STORM2K

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00141360.


Region: NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
Geographic coordinates: 37.537N, 136.437E
Magnitude: 7.3 Mw
Depth: 32 km
Universal Time (UTC): 25 Mar 2007 00:42:02
Time near the Epicenter: 25 Mar 2007 09:42:02
Local time in your area: 25 Mar 2007 00:42:02

Location with respect to nearby cities:
108 km (67 miles) N (351 degrees) of Kanazawa, Honshu, Japan
165 km (102 miles) N (7 degrees) of Fukui, Honshu, Japan
182 km (113 miles) WNW (303 degrees) of Nagano, Honshu, Japan
361 km (225 miles) NW (306 degrees) of TOKYO, Japan

No tsunami warnings?

There were. A 6-in tsunami hit. All warnings now cancelled by the JMA.

It appears a 7.2 hit Vanuatu at about the same time. MSNBC is reporting that the USGS initally issued the Japan quake a magnitude of 7.3, but as of this post they list it as 6.7