Anybody in Hokkaido? BBC report an undersea earthquake near the Kuriles may whip up a tsunami.
You might want to like head to higher ground. Like now.
2006-11-14 23:36:16 · 9 answers · asked by Mardy 4 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
I live on the very northern part of Honshu. So far nothing has happened. They were predicting the first of the waves to hit about 30 minutes ago. And those they were predicting were only supposed to be 6.5 feet high. But so far nothing has been reported. They are simply reporting high tide.
Edited to add: Calm down people. So far there have been no reports of high waves and the ones that were to hit Hokkaido were expected quite awhile ago. We are under an advisory at the moment but so far there has been nothing. *knocks on wood* Even so, the waves they were expecting were no more than 6 feet!
2006-11-14 23:38:41 · answer #1 · answered by Amelia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree...get the hell out of there..
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning after an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril islands north of Japan.
The quake struck about 390 kilometres east of the Etorofu islands north of Japan at 6:15 ET, according to the agency.
A tsunami of about 2 metres or more could hit the Pacific coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido and main island of Honshu after 7:10 ET, the agency said.
The agency told residents along Japan's Pacific coast to flee to higher ground.
2006-11-14 23:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Superbear....you're like farthest you can be from the Hokkaido area and still be in Japan, not counting Iwo Jima since it's not inhabited by civilians except the people who work on the base there.
As for the tsunami...6 feet can be pretty serious but the largest recorded waves were no larger than 16 inches this time.
2006-11-15 08:58:37 · answer #3 · answered by ami.kawabata 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pacific coast of Japan is under a tsunami warning, people are being told to go to higher ground NOW!
http://cbs13.com/topstories/topstories_story_319064332.html
2006-11-14 23:40:53 · answer #4 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 1130Z 15 NOV 2006
THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.
... A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT ...
A TSUNAMI WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
RUSSIA / JAPAN
FOR ALL OTHER PACIFIC AREAS, THIS MESSAGE IS AN ADVISORY ONLY.
AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS
ORIGIN TIME - 1114Z 15 NOV 2006
COORDINATES - 46.7 NORTH 153.5 EAST
LOCATION - KURIL ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 7.7
EVALUATION
IT IS NOT KNOWN THAT A TSUNAMI WAS GENERATED. THIS WARNING IS BASED ONLY ON THE EARTHQUAKE EVALUATION.
2006-11-14 23:38:53 · answer #5 · answered by Aeryn Sun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It provides an threat for the moribund eastern financial equipment to have a rebound. whilst the 1995 earthquake in Japan killed 1000's, the financial equipment went up right here 12 months by way of reconstruction efforts.
2016-10-22 03:11:33 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tsunami warnings at this moment.
http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/
2006-11-14 23:59:24 · answer #7 · answered by Joriental 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That sucks cause i live on Okinawa and its small like real small
2006-11-15 02:08:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO WAY thats not cool MY FRIEND LIVES IN JAPAN!!!!!
2006-11-14 23:44:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋