Amaran Tsunami Akibat Gempa Bumi Yang Melanda Jepun

EVENT ON Friday, March 11, 2011

Amaran Tsunami Akibat Gempa Bumi Yang Melanda Jepun

TOKYO: Jepun dilanda gempa bumi berukuran 8.9 magnitud di timur laut negara itu dan menyebabkan tsunami setinggi empat meter yang menghanyutkan kereta dan meruntuhkan bangunan di sepanjang perairan dekat pusat gempa.

Terdapat laporan kecederaan akibat daripada kejadian berkenaan di Tokyo.

Di beberapa tempat sepanjang perairan Jepun, rakaman televisyen menunjukkan kerosakan teruk akibat tsunami, dengan puluhan kereta, bot dan bangunan dihanyutkan air.

Sebuah kapal besar dihanyutkan tsunami yang merempuhnya ke arah tembok penahan di bandar Kesennuma, wilayah Miyagi, kata stesen ootage on public broadcaster NHK.

Pegawai sedang menilai jumlah kerosakan, kecederaan dan kematian akibat daripada gempa bumi tetapi tiada maklumat diperoleh setakat ini.

Gempa bumi itu berlaku pada jam 2.46 petang dan diikuti siri gegaran kuat termasuk 7.4 magnitud kira-kira 30 minit selepas itu. - Reuters

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JAKARTA: Indonesia hari ini mengeluarkan amaran tsunami kepada penduduk Indonesia yang tinggal di kawasan timur negara itu termasuk Papua, Maluku dan Utara Sulawesi.

Penduduk kawasan itu dinasihatkan berjaga-jaga kemungkinan berlakunya tsunami susulan gegaran kuat di Jepun.

Gempa bumi bermagnitud 8.9 itu melanda Jepun hari ini, mencatatkan ketinggian ombak 10 meter yang mengakibatkan kapal dicampak ke pesisir pantai. - AFP

credit to Berita Harian

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(CNN) -- The threat of a tsunami prompted the U.S. National Weather Service to issue a warning for at least 20 countries and numerous Pacific islands after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan Friday.
The wide-ranging list includes Russia and Indonesia, Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Hawaii. The weather service's bulletin is intended "as advice to government agencies."

The quake, which struck near the coast of Honshu on Friday afternoon unleashed a wall of water that rushed in toward land, leveling houses and cars in its path.

Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam said a tsunami could hit the island as early as 7:09 p.m. (4:09 a.m. ET). Sirens sounded in Hawaii around 10 p.m. Thursday (3 a.m. ET), warning residents they could expect tsunami waves five hours later.

The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center early Friday issued a tsunami warning for coastal areas along the United States and Canadian west coasts. The tsunami warning includes coastal areas of California and Oregon from Point Conception to the Oregon-Washington border. It also includes coastal areas of Alaska from Amchitka Pass to Attu.

In the Philippines, the government has evacuated 20 coast areas. A tsunami could could hit by 6 p.m. (5 a.m. ET), it said.

Meanwhile, the regional government in eastern Taiwan's Taitung county canceled classes and work, but did not immediately begin evacuations.

Russia's emergency situations ministry said more than 11,000 people living in dangerous areas had been evacuated after a tsunami warning was issued for the Kuril Islands. Ships docked in open ports were heading back out to sea to avoid being hit by tsunami waves, the ministry said.

Chip McCreary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said officials estimated the quake was already causing waves with magnitudes of up to 2 meters above normal sea level.
"This is a very large earthquake. We've evaluated it as about the same size as the earthquake last year in Chile. However, it's much closer to the Hawaiian islands than the Chile earthquake," he said.
The National Weather Service list includes Japan, Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, New Zealand, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

Numerous Pacific islands, including some U.S. territories, are also on the list.
Friday's 8.9-magnitude temblor in Japan was the largest earthquake since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Banda Aceh area of Indonesia on Dec. 26, 2004, causing a massive tsunami that killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries and washed away entire communities. The tsunami caused nearly $10 billion in damage and more casualties than any other tsunami in history, according to the United Nations.
Tsunami waves can travel at speeds of 800 kilometers per hour. The earthquake, initially reported as a 7.8 earthquake, was upgraded to an 8.9 quake.

"When you jump a magnitude from 7 to 8, it's not 10 times stronger, it's a 1000 times stronger," said CNN International meteorologist Ivan Cabrera. "With an ... earthquake that shallow, that close to shore, there will be more than one tsunami."

credit to CNN



Di malam sunyi sepi,
Tersirat makna yang perlu diteliti,
Tatkala hujan turun membasahi bumi,
Manusia tidak sedar ianya petanda daripada Illahi,
Bahawa malapetaka akan melanda sesaat lagi..

Namun,
Pernahkah manusia terfikir,
Di saat yang getir,
Ada hikmah disebaliknya?

-fie-


Tsunami ialah perkataan Jepun yang membawa maksud ombak besar.. Saya rasa semua orang tahu apa yang dimaksudkan dengan tsunami.. Budak sekolah rendah pun belajar tentang tsunami dalam subjek sains..

T.S.U.N.A.M.I
Tuhan Sudah Uji Namun Ada Manusia Ingkar

Jepun? Ada apa dengan JEPUN? Dari segi teknologi, memang kemajuan teknologi Jepun diiktiraf oleh dunia, tetapi Jepun juga dikenali dengan perkara-perkara yang tidak baik.. Selain disebabkan oleh pergerakan rekahan geologi, kecacatan zon quasi-planar di kerak bumi, tidak boleh dinafikan bahawa gempa bumi yang berlaku adalah salah satu tanda-tanda kecil hari kiamat..




Buat masa ini, doakan keselamatan pelajar-pelajar dan orang Malaysia yang berada di Jepun.. Yang paling penting, elakkan daripada berada di kawasan-kawasan pesisir pantai; malang tak berbau.. Jadikan kisah 26 Disember 2004 sebagai pedoman..