Powerful Earthquake Strikes East Coast of Japan
Posted by feww on February 17, 2015
Magnitude 6.9 quake strikes ENE of Miyako, Japan
Centered at 39.9N, 144.5E the quake occurred at a depth of 10km, said Japan’s weather agency.
EQ Details
Magnitude: 6.9Mw
Occurred at 08:06JST 17 February 2015
Location: 39.9N, 144.5E
Depth: 10km
Region: Sanriku Oki
Approximate Distances:
- 80km ENE of Miyako, Japan
- 530km NNE of Tokyo
Tsunami Evaluation: Tsunami warnings and advisories were issued, but they have been cancelled, as of posting.
Aftershocks: At least 4 significant aftershocks have occurred, as of posting.
FIRE-EARTH Earthquake Forecasts for California and Japan
FIRE-EARTH Science Team has suspended its research on California seismicity to protest Internet censorship, Google’s manipulation of information, theft of FIRE-EARTH intellectual property and other reasons, as stated earlier on the blog.
The Team has suspended its research also on Japan seismicity due to the resurgence of militarism in that country and other reasons that have also been stated previously.
Fire Earth 
Observer in JP said
The 9.00pm (12:00GMT) broadcast, NHK’s main news bulletin.
feww said
It hasn’t been reported by any news agencies, more than 2.5 hours later.
See also: https://feww.wordpress.com/2014/09/27/angry-mt-ontake-erupts-in-central-japan/
and the interesting comments at the bottom of the post.
Ken W said
Lucky it was a minor tsunami this time. But, this is yet another example of the criminal incompetence that plagues Japan’s governmental, scientific/educational and professional agencies. It proves beyond any reasonable doubt that the massive blunder which led to Mt Ontake tragedy was by no means an isolated miscalculation.
Observer in JP said
I was watching the local news on NHK here in Tokyo earlier tonight, and here’s what they reported:
The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) miscalculated the epicenter for the earthquake posted above.
1. The actual epicenter was 100km closer to the shoreline than they first said, as a result of which…
2. They got the arrival time of the tsunami completely wrong. It arrived 10 minutes earlier…
3. Their tsunami advisory should have covered a much larger section of the coastal area, but they failed to issue the correct warning.
feww said
When was this reported?