The following was just sent by the Alert Center. INFORMATION BULLETIN: M=7.3 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN 2139Z NOV 14: TSUNAMI NOT EXPECTED IN US WEST COAST,BC,and AK Notice the time 2139Z. I got the message at 2151Z. That means the delay was only about 16 minutes. This is pretty fast notice. I get my alerts on my cell phone. This is a pretty big quake 7.3. The biggest that I can recall since the Pakistani one a couple of months ago. Notice that no Tsunami is expected and that it is apparently off the coast of Japan. Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon

At 02:00 PM 11/14/2005 -0800, you wrote: >This is a pretty big quake 7.3. The biggest that I can recall since >the Pakistani one a couple of months ago. >Notice that no Tsunami is expected and that it is apparently off the The latest update on this quake came in a couple of minutes ago. The size has been downgraded to 7.1. It has taken about 1 1/2 hours for this evaluation to be done. I assume they are likely to put out a best estimate as quickly as possible for tremors that appear to be sizable, rather than wait and have those in danger not informed. Mike Capt. Mike Maurice Tualatin(Portland), Oregon