More info on Richter scale at the link below. William, would you kindly explain the strength of this quake by translating the energy as below: 336 Mega tons / 1,41 EJ (Sendai quake)
One has to imagine the Sendai bay as a wonderful landscape with several volcanoes. I was there twice & enjoyed gorgeous food there. Toba volcano explosion 75.000 years ago on Sumatra is estimated at 84,4 Mega tons & 210PJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale ################################################################### Am 11.03.2011 um 13:57 schrieb [email protected]: > Japan is certainly no stranger to major Earthquakes, but this one is the > largest Japan or the surrounding area has ever recorded I think. > > The Northridge Quake, although 'only' at a 6.7, had one of the fastest > ground accelerations ever recorded - at 1.7 Gs. > > As you can see from here, quakes of magnitude 8.5 or higher are very rare > indeed: > _http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php_ > (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php) > > -William > > > > In a message dated 3/11/2011 7:50:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > This is a major disaster for Japan, with tsunami affecting the > Philippines. > Warnings have gone out to Gaum, Hawaii, Indonesia and the US West Coast. > > Early reports have it as an 8.9, by comparision the Northridge EQ that his > the LA area in 1994 was a 6.7. This equake is about 100 times more > powerful. > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Lawrence Yates <yateslawrence@gma > il.com>wrote: > >> I've just heard that the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (based here in >> Mancheter) who are on tour in Japan at the moment are safe after the >> earthquake. Apparently they were going across a bridge in their coach > when >> the earthquake struck. >> >> Lawrence >> >> >> >> -- >> Lawrenceyates.co.uk <http://lawrenceyates.co.uk/> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bgross%40airmail.net >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/valkhorn%40aol.com > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/hpizka%40me.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
