Rodent Regatta

An earthquake measuring as much as 7.8 on U.S. Richter scales hit Japan around 3:50 p.m. CT today.

This could be really big.

Tsunami warnings are out.

Here’s a Washington Post report.

The International Tsunami Warning Center site hasn’t updated yet. (It’s 6:04 p.m. CT)

Here’s a link to another map at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center.

• * * UPDATE * * * Here’s a link to The Hawaii Channel and the tsunami warning has been lifted for Hawaii.

• * * UPDATE 2 * * * The West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center apparently updates a text file that can be found here. At 6:28 p.m. CT, that file says the following: "TO ALL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM PARTICIPANTS
SUBJECT: TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETIN - FINAL
BULLETIN NUMBER 3
WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED 09/25/2003 AT 2217 UTC ...THE TSUNAMI WARNING AND WATCH STATUS IS CANCELLED FOR BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALASKA... EARTHQUAKE DATA: PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE: 8.0 LOCATION: 42.1N 143.6E - HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION TIME: 1150 ADT 09/25/2003 1250 PDT 09/25/2003 1950 UTC 09/25/2003"