7.1 Magnitude earthquake offcoast of Honshu,Japan. TSUNAMI WARNING LIFTED

TSUNAMI WARNING FOR NE COAST OF JAPAN HAS BEEN LIFTED!

Tsunami Warning lifted off for Miyagi Pref and for
IWATE PREF.
FUKUSHIMA PREF. PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
IBARAKI PREF.
The above-mentioned Tsunami Warnings/Advisories have been cancelled.

- 0058 JST,8TH APRIL 2011

No one has forgotten the 11th March 2011 - 8.9M earthquake off coast of Honshu,Japan which triggered a massive Tsunami

No more comments on that event.

An earthquake 7.1M as per USGC has struck Japan again at 14:32:41UTC,7th April 2011 with the epicenter at 38.253°N, 141.640°E

The epicenter was located 49 km below the surface

It was 66km East of Sendai

330km NNE of Tokyo

In Tokyo, tremor were experienced for 1minute with shaking of buildings.

However in Ichinoseki, tremendous movements were felt which is at East coast of Japan

TSUNAMI WARNING FOR NE COAST OF JAPAN HAS BEEN LIFTED!

Tsunami Warning lifted off for Miyagi Pref and for
IWATE PREF.
FUKUSHIMA PREF. PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF.
IBARAKI PREF.
The above-mentioned Tsunami Warnings/Advisories have been cancelled.

- 0058 JST,8TH APRIL 2011

http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/floodtide_2.html FOR TSUNAMI TIMINGS

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FUKUSHIMA DA-ICHI PLANT IS FUNCTIONING NORMALLY RIGHT NOW. NO NUCLEAR THREAT

PACIFIC TSUNAMI CENTER HAS NOT ISSUED ANY TSUNAMI WARNING AS THE DEPTH OF EARTHQUAKE IS LARGE.

** HOWEVER COASTAL TSUNAMI WAVES ARE LIKELY TO AFFECT EASTERN COAST OF JAPAN

** JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY HAS ISSUED A LOCAL TSUNAMI WARNING

Statement by Japan Meteorological Agency-

sunami Warning/Advisory Issued at 23:34 JST 07 Apr 2011 ******************Headline****************** Tsunami Warnings (Tsunami) have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: MIYAGI PREF. Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions. Tsunami advisories are currently in effect in other coastal regions of Japan. *******************Text******************** Tsunami Warnings have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: *MIYAGI PREF. Evacuate immediately to safe place away from the shore in the above coastal regions. Tsunami Advisories have been issued for the following coastal regions of Japan: PACIFIC COAST OF AOMORI PREF. *IWATE PREF. FUKUSHIMA PREF. IBARAKI PREF. Tsunamis are expected to arrive imminently in the following coastal regions of Japan (coastal regions shown above with * marks): MIYAGI PREF. IWATE PREF. ***********About Tsunami Forecast************ Tsunami height is expected to be up to 2 meters. Caution advised. Tsunami height is expected to be about 0.5 meters. Attention advised. ******* Earthquake Information ******** Occurred at 23:32 JST 07 Apr 2011 Region name MIYAGI-KEN OKI Latitude 38.2N Longitude 142.0E Depth about 40 km Magnitude 7.4 RELATED USEFUL LINKS http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/

Massive Solar Filament at Sun's South Eastern Limb!

SEVERE SOLARWX

Akshay Deoras

Severe Weather Forecaster

A Massive Solar Prominence at the South Eastern limb of the sun measuring OVER 200,000KM!

The sun has no active sunspots right now on the earth side however a coronal hole has appeared at the SE limb of the sun.

Since the filament is not directed towards the earth ( Squarely directed) and ejection from it shall not reach so quickly on the earth,

THE ACE SPACECRAFT DATA SHOWS SOME SUDDEN GEOMAGNETIC IMPULSE LATE NIGHT HOURS ON 5TH APR 2011 AND ANOTHER SUDDEN IMPULSE TODAY 9-12UTC.

GEOMAGNETIC IMPULSE HAPPENS WHEN A SHOCK WAVE OFTEN GENERATED BY ARRIVING CHARGED PARTICLES,SOLAR WINDS FROM GEOMAGNETIC IMPULSE OR FROM THE CORONAL HOLES PASS THROUGH THE ACE SPACECRAFT.

AS A RESULT, A GEOMAGNETIC STORM G1 HAS ONSET WITH KP=6 ( STORM)

It seems that the G1 storm is caused by the Coronal Hole High speed stream and not the filament. Its a matter of debate right now!

WITH A SOUTHWARD

BZ ( INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELD TRIPPED SOUTH RIGHT NOW, ) THIS GIVES A POSITION FOR THE SOLAR WIND TO POUR IN AS THE EARTH AND SUN'S MAGNETIC FIELDS CANCEL EACH OTHER AT A POINT WHERE THE WIND BUFFERS IN

HIGH LATITUDE OBSERVERS MUST REMAIN ALERT FOR AURORAS IN THE

COMING PERIOD.

About Solar Filaments-

Solar Filament also known as Solar Prominence or Giant Coronal loops are some brilliant features where a magnetic flux loop is anchored from the Photosphere of the Sun and extending it till the corona which is the sun's atmosphere.

As seen by the Solar Dynamic Observatory, the solar prominence is a flux tube ( loop) in which cool plasma is flowing from and to the Solar Photosphere to the photosphere.

A coronal loop is much smaller feature than the Solar prominence.

The corona is a region where much of the Coronal mass ejections and solar flare erruptions take place. The coronal mass ejections like we always have forecasted happen when the cold plasma flowing through this flux tube is released. The reasons are still unknown but has to be related with the Twisting and Untwisting of Magnetic flux tube as we mentioned in our paper.

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The relative comparison of 2010 Solar Filament with Jupiter and Earth. Earth is a tiny dot south of Jupiter in this image

Space Weather Forecast-

Special attention shall now be given to this filament. This is rotating towards the geo-effective side of the sun. If the filament untwists during that period, it shall send tons of charged particles towards the earth and likely cause Geomagnetic Storming

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