Japan EQ upgraded to 9.0 from 8.9

[ginscpy]

cause it looks a lot worse.....................

 

[ginscpy]

No freaking way would there have been an upgrade from 8.8 to 8.9

 

[Old Rocks]

Totally wrong. I posted this as I watched the live pictures of the tsunami sweeping the Japanese coast.

http://www.usmessageboard.com/environment/158845-japan-earthquake-8-8-a.html

Japan earthquake, 8.8

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Watching live a huge tsunami sweep through towns and fields.

PSU stating that this is the 8th largest on record since the seismograph was invented.

Cars on roads trying to outrun the tsunami, some not making it.

Tsunami warning to Hawai, probably for the West Coast, also.

Just raised the estimate to an 8.9, 7th largest on record.

 

[BrianH]

"The USGS has updated the magnitude of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake in northern Honshu, Japan, to 9.0 from the previous estimate of 8.9. Independently, Japanese seismologists have also updated their estimate of the earthquake’s magnitude to 9.0."

USGS Release: USGS Updates Magnitude of Japan’s 2011 Tohoku Earthquake to 9.0 (3/14/2011 5:35:00 PM)