LARGE earthquake Japan
Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC (14:46:23 local)Location: 38.3=B0 =
N,
142.4=B0 EDepth: 24kmEvent Id: USC0001XGPAlert Version: 3
Tsunami alerts osted for many Pacific sites at 1000's of km range.
Estimates range in the 8.4 - 8.9 range.Some sources say largest in Japan in
140 years.
About 100 km offshore but approx 10 metre (massive!) Tsunami has caused ver=
y
substantial mainland damage.
Best first look (as almost always) is the PAGER page which is typically
posted 1 to 1.5 hours after a major quake.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/events/us/c0001xgp/index.html
About 2.5 million people in the heavily shaken area.Felt in Beijing,
China.Followed
by an extremely significant series of aftershocks - many major quakes in
their own right.http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/pager/archives.php1s=
t
hour: 8.9 6.4 6.4 6.8 7.1 6.32nd hour: 6.3 5.8 5.9 6.3m6.1 6.1 5.9 5.8 5.7
5.6 .... 2.5 hrs: 6.2Slow to slow down !!!
[image: Population Exposure Map]
Damage in the 10 billion $ +++ rangeestimated ~ 1000  deaths from shaking
etc with Tsunami adding an unknown quantity more.

  Russell
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