[LINK] Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

[Tom Worthington]

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued Bulletin number 1 for a 
Tsunami Watch at 0555 UTC 11 March 2011 for Japan much of the western 
and mid pacific are nearby areas: <http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/>.

This was due to an earthquake at 0546Z 11 MAR 2011 near the east coast 
of the Japanese island of Honshu, Japan, then assessed at magnitude 7.9. 
This was expanded with bulletin 2 at 0643Z, with the magnitude of the 
earthquake reassessed as 8.8. At 0730Z bulletin 3 upgraded this to a 
widespread warning with gauge reports of up to 2.79m at HOKKAIDO. Up to 
now the latest bulletin is number 7, warning of possible damage along 
coastlines of all islands of Hawaii.

The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System relayed the initial bulletin at 
05:56:02 GMT. The PTWC web site is responding to web page requests with 
no significant delays.


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