MITIGATION SYSTEM AND IS
MEANT FOR NATIONAL AUTHORITIES IN EACH COUNTRY OF THAT SYSTEM.

NATIONAL AUTHORITIES WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF
ALERT FOR EACH COUNTRY AND MAY ISSUE ADDITIONAL OR MORE REFINED
INFORMATION.

**** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE **** NOTICE *****


PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS - FROM JMA
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* MAGNITUDE 7.3
* ORIGIN TIME 2100 UTC NOV 21 2016
* COORDINATES 37.3 NORTH 141.6 EAST
* DEPTH 10 KM / 6 MILES
* LOCATION NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN


EVALUATION
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* AN EARTHQUAKE WITH A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 7.3 OCCURRED
NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN AT 2100 UTC ON MONDAY
NOVEMBER 21 2016.

* BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS... HAZARDOUS
TSUNAMI WAVES ARE POSSIBLE FOR COASTS LOCATED WITHIN 300 KM
OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER.


TSUNAMI THREAT FORECAST
-----------------------

* HAZARDOUS TSUNAMI WAVES FROM THIS EARTHQUAKE ARE POSSIBLE
WITHIN 300 KM OF THE EPICENTER ALONG THE COASTS OF

JAPAN.

are their any good livestreams from the area?

Take care.

RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
-------------------

* GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RESPONSIBLE FOR THREATENED COASTAL AREAS
SHOULD TAKE ACTION TO INFORM AND INSTRUCT ANY COASTAL
POPULATIONS AT RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR OWN
EVALUATION... PROCEDURES AND THE LEVEL OF THREAT.

* PERSONS LOCATED IN THREATENED COASTAL AREAS SHOULD STAY ALERT
FOR INFORMATION AND FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS FROM NATIONAL AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES.


ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
--------------------------

* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITH A POTENTIAL TSUNAMI THREAT. 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
WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.

LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
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KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 2141 11/21
NIIGATA JAPAN 38.0N 139.0E 0027 11/22


POTENTIAL IMPACTS
-----------------

* A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES. THE TIME BETWEEN WAVE CRESTS
CAN VARY FROM 5 MINUTES TO AN HOUR. THE HAZARD MAY PERSIST
FOR MANY HOURS OR LONGER AFTER THE INITIAL WAVE.

* IMPACTS CAN VARY SIGNIFICANTLY FROM ONE SECTION OF COAST TO
THE NEXT DUE TO LOCAL BATHYMETRY AND THE SHAPE AND ELEVATION
OF THE SHORELINE.

* IMPACTS CAN ALSO VARY DEPENDING UPON THE STATE OF THE TIDE AT
THE TIME OF THE MAXIMUM TSUNAMI WAVES.

* PERSONS CAUGHT IN THE WATER OF A TSUNAMI MAY DROWN... BE
CRUSHED BY DEBRIS IN THE WATER... OR BE SWEPT OUT TO SEA.


NEXT UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
--------------------------------------

* THE NEXT MESSAGE WILL BE ISSUED IN ONE HOUR... OR SOONER IF
THE SITUATION WARRANTS.

* AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKE FROM THE U.S.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT
EARTHQUAKE.USGS.GOV/EARTHQUAKES -ALL LOWER CASE-.

* FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT MAY BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV AND AT WWW.TSUNAMI.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF HAWAII... AMERICAN SAMOA... GUAM... AND
CNMI SHOULD REFER TO PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES
SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PLACES THAT CAN BE FOUND AT
PTWC.WEATHER.GOV.

* COASTAL REGIONS OF CALIFORNIA... OREGON... WASHINGTON...
BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA SHOULD ONLY REFER TO U.S.
NATIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES THAT CAN BE FOUND
AT NTWC.ARH.NOAA.GOV.

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WILL ZUN BE OKAY?

PLEASE MAKE SURE ZUN IS OK.

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Fug

word up to all my nihon kokujin, ki o tsukete

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Here's the damage a tsunami wave can do. Those screenshots of the news above say there's an area with 3m waves so there will be houses being washed away.

>2 m: wooden houses destroyed
>1 m: cars washed away
>50 cm: people washed away
>30 cm: people can't stand up

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>>16139524
>People are dying hehehehehehe I am so smart laughing at weebs

Back to /b/ mouthbreathing retard

>>16139525
>wooden houses destroyed
why don't just make them of another material?

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Animated. Just some boats leaving harbor. The wave hasn't reached yet.

I came here because holy shit this is my best source of live coverage of this event.

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Many boats.

>>16139525
> 50cm of water can wash japs away
fucking manlets.

3 meters is not that high desu

>>16139576
You underestimate the strength of water, it doesn't take much to wash away almost everything.

>>16139581
10 ft of water

>>16139599
>subhuman units
neither 3 meters nor 10 ft are very high

>>16139581
>>16139589
nigga my bro Dubal is almost this high no water can wash his ass away from the street i guarantee ya

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You can see the water flowing back into the ocean. The tsunami comes afterwards. It's called drawback apparently.

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http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/

>>16139589
That and tsunamis don't break and quickly recede. They keep moving like a steamroller.

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Drawback here too.

Woke me up in Akasaka.

Pretty spooky.

Wasn't Fukushima a ghost town because of the whole nuclear plant thing?

>>16139635
If that is correct it means the waves will be coming in soon after. If what is displayed is not regular tidal motion. These shouldn't be monster surges like in previous years though.

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People evacuating.

http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv282699054

Can watch it together with ojisan.

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Lots of boats.
Also updated estimated times for the tsunami wave.

Revision:

Magnitudeuncertainty 6.9 mwb± 0.0
Locationuncertainty 37.392°N 141.403°E± 4.7 km
Depthuncertainty 11.3 km± 2.2
Origin Time 2016-11-21 20:59:49.010 UTC
Number of Stations –
Number of Phases 125
Minimum Distance 75.8 km (0.68°)
Travel Time Residual 0.86 s
Azimuthal Gap 59°
FE Region NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN (228)
Review Status REVIEWED

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A car.

>>16139675
Why does a person drive out to this spot when there's a tsunami coming?

>>16139686
suicide

>>16139454
Do earthquakes usually cover half the country?

>>16139686
Japanese storm chaser?

Looks like there's someone in the water swimming too.

>>16139541
Wood is more flexible during an earthquake, and also easier to rebuild if it gets washed away. Building with concrete and brick in an earthquake-prone region is stupidity.

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You can see the height of the water is lowering here because of drawback.

>>16139686
Yolo :D

Here we go! Good to go! Neptune!
Here we go! Good to go! Neptune!

>>16139686
He doesn't want to be a car anymore. Screaming "take me" at the ocean.

>>16139722

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/index.html

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/joho.html

DROP!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=t0ewsr3s7yM

>>16139686
Surf.
Surfing a tsunami is like the ultimate thing.

This is taking very long, is it actually coming?

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They're been saying it's going to hit for 15 minutes. Needs to just happen already.

i guess love live sunshine 2 is cancelled

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>>16139722
Water level still going down.

>>16139764
>>16139796
Now that I read these the earliest one hits in 2 hours, maybe the news lady is saying it's about to hit so everyone evacutes as fast as possible.

>>16139858
They are already arriving.

What kind of tsunami would a 10 generate?

>>16139901
Godzilla.

>>16139864
Oh fuck, is the wave incoming or has it passed and currently receding?

still nothing

>>16139901
Depends on location.

>>16139901
Considering there hasn't been a quake that powerful in human history, one big enough to kill millions and cause complete and utter destruction of much of the county.

>>16139908
Incoming

>>16139901
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was 9.3
The 2011 Tohoku Tsunami was 9.1

>>16139902
Kinda makes you think what the point of the sea walls is. There's no way those will ever stop a tsunami.

>>16139926

Its to soak up some energy so all you get is flooding rather than a wall of water slam + flooding

>>16139901
Well the 9.2 earthquake in Alaska in 1962 caused a 67 meter high tsunami and raised some islands 11 meters in elevation.

Where is this being watched? I've only got the NHK link and it ain't showing me shit

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Some of Fukushima has no power.

>1-3 m waves
Tubular!

>>16139941
>raised some islands 11 meters in elevation.
What? How?

SIRENS

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I have no idea what these are. Rafts maybe?

>>16139981
Oyster cages maybe?

>>16139969
Y'know how some mountains are formed? When one tectonic plate goes under another and raises up some shit?
Yeah

>>16140002
That's wild

>>16139981
>>16139986

Probably some form of aquaculture.

>>16139981
Solar plates maybe

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Maybe it's wrong, but some of my fondest memories on /a/ and /jp/ took place during the '11 earthquake/tsunami ordeal.

All of the jokes coming out of here and /a/ - Madoka-based ones or about that black cat chilling on a floating roof - made me laugh like nothing else.

I do hope things don't go nearly as bad in grorious Nippon as they did back then. I hope fatalities are kept to a minimum.

>>16139962
>Cooling systems at the Fukushima Daini Nuclear Reactor Shut Down
Nothing to worry about, right?

>>16140047
I think the news lady said they were shutting it down.

>>16140029

Stalker-posting was also fun.

>>16140047
Cooling systems being turned off is only an issue if the reactor is running. If there's no power there, I would doubt its running.

>>16140065
don't 2 of the 4 reactors still run?

>>16140029
The picture of Homerun and QB sitting on the crane or whatever over the waves was one on my favorite pictures from them. I wish I could find it again.

>>16140073
And there is no way to shut them off.

>>16140073
I have no idea, but its possible that they use 'heavy water' for the moderator which doubles as a coolant

>>16139962
>>16140047
>>16140055
>>16140065
>>16140073
News report says the reactor wasn't running, but the cooling system in one of the cooling pools for spent fuel went into automatic shutdown. No signs or panic, so it's presumably expected.

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>>16140085
dozo

>>16140085
Shit, I think I know just what you're talking about.

Does anyone have the picture?

>>16140129
Nevermind. I'm an idiot who can't look a post above.

>>16140115
Thanks for posting it, anon

Looks like the party is spreading.

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Miyagi prefecture's estimate got updated to 3m.

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The current high score board. This is the actual observed heights, not estimate. Also the heights are still rising.

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>>16140115
have another one

I keep hearing that the water is rising and that the tsunami hit some places but the video feed doesn't show that.

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By the way, for comparison, here's the estimates for the 2011 tsunami. The worst areas were estimated to be 50m and many other areas were over 10m.

Right now the highest tsunami height is only estimated to be 3m so it's obviously not going to be anywhere near as bad.

just woke up in a panic
everyone daijobu?

That's really lame. Is that even a natural "disaster"?
Tbh I was expecting shit to blow up plants to catch fire and people to drown just like in animu.

>>16140338
Get your head out of Hollywood's ass, anon.

>>16140324
A 50m tsunami seems so incredible. I live in an area that can get storm surges of about 5m, which are pretty damaging. It's hard to even imagine that people went through something magnitudes greater than that.

Hopefully this one is true to forecasts and stays relatively small.

Any casualties yet?

>>16140748
well, fug :DD

>>16139405
7.3 is not such a big deal, I have to withstand that at least once a week

>>16139695

Normally no, but Japan is made out of earthquakes.

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>>16140825
おお。こわい

>>16140812
what are those things stacked on the beach?

NHK translator can't pronounce "Meteorological". Cute!

>yen rises after earthquake
I don't understand.
But I'm glad it seems to be dying down.
>>16140825
My town has a river and whenever it floods it looks like that, it's scary and beatiful at the same time.

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What in the fuck, please someone save glorious Japan. They already lost a million due to their horrible birthrates.

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small ripples

Apparently this earthquake was an aftershock of the 2011 one. Pretty interesting stuff

This is terrifying. Glad I don't live in a place that could ever get tsunamis.

>>16139639

Woke me up too, near Tokyo. Was pretty weak here though.

>>16142337

Didn't they say the aftershock of it would hit Tokyo and itd be pretty big?

>>16139686
Drifting a wave while listening to Eurobeat.

If only we could all be so brave.

I remember watching this live with my buddy from the USGS. From the filmed perspective it was like a slow motion apocalypse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrMH3xh_93U

Glad to hear that nothing catastrophic happened.