Japan Earthquake

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@elainekirk yes it is. My book reader is much easier to see it on than my phone but it only has wifi.
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:23:57 PM

@lillymunster thats an idea we have a mobile wifi I cant afford a laptop or anything but a book reader ... do you know if I would get scrib on a kindle?
by elainekirk 1/10/2012 1:36:39 PM

@elainekirk I can get it on my Nook, that is android based. You should be able to read it on a Kindle using their web browser?
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:37:46 PM

Kindle fire reader supports "flash" web features. The page runs off Java and flash so it should work.
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:39:53 PM

@lillymunster awesome I may have to get a kindle then :)
by elainekirk 1/10/2012 1:43:32 PM

Group says it has enough backing to press for Osaka nuclear vote ajw.asahi.com
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:43:33 PM

@elainekirk do they sell them at any retail stores there? If they do you might be able to web browse one and see what it would look like on a kindle. The page is pretty standard technology so it should work
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:44:24 PM

@lillymunster yes bought my older daughter one for Christmas off a retailer
by elainekirk 1/10/2012 1:52:39 PM

10 liters of contaminated water leaked out of a tank at Fuku. This is not a repeat from last week, or the week before, or the week before that.

www3.nhk.or.jp
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 1:55:13 PM

Japan says nuclear power generation costs will be up 50% www.power-eng.com
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 2:04:26 PM

House and 2 barns burn in Soma in evac zone allegedly planned evacuation
　At around 5:04 pm yesterday, allegedly the village, Mr. Sugishita company employee wins (56) Good fire, which burned down about 159 square meters, two-story wooden. The fire spread to the north, was destroyed about 159 square meters, two-story wooden barn about 106 square meters and one-story wooden barn.
　The village due to the nuclear accident, has been designated the entire area planned evacuation. According to Soma south, and visited the refuge from the folks at home, it had to stay until noon the same day. Investigating the cause.
(Friends News, January 09, 2012 in Fukushima people)
www.minyu-net.com
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 2:06:52 PM

The leaky tank www.tepco.co.jp
by lillymunster via Tepco.co.jp 1/10/2012 2:10:50 PM

TEPCO to pay damages to tourist industry businesses in some Chiba prefecture towns www.tepco.co.jp
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 2:12:40 PM

@elainekirk, hay Elaine, glad to see you back! Hope you've had a good time elsewhere. :)
by Ian 1/10/2012 2:29:58 PM

This in-Japanese news report shows what apear to be FLIR (forward-looking infrared) video of Fukushima Daiichi on March 11 before the explosions www.youtube.com Consider that if is FLIR, then dark = colder. Someone noted that the blowout panels are dark and suggested that means they were open, but that's a inference from misunderstanding of FLIR, if in fact it is FLIR footage, which I believe it is.
by Ian 1/10/2012 2:33:28 PM

@ ALL; A drive by good morning to All. Just had time to kinda catch up, off to work. :( @bo; Our best to your Mom.
by Shadow 1/10/2012 3:02:42 PM

@Ian, I have not found a definition for overall average on the epa site yet. I am hoping it is the average for all participating measuring stations. HIGH, Elaine, Bo and Shadow!
by Peter 1/10/2012 3:04:51 PM

@Peter have you seen mention of some sort of raw data feed from EPA? If we could access that we could probably data crunch it like we do with the TEPCO reactor stats, ie: make our own output mechanisms.
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 3:24:22 PM

@lilly, supposedly data can be downloaded in CSV format through an Sql query from the epa: www.epa.gov . Only I had no success yet.
by Peter 1/10/2012 4:35:10 PM

This option here cdxnode64.epa.gov delivers results that can be downloaded in CVS format. It works, but only for the last 500 entries or less. However, one could use the data for a weekly update. Would not know how to automate the update, though.
by Peter 1/10/2012 4:52:46 PM

@Peter just write a proggie :)
by Edano 1/10/2012 6:12:06 PM

7.3 in indonesia and tsunami warning.
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:14:12 PM

quakes.globalincidentmap.com
January 10 2012, 18:37:01 UTC 36 minutes ago off the west coast of northern Sumatra 7.3 29.1
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:15:36 PM

about the same place as the big one 2004.
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:16:07 PM

@Edano the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center does not show any tsunami watch or warning. ptwc.weather.gov
by RonD 1/10/2012 7:20:00 PM

@RonD not pacific, indian sea ! / ... ocean
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:20:32 PM

hisz.rsoe.hu
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:20:53 PM

Indian Ocean Region
Date/Time (UTC) Message Location Magnitude Depth Status Details
10.01.2012 18:45 PM Tsunami Information Bulletin Off W Coast Of Northern Sumatra 7.3 0 km
hisz.rsoe.hu
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:22:41 PM

@Edano the NOA page has an option for Indian Ocean, the text bulletin ptwc.weather.gov says the following "A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI THREAT DOES NOT EXIST BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - THERE IS A VERY SMALL POSSIBILITY OF A LOCAL TSUNAMI
THAT COULD AFFECT COASTS LOCATED USUALLY NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED
KILOMETERS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER."
by RonD 1/10/2012 7:23:11 PM

@RonD can you watch cnn ?
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:26:35 PM

Powerful earthquake hits off coast of Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – A powerful earthquake has hit waters of western Indonesia, prompting local officials to issue a tsunami warning.

The U.S. Geological survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 and struck 260 miles (420 kilometers) off the coast of Aceh province.

It was centered 18 miles (30 kilometers) beneath the ocean floor.

Arief Akhir, an official with Indonesia's geological agency, said a tsunami warning has been issued.

Indonesia is prone to seismic upheaval due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire," an arc of volcanos and fault lines encircling the Pacific Basin.

A giant quake off the country on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami in the Indian Ocean that killed 230,000 people, half of them in Aceh. www.usatoday.com
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:33:20 PM

Indonesia issues tsunami warning following 7.6 quake off Sumatra

By BNO News

JAKARTA (BNO NEWS) -- A powerful 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian island of Sumatra on early Wednesday morning, seismologists said, prompting a tsunami warning for local coastlines.

The earthquake at 12.37 a.m. local time (1837 GMT Tuesday) was centered about 423 kilometers (262 miles) southwest of Banda Aceh on Sumatra. It struck about 29.1 kilometers (18.1 miles) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the seismological agency of Indonesia, measured the strength of the earthquake at 7.6 on the Richter scale. The USGS put the magnitude at 7.3 on the regional moment magnitude (Mw) scale.

Although the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a Pacific-wide tsunami, BMKG issued a tsunami warning for local coastlines. No tsunami watches or warnings were immediately issued for other countries.

"There is a very small possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts located usually no more than 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the earthquake epicenter," the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said in a bulletin. "Authorities in the region near the epicenter should be made aware of this possibility."

Indonesia is on the so-called 'Pacific Ring of Fire', an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent and large earthquakes. Volcanic eruptions also occur frequently in the region.

On December 26, 2004, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded struck off the west coast of Sumatra in Indonesia. The 9.1-magnitude earthquake unleashed a deadly tsunami, striking scores of countries in the region. In all, at least 227,898 people were killed.

Most recently, on October 25, 2010, a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck just off the Mentawai Islands off the western coast of Sumatra. As a result, a wall of water killed at least 435 people on the islands and impacted more than 20 villages.

(Copyright 2012 by BNO News B.V. All rights reserved. Info: sales@bnonews.com.) wireupdate.com
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:35:50 PM

banda aceh again.
by Edano 1/10/2012 7:37:07 PM

Nuclear Event in USA on Tuesday, 10 January, 2012 at 17:43 (05:43 PM) UTC.
Description
A suburban New York nuclear reactor has been shut down to repair a pump. Entergy Nuclear, owner of the Indian Point power plant in Buchanan, says there was no release of radioactivity. The pump is one of four that supply cooling water to the Indian Point 2 reactor. An Entergy spokesman says operators had noticed an increase of water flow through the pump's mechanical seal over the past two weeks. He says that on Monday night, the extra flow reached a point at which operators decided to shut down for a repair. He says it's not yet known how long Indian Point 2 will be offline. It had been 230 days since its last shutdown. The other reactor at the plant, Indian Point 3, continued operating at full power. hisz.rsoe.hu
by MaryW 1/10/2012 7:45:46 PM

@Edano i44.tinypic.com today's 7.1/7.3 quake (orange) is farther from land and it looks like it's in a deep undersea trench (-14000 feet elevation). The Dec 2004 quake (star) was a lot closer to land and in more shallow water (-3500 feet elevation)
by RonD via I44.tinypic 1/10/2012 7:54:29 PM

@Peter, thanks Peter for looking in it. Sounds reasonable to assume is means the average for all participating EPA measuring stations.
by Ian 1/10/2012 8:08:19 PM

Back from the morning from hell. :-) I grabbed the EPA links, will take a look and see what we can maybe do to get usable data.
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 8:16:22 PM

@RonD That graphic of the latest earthquake can be misleading. Although it looks like this earthquake took place in a deep region, it was at a depth of only 29.1km and 423km away from Banda Aceh.
by Pedro Jesus 1/10/2012 8:34:21 PM

Renewable Energy Production Surpasses Nuclear in U.S. www.forbes.com
by lillymunster 1/10/2012 8:51:09 PM

Jakarta, Indonesia (CNN) -- A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, but witnesses reported only minor shaking on land.

The quake was centered in the northern Indian Ocean, more than 400 km (250 miles) off northern Sumatra and more than 29 km (18 miles) beneath the surface. Indonesian authorities issued a tsunami warning for the area, but the Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no threat of a massive wave like the one that devastated the region in 2004.

The quake hit at 12:37 a.m. Wednesday (1:37 p.m. Tuesday ET), according to the USGS. There were no immediate reports of damage, and hotel clerks contacted by CNN reported only mild shaking. One front desk clerk in Aceh said a few hotel guests went outside when the quake hit, but most weren't awakened.

The region is highly active seismically, and a 9.1-magnitude quake in December 2004 generated a tsunami that killed people as far away as eastern Africa. The death toll from the combined disaster topped 280,000 in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia. edition.cnn.com
by Edano 1/10/2012 9:32:06 PM

no damage, no tsunami, it seems....
by Edano 1/10/2012 9:32:35 PM

@lillymunster Well done. I bet you had no idea renewable energy was so big in the USA. Somehow this kind of information seldom circulates among the public.
by Pedro Jesus 1/10/2012 9:33:07 PM