Tsunami warnings issued after 2 quakes jolt southwestern islands

Monday 17th August, 07:51 PM JST

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Farmboy at 10:26 AM JST - 17th August

The warning has been cancelled, I believe.
PepinGalarga at 12:00 PM JST - 17th August

No question about it; the end of the world is coming. hahaaaaaaaaaaaa
buggerlugs at 12:25 PM JST - 17th August

Is it just me or is anyone else a tad worried about this. Everyday? There is a quake of large magnitude around these (add almost any word u like) isles. Think I'll be stocking up on a bit more water and tinned goodies. Making sure the little buggerlugss have their teacosies ready at daycare/school to protect them from falling buildings. But seriously a bit concerned. Maybe it's gaia saying "politians clean up your act"
Himajin at 12:32 PM JST - 17th August

What the hell's going on lately? 7.2 in the Indian Ocean, 6.6 and 6.9 in the Kanto area, 7 near Indonesia yesterday,and now this....yada~! Reminds me of the series of quakes before the Hanshin quake...they seemed to go right around Japan and then bam!
Farmboy at 04:41 PM JST - 17th August

It's certainly an active period... good time to watch an end of the world with the kids.
Farmboy at 04:43 PM JST - 17th August

sorry... should have been an end of the world movie above.
tkoind2 at 04:43 PM JST - 17th August

Pretty scary! I hope this doesn't go on.
Farmboy at 07:43 PM JST - 17th August

Another earthquake, 6.4, about an hour ago...aftershock I guess.
Disillusioned at 10:01 PM JST - 17th August

PepinGalarga - No question about it; the end of the world is coming. hahaaaaaaaaaaaa

Glad you find it funny. You may just be right.
sharky1 at 10:46 PM JST - 17th August

What is the point of a tsunami warning when people who own boats in the area don't get the word??? Or even people in general don't get the word unless they are watching TV??? Japan's tsunami warning system sucks hard!!!
Honen at 05:11 PM JST - 18th August

Himajin,

I hadn't realized that there was a set of lead-up quakes to the Hanshin quake (wasn't here then). Now I'm even more worried than I already was!

Felt the one this morning pretty strongly, living in Tochigi as I do. It was just a single strong jolt, though; no shaking.
ThonTaddeo at 09:08 PM JST - 18th August

Yeah, Himajin, you're scaring us here! I had no idea that there were any "preludes" to the horrible Kobe quake.

And I'm giong down to the Yaeyama islands in two weeks!

Fortunately, on Taketomi, everyone lives right in the middle of the island, and there's little danger of any flooding. Come to think of it, that's probably why everyone settled there. Back in 1771, the terrible Meiwa Tsunami killed hundreds of people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
Farmboy at 08:24 AM JST - 19th August

Just relax and watch the red circles... are they getting closer? http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

Yeah, there has been a lot of action recently, especially around the islands southwest of Japan, the Suruga are, and the Hokkaido area. It doesn't necessarily mean anything...things might settle down, but then again, do you have your water jug filled up, your emergency rations, and your camping gear ready?