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Russian "Meteor" satellites observe the signs of Japanese earthquakes.. / March 18, 2011 /

For two powerful earthquakes in Japan 25 September 2003 and March 11, 2011 NTs OMZ`s specialists and experts observed cloud signes of impending disasters. In both cases, the most valuable information was resived from Russian satellites «Meteor» («Meteor-M» equipment characteristic). The first case relates to September 2003. When Japanese Geophysics through the general manager of Toshiba Space Systems Seiji Yoshimoto appealed to the Russian colleagues for monitoring the seismically active zone in the Kanto region. According to their forecasts on September 16-17, expected major earthquake. At September 19, 2003 with medium-resolution scanner MSU-SM on the Meteor-3M was recived image with obvious signs of earthquake preparation (Annex 1). Data from other satellites Terra, Aqua, GMS, ADEOS-II is also possible to identify cloud seismotectonic indicator (CSI). By image CSI (A, B, C) is allowed to reconstruct the stress field of framing block of Honshu. By Seismomagnetic meridians were calculated date of a powerful event to October 1. The day before the earthquake pictures and a brief comment were referred to Mr. Yoshimoto at the meeting in Roskosmos. And in the morning 26.09.2003 in the coastal zone of. Hokkaido earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3. Fortunately, due to tsunami was small.

So history repeated itself, but with catastrophic consequences. Alas, this time, no appeal of the Japanese side was not. But experts NTs OMZ is still monitors the Japanese zone of next-generation meteorological satellite "Meteor-M scanner MSU-MR. 18-23 February were obtained satellite imagery of cloud indicators. The most informative was shot 19.02.2011 (Annex 2). To the surprise of experts on it found the OS-s over the same areas of plate boundaries, which in 2003 Reconstruction of the CSI (A, B) allowed to calculate the rotational «against the clock» component and the maximum stress in the south-eastern sector. Here and there were 2 powerful earthquakes: 9 March, M7, 2, and the catastrophic March 11, M8, 9. According to an analysis of the situation, 1-e event was a «trigger», along with a powerful geomagnetic disturbances on March 10 for the second earthquake. Possible date of 4 or 11.3 ± 2 days. was calculated Seismomagnetic meridian (total magnetic flux tubes), after the geomagnetic storm on 18 February.

Later we learned that the connection between these events in a completely different material, the wave forms of MS and analysis of specific functional relationships of the processed data, allowed the Russian geophysicist and mathematician Lyubushin make a forecast of a catastrophic earthquake in Japan. Such a forecast has been brought Japanese in November 2008 and April 2010, registered in Russin Expert Counsil of Earthquake forecasts.

Annex 1 (pdf, 795 Kb)

Annex 2 (pdf, 582 Kb)

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