6.8 quake followed by 6.9 5 min later in Okinawa

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6.8 quake followed by 6.9 5 min later in Okinawa

#1 Postby StormingB81 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:09 pm

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 312000.php

Man it was just shaing big time too..picing stuff off the floor that fell off the shelves!
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#2 Postby StormingB81 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:21 pm

Just came back out and said 6.9
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#3 Postby Florida1118 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:27 pm

Earth's really been shakin this year :eek:
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#4 Postby StormingB81 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:28 pm

We have had 3 today....
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#5 Postby Florida1118 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:28 pm

StormingB81 wrote:We have had 3 today....

:eek: Really not Japan's year is it...
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#6 Postby StormingB81 » Mon Nov 07, 2011 10:29 pm

4.0 at 10:40, 6.8 at 12:03 and 6.9 at 12:09
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#7 Postby Nightwatch » Tue Nov 08, 2011 5:14 am

USGS so far only gives one 6.9?

But there were two?
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#8 Postby StormingB81 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:32 am

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/201111081 ... 81159.html

JMA shows two. I doubt it as two especially 6 minutes apart....I can tell you where were shaking atleast 30 seconds...I think it was one..I think it went slowed a bit then went again but it wasnt no 6 minutes
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#9 Postby RobWESTPACWX » Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:04 pm

StormingB81 wrote:http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/20111108120924491-081159.html

JMA shows two. I doubt it as two especially 6 minutes apart....I can tell you where were shaking atleast 30 seconds...I think it was one..I think it went slowed a bit then went again but it wasnt no 6 minutes


They occasionally do that, its them making the adjustments for the location of epicenter in the fault.

If you guys didn't know I work for earthquake-report.com, I actually did a video on this one.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pu_0VJBQ9c[/youtube]
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#10 Postby StormingB81 » Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:30 pm

I figured that Rob...While it was a long one it was 2 different ones...it was a good jolt but smaller then the one last february!
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