What a Tsunami Looks Like

An 8.0 earthquake near the Solomon Islands has caused a tsunami warning in the South Pacific.

Here's what it looks like.

Earthquake Jars Japan

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has hit off the shores of Japan’s southern Okinawa Island.

Officials said the quake Tuesday about 135 miles away from the island was not expected to cause a tsunami. There were no immediate reports of damage, injuries or tsunami warnings.

Northeastern Japan was devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing. Japan, which lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” is one of the world’s most seismically active countries.

Japan, located at the junction of four tectonic plates, experiences 20 percent of the strongest quakes recorded on Earth each year.

The Amazing Race Preview for "This is Gonna Be a Fine Mess"

In Phuket, Thailand the teams struggle with an underwater challenge which threatens their positions in the game, and one team's love for the outdoors comes in handy during a tough climbing challenge.

This is a special episode where the teams give back in honor of the terrible tsunami that had previously hit Thailand.

It airs tonight, October 16 on CBS.

6.6 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan Coast

A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Japan's coast Monday night.

A preliminary estimate put the quake's magnitude at 7.1, which was later lowered to 6.6, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A series of smaller quakes continued to shake the region. Residents in Tokyo also felt the jolts.

A tsunami warning issued by Japan's Meteorological Agency was later canceled.

Monday's initial quake was centered about 101 miles northeast of Tokyo, or about 31 miles southwest of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Workers at the plant were asked to evacuate for a time, but later returned to resume their efforts to cool the troubled nuclear facility.

The latest aftershock came almost exactly one month after the 9.0 magnitude March 11 quake, which caused a tsunami that washed away whole towns and villages along the country's northeast coast.

 

Another 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Japan, and authorities had issued a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern coast, which was already ravaged by last month's devastating quake and tsunami.   They appear to backed off onthe tsunami warning.

The warning was for a tsunami of as much as four feet, NBC News reported.

The quake hit 73 miles from Fukushima, where workers are still trying to contain the damage and radiation at the nuclear plant, and 207 miles from Tokyo, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Update on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 1:23PM by Rick C.Limpert

* Update:  This quake is the strongest of the hundreds of aftershocks that have shaken Japan since the magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says that the quake hasn’t caused any further damage to the Daiichi nuclear power plant, but all workers have been temporarily evacuated from the facilities. There were no injuries reported.