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USGS map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007b88#map http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007b88#... //edit Any idea when
by civilian 10y ago
USGS map: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007b88#map http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us10007b88#...
//edit Any idea when the tsunami will hit? The original news happened at 20:59 UTC (1pm PST), but I'm not sure how fast tsunamis travel.
A sister comment referenced tsunami.gov, which is for US dwellers, but this NOAA website has more information for people living outside the US:
http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=1&id=pacific.TSUPAC.2016.11.21.2129 http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=1&id=pacific.TSUPAC.2016.11....
text: http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2016.11.21.2129 http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2016.11.2...
ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL
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* ESTIMATED TIMES OF ARRIVAL -ETA- OF THE INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE
FOR PLACES WITHIN THREATENED REGIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
LARGEST. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE TIME BETWEEN
WAVES CAN BE FIVE MINUTES TO ONE HOUR.
LOCATION REGION COORDINATES ETA(UTC)
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KATSUURA JAPAN 35.1N 140.3E 2150 11/21
KUSHIRO JAPAN 42.9N 144.3E 2217 11/21
HACHINOHE JAPAN 40.5N 141.5E 2236 11/21
SHIMIZU JAPAN 32.8N 133.0E 2312 11/21
NOBEOKA JAPAN 32.5N 131.8E 2319 11/21
So, Katsuura was just hit, and the other cities will be hit soon.