Eartquake News in Aceh

SR 5.1 magnitude earthquake centered 129 km Southwest of Banda Aceh with a depth of 25 km could make people panic Aceh who are conducting their activities, on Tuesday [17/04].

Shortly after the quake shook the city of Banda Aceh, a number of participants plenary vote recapitulation of local elections / lieutenant governor in the provincial parliament building (House of Representatives Aceh) came pouring out.

In addition, civil servants and private sector also started running out of the building each fear an aftershock stronger.

So is the atmosphere that looks Islamic elementary school in Banda Aceh State Model, also seen a lot of parents who pick up their children.

Madrasah is located in Jambo Tape, Kota Banda Aceh which is only about three kilometers from the shoreline.

Hundreds of madrasa students who also felt the quake immediately ran towards securing themselves with sports and leisure waiting for his parents picked up .. "When the earthquake of children is set to go down, but many children who have gone down first," said one of the Raimah madrassa teacher, when met.

Not long after, an earthquake measuring 5.0 magnitude at 10:57 pm centered at 497 km Southwest NAD Simeulue District, with a depth of 10 Km.

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Video Tsunami Japan March,09 2011

A massive surge of water has caused widespread devastation across Japan, after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off shore prompted a large tsunami.

Local media has reported 26 deaths in at least four different prefectures, while Reuters said the main tsunami reached up to 10 metres in size.

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There was an earthquake of intensity 7 in the Tohoku region

At around  at 2:46 pm, there was an earthquake of intensity 7 in the Tohoku regionAccording to the Meteorological Agency seismic intensity 7 Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, southern six strong, central, intermediate street Fukushima, Beach Street, Ibaraki Prefecture, northern, southern, northern Tochigi Prefecture, southern part.

Intensity 6 lower, south coast of Iwate Prefecture, northern Mediterranean, southern Mediterranean, Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, southern Gunma Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, southern, northwestern Chiba Prefecture.

Epicenter off the coast of Sanriku, the focal depth of about 10 kilometers, the scale of the earthquake was magnitude 7.9 (estimated).

Tsunami warning Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Hokkaido Pacific Ocean tsunami warning, the Pacific coast in Aomori Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Boso Kuzyuukuri, Izu Islands was issued, respectively.

According to JR East, the Shinkansen bullet train and its operation has been postponed everything. The company "to resume operation will take considerable time" trying to. According to JR Tokai, the Tokaido Shinkansen in Tokyo - are driving the whole line between Hakata postponed. Tokyo - Shizuoka that between the lights.

According to the Tokyo Metro subway company has postponed the operation at 2:00 pm every 48 minutes.

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http://www.asahi.com

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Japan Issues Tsunami Warning After 7.2 SR Earthquake

A tsunami warning of up to 50 cm was issued for northeastern Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported.

Tohoku Electric Power said its Onagawa nuclear plant was operating normally after the quake. Tokyo Electric Power also said there was no impact on its power plants in the region.

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If Quakes Weren’t Enough, Enter the ‘Superstorm’

California faces the risk not just of devastating earthquakes but also of a catastrophic storm that could tear at the coasts, inundate the Central Valley and cause four to five times as much economic damage as a large quake, scientists and emergency planners warn.

The potential for such a storm was described at a conference of federal and California officials that ended Friday. Combining advanced flood mapping and atmospheric projections with data on California’s geologic flood history, over 100 scientists calculated the probable consequences of a “superstorm” carrying tropical moisture from the South Pacific and dropping up to 10 feet of rain across the state.

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