The Earth is shaking!!! 7.6 and 7--Tsunami alerts in two countries

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Nothing to sneeze at!!Coming out of one---heading for another coronal hole=solar windstorms=EQ....AND Full Moon an the 15th....wax those spaceboards....http://www.spaceweather.com/Coronal Holes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A solar wind stream flowing from the indicated coronal hole should reach Earth on or about Sept. 13th. Credit: Hinode X-ray Telescope http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24328827-5012752,00.htmlTsunami alerts in two countriesINDONESIAN authorities have issued a tsunami alert after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the country's east.

And in Japan, the Meteorological Agency has warned of tsunami seismic waves after a strong quake of 7.0 magnitude shook the north of the country.

The earthquake occurred at 9.21am (10.21am AEST), with the epicentre 20km under the sea off Hokkaido island's Tokachi region, some 700km north of Tokyo, the agency said.

The agency warned that tsunami waves as high as 50cm could hit the eastern coast of Hokkaido as well as Pacific shores of the main island of Honshu.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Japan is hit by 20 per cent of the world's powerful earthquakes.

The Indonesian quake happened at a depth of 10km at 10am AEST, 122km northwest of Ternate city in North Maluku province, the meteorology and geophysics bureau said.

National TV stations broke into their programming to relay the alerts, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported.

Indonesia, the world's largest archipelago, sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", the edge of a tectonic plate prone to seismic upheaval.

A major earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck in December 2004, leaving more than 170,000 people dead or missing in Indonesia's Aceh province and half a million people homeless.

 

http://ca.news./s/afp/080911/world/indonesia_quake

Strong quake hits Indonesia: officials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours, 40 minutes ago

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami alert on Thursday after a strong 7.6-magnitude earthquake in the country's east, but lifted the warning less than one hour later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The quake happened at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 2200 GMT, 122 kilometres northwest of Ternate city in North Maluku province, the meteorology and geophysics bureau said.

 

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

 

The United States Geological Survey measured the quake at 6.6 and said it occurred at a depth of 93 kilometres.

 

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology also reported a 6.6-magnitude quake in the North Maluku area and said it was felt over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.

 

"I felt the shaking but it wasn't really strong," said Ojihan Washab, a hospital worker in Ternate. He said he was not planning to move to safety despite the tsunami warning.

 

Japan also reported a strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the north of the country, at 0021 GMT on Thursday. Japan's Meteorological Agency warned of mild tsunami seismic waves.

 

Indonesia was the nation worst hit by the earthquake-triggered Asian tsunami in December 2004 that killed 168,000 people in the country's westernmost Aceh province.

 

The Indonesian archipelago sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, where continental plates meet, causing seismic and volcanic activity.

 

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Bea Note---these eq measures are considerably under what is being reported elsewhere..not unusual fro USGS....

 

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Update time = Thu Sep 11 4:19:34 UTC 2008

 

 

 

 

 

MAG

UTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:s

LATdeg

LONdeg

DEPTHkm

Region

 

MAP

5.0

2008/09/11 04:01:03

41.987

143.878

35.0

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

 

MAP

4.9

2008/09/11 03:14:04

36.729

141.044

41.4

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

 

MAP

4.9

2008/09/11 02:53:48

32.359

104.869

10.0

SICHUAN-GANSU BORDER REGION, CHINA

 

MAP

5.2

2008/09/11 02:16:10

26.915

55.754

10.0

SOUTHERN IRAN

 

MAP

5.0

2008/09/11 01:08:12

41.747

143.929

35.0

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

 

MAP

5.4

2008/09/11 00:32:49

41.784

143.790

35.0

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

 

MAP

6.9

2008/09/11 00:20:53

41.979

143.625

35.0

HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION

 

MAP

6.6

2008/09/11 00:00:02

1.865

127.439

93.1

HALMAHERA, INDONESIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAG

UTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:s

LATdeg

LONdeg

DEPTHkm

Region

 

MAP

3.6

2008/09/10 23:42:43

18.383

-68.915

129.2

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC REGION

 

MAP

3.0

2008/09/10 23:15:13

18.841

-65.386

86.9

PUERTO RICO REGION

 

MAP

3.3

2008/09/10 20:38:36

55.818

-160.119

100.0

ALASKA PENINSULA

 

MAP

2.5

2008/09/10 19:46:57

54.272

-164.865

78.7

UNIMAK ISLAND REGION, ALASKA

 

MAP

3.3

2008/09/10 18:38:50

53.396

-167.429

0.2

FOX ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

 

MAP

2.6

2008/09/10 17:53:48

36.530

-121.115

8.9

CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

 

MAP

3.5

2008/09/10 17:00:38

19.896

-65.031

25.1

NORTH OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

 

MAP

5.8

2008/09/10 16:12:04

-20.261

-69.151

38.0

TARAPACA, CHILE

 

MAP

4.3

2008/09/10 16:05:27

30.679

83.293

10.0

WESTERN XIZANG

 

MAP

4.3

2008/09/10 15:31:09

30.686

70.249

35.0

PAKISTAN

 

MAP

2.7

2008/09/10 14:02:48

40.363

-124.540

28.4

OFFSHORE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

MAP

4.6

2008/09/10 13:39:35

7.391

-82.792

10.0

SOUTH OF PANAMA

 

MAP

6.6

2008/09/10 13:08:15

8.091

-38.748

10.0

CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE

 

MAP

2.8

2008/09/10 12:46:53

33.681

-116.790

19.4

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

MAP

3.0

2008/09/10 12:46:30

33.681

-116.795

18.7

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

 

MAP

3.0

2008/09/10 12:42:25

19.240

-64.849

15.0

VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION

 

MAP

2.7

2008/09/10 12:23:19

60.938

-152.234

100.0

SOUTHERN ALASKA

 

MAP

4.9

2008/09/10 11:55:38

25.058

122.264

36.6

TAIWAN REGION

 

MAP

4.8

2008/09/10 11:33:12

26.889

55.860

15.0

SOUTHERN IRAN

 

MAP

6.1

2008/09/10 11:00:35

26.862

55.801

15.0

SOUTHERN IRAN

 

MAP

2.7

2008/09/10 07:53:53

63.125

-151.473

5.3

CENTRAL ALASKA

 

MAP

3.3

2008/09/10 07:09:25

19.349

-66.174

15.0

PUERTO RICO REGION

 

MAP

3.0

2008/09/10 05:04:25

63.633

-150.826

14.6

CENTRAL ALASKA

 

MAP

4.8

2008/09/10 04:02:28

2.427

96.319

38.1

SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

 

MAP

2.5

2008/09/10 03:47:57

39.065

-118.158

11.3

NEVADA

 

MAP

5.4

2008/09/10 03:00:31

2.491

96.298

41.9

SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

 

MAP

3.1

2008/09/10 02:23:16

19.223

-64.871

0.0

VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION

 

MAP

3.1

2008/09/10 02:23:16

19.288

-64.840

15.3

VIRGIN ISLANDS REGION

 

MAP

4.0

2008/09/10 01:29:22

51.542

177.560

19.8

RAT ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA

 

MAP

5.2

2008/09/10 01:28:07

30.863

83.356

10.0

WESTERN XIZANG

 

MAP

5.0

2008/09/10 01:14:32

30.783

83.509

10.0

WESTERN XIZANG

 

MAP

5.1

2008/09/10 00:18:53

2.485

96.212

35.0

SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

 

MAP

2.7

2008/09/10 00:04:26

56.379

-158.577

12.4

ALASKA PENINSULA