Latest : Tsunami hit Niigata, japan

digitalvoice · 16th Jul 2007, 10:07 AM

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Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO (AP)--A strong quake with preliminary magnitude of 6.6 jolted northwestern Japan on Monday morning and a tsunami warning was issued, officials said.

Waves as high as 50 centimeters were believed to have hit the coasts of northwestern prefecture (state) of Niigata, the Meteorological Agency said in a statement.

The quake was centered off the coast of Niigata, the agency said.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

Hope it's not that serious compared to Medan...

Dashken · 16th Jul 2007, 10:44 AM

50 cm or 50m?

Chai · 16th Jul 2007, 11:49 AM

I can't find the news?

Adrian Wong · 16th Jul 2007, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Dashken

50 cm or 50m?

Hmm.. I think that's a typo both ways? 50 cm is less than what most waves are. If I'm not mistaken, our East Coast gets 3-4m waves in bad weather and that's normal. So, it's likely to be 5m. 50m sounds farfetched.

digitalvoice · 16th Jul 2007, 05:04 PM

Info received in the morning is a live newsfeed from DJ before the news hit our shores. It's announced now. The link...

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp...53&sec=apworld

Adrian Wong · 16th Jul 2007, 08:40 PM

The latest news says at least 5 people were killed.

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