Hi All, Just got off Skype with Dirk. He was asleep when it hit and pulled his heavy futon over himself while everything thrashed about in his room. His wife was at work and is reported safe. As he spoke to me there was a heavy aftershock that made so much noise I could hear objects crashing down. His meteorite collections are all over the apartment and buried under shattered glass. But, the main thing is he and his wife are not injured and many others are.
Count Deiro IMCA 3536 -----Original Message----- >From: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_w...@sbcglobal.net> >Sent: Mar 10, 2011 11:11 PM >To: Rob Holcomb <rob.holc...@gmail.com>, Count Deiro ><countde...@earthlink.net>, drtan...@yahoo.com >Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] All Shook Up! > >USGS UPGRADES QUAKE TO 8.9 >FOUR AFTER SHOCKS, ONE A 7.4 > >10 METER TSUNAMI WARNING >FOR PACIFIC AREA INCLUDING U.S. >STATE OF HAWAII > >LAST 8.9 QUAKE WAS 2004 TSUNAMI >IN INDIAN OCEAN WHICH KILLED >235,000. > >[AP] ...The quake that struck at 2:46 p.m. was followed by a series of >aftershocks,2:46 p.m. was followed by a series of aftershocks, including >a 7.4-magnitude one about 30 minutes later. The U.S. Geological Survey >upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.9. >The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire >Pacific coast of Japan. National broadcaster NHK was warning those near >the coast to get to safer ground. > >The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was >in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A >tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, >Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii. > >The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles >(125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 >miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. > > > >Sterling K. Webb >------------------------------------------------------- >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Rob Holcomb" <rob.holc...@gmail.com> >To: "Count Deiro" <countde...@earthlink.net>; <drtan...@yahoo.com> >Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >Sent: Friday, March 11, 2011 12:36 AM >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] All Shook Up! > > >> Initial estimate by the computers is 8.8! 230 mi NE of Tokyo. >> >> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/ >> >> Be safe Dirk! >> >> Rob H >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Count Deiro" <countde...@earthlink.net> >> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:31 PM >> To: <drtan...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] All Shook Up! >> >>> Hang on, Dirk! >>> >>> Guys....Dirk is living through a nearly 8.0 earthquake as this is >>> written. Lets all hope and pray he and his loved ones are safe. >>> >>> Count Deiro >>> IMCA 3536 >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> Visit the Archives at >>> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
