Island of Honshu moved 8 feet.

[GSLevel9]

the entire ISLAND moved 8' closer to N America...

wow.

[NeedleCast]

1. Link?

[GSLevel9]

4. @AndreaTOAP' Scientists on CNN now is saying entire island of #Honshu #Japan mov

@AndreaTOAP' Scientists on CNN now is saying entire island of #Honshu #Japan moved eastward by 8 feet (2.3 m) 2 hours ago

@AndreaTOAP is the managing editor for:

http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/

[NeedleCast]

7. That's pretty much an unheard of movement

I'd like to see some additional confirmation but if true, that is mind boggling.

[charlie]

21. Source seems to be a news conference

Update 2:42 p.m. EST:

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck off the west coast of Honshu, but it's not clear yet if it's related to the 8.9 magnitude quake. There have been about 100 aftershocks of magnitude 5 or greater since the mainshock, according to the USGS. At a press conference, scientists said the entire island of Honshu moved eastward by 8 feet (2.3 m).

http://www.livescience.com/13175-japan-8-9-earthquake-tsunami.html

[Arugula Latte]

2. Holy S@#$!

I had no idea that type of a lurch was possible from one quake. :scared:

[AngryOldDem]

14. How powerful was the Chilean earthquake?

That one moved the Earth's axis. I've been wondering all day if something similar would result from this one.

[Posteritatis]

17. Large ones usually do

That we notice it is more the fact that we can measure things that precisely than anything else, though. It's not like it rolled the planet twelve degrees or anything; just a tiny fraction of one.

Moving Honshu eight feet is more mindboggling.

[1776Forever]

18. Check this out - they need to update this for sure now!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php

[rabs]

20. Here is info on Chilean earthquake a year ago

updated 3/9/2010 1:00:57 PM ET 2010-03-09T18:00:57

The massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile more than a week ago moved the city of Concepción at least 10 feet (3 meters) to the west, seismological measurements indicate.

The violent temblor — the fifth most powerful quake ever measured — shifted other parts of South America as well, from the Falkland Islands (located just east of the southern tip of South America) to Fortaleza, Brazil, situated on that country's northern coast.

The quake occurred off the coast of the Maule region of Chile in one of Earth's seismic hotspots where the Nazca tectonic plate is squeezed under, or subducted below, the neighboring South American plate. Tension builds up as the plates move against each other, and earthquakes such as the one that struck Chile on Feb. 27 relieve these pent-up stresses.

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Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina and across the continent from the quake's epicenter, moved about 1 inch (2.5 centimeters) to the west. Chile's capital, Santiago, moved about 11 inches (28 cm) to the west-southwest. The cities of Valparaiso and Mendoza, Argentina, northeast of Concepción, also moved significantly.

MORE

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35780643/ns/technology_and_science-science/

[RandySF]

3. I would imagine that displaces a lot of water.

[Rex]

5. I read they might upgrade the earthquake to a 9.1

[somone]

6. And Honshu is Japan's main island too. It's larger than the U.K.

[GSLevel9]

8. for those interested:

Interior @USGS hosting online chat today @ 3:15 pm EST with top scientists to discuss #Japan quake. Tune in here: http://on.doi.gov/hhP9ZM

[Poll_Blind]

9. Thank you, watching now! You should post this as it's own thread so more ppl can see it!

Thanks again!

PB

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. A lot of underground charts will have to be redone

I am betting on a few new hills, if not outright mountains.

[Robb]

11. Now we're going to have to listen to six weeks of GOP hearings on Japanese aggression.

In seriousness, isn't a lot of Honshu "reclaimed" ocean floor, or did I make that up?

[MilesColtrane]

12. It is likely that the earthquake has had other global consequences.

The 8.8 quake in Chile last year shifted the Earth's axis by about eight centimeters and sped up its rotation, making a day shorter by a little over a microsecond.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Wow.

Damn.

[MineralMan]

15. That's a pretty big displacement.

Uff da!

[1776Forever]

16. They will have to update the top 10 earthquakes in the world:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/10_largest_world.php

1. Chile 1960 05 22 9.5 -38.29 -73.05 Kanamori, 1977
2. Prince William Sound, Alaska 1964 03 28 9.2 61.02 -147.65 Kanamori, 1977
3. Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra 2004 12 26 9.1 3.30 95.78 Park et al., 2005
4. Kamchatka 1952 11 04 9.0 52.76 160.06 Kanamori, 1977
5. Offshore Maule, Chile 2010 02 27 8.8 -35.846 -72.719 PDE
6. Off the Coast of Ecuador 1906 01 31 8.8 1.0 -81.5 Kanamori, 1977
7. Rat Islands, Alaska 1965 02 04 8.7 51.21 178.50 Kanamori, 1977
8. Northern Sumatra, Indonesia 2005 03 28 8.6 2.08 97.01 PDE
9. Assam - Tibet 1950 08 15 8.6 28.5 96.5 Kanamori, 1977
10. Andreanof Islands, Alaska 1957 03 09 8.6 51.56 -175.39 Johnson et al., 1994
11. Southern Sumatra, Indonesia 2007 09 12 8.5 -4.438 101.367 PDE
12. Banda Sea, Indonesia 1938 02 01 8.5 -5.05 131.62 Okal and Reymond, 2003
13. Kamchatka 1923 02 03 8.5 54.0 161.0 Kanamori, 1988
14. Chile-Argentina Border 1922 11 11 8.5 -28.55 -70.50 Kanamori, 1977
15. Kuril Islands 1963 10 13 8.5 44.9 149.6 Kanamori, 1977
Updated 2010 March 29

[jwirr]

19. Assuming that is due to plate movement? That would be a huge move

for a plate.

[damntexdem]

22. Yikes, they're coming to get us!

At a speed of a mile every 660 years.

Well, that's how the tectonic game is played. The earth is incontinent.