MONITORING AND FORECAST Mega-EARTHQUAKE OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN,

March 11, 2011, М=9.0

Mega SS Japan          Мs≥8.4

SS Japan             7.8Мs<8.4

SS North Honshu      7.3≤Мs<7.8

Forecast  Mega earthquake off East Coast of Honshu on March 11, 2011, М=9.0     .

    "... Thus, monitoring of catastrophic earthquake with М≥7.8 off the East Сoast of Honshu which carried out since 2008 on our website in ON Line mode, ended March 11 mega-catastrophe. Two days before the accident seismicity in Japan has developed so rapidly that I practically haven't had time to react and give a final prediction. On March 9 off East Coast of Honshu there was the strongest for last 7 years earthquake-indicator in SS Japan . It was so strong that Japanese seismologists wrongly could accept its finishing on this stage of time and to lose vigilance.  The Message from 09.05.2008 was key. In this and in almost all later, it was noticed that the tsunami catastrophic earthquake in an extensive oceanic area on NE of Honshu can occur in case in SS there will be a strong earthquake with М=7.4. I supervised accident preparation in Mega SS Japan, but the question wasn't discussed on a site. Couldn't assume that after earthquake with М=7.4-7.7 will have practically no time to do it ...

    The earthquake magnitude was on March 9, 2011 the key factor for the forecast at the mega-disaster closing stage on March 11, 2011. For operative monitoring we lean against the data of a seismic network of U.S.Geological Service (USGS). In the operative data on March, 9th for this key earthquake they have given magnitude Ms=7.0, then on March, 10th it has been raised to Ms=7.3. The Russian seismological network (CCD) has given out magnitudes Ms=7.4 and Ms=7.7 with a priority on the second value... Anyhow, till March 11, 2011 we hadn't time to prepare materials for a site. I don't feed illusions even if on a site earthquake time would be precisely specified, Japanese wouldn't react. Before the dangerous situation was in the summer of 2008 in area Tokyo, I have officially informed them (the Message from February 21, 2008), but no reaction. I think cooperation with Japanese seismologists would allow..., but that's  thinking for the future!...

   Quote below the final stage of the analysis of Japanese disaster, based on our messages before accident, which on similarity of "black boxes" the lost plane, allow to make it objectively ...

                                                                                                                                                                 Akopian S.Ts.           /March 21, 2011/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

I. SS Japan, FORECAST, Мs7.8. After last Message from 15.12.2010 in January 2011 seismic activizations in system it was not observed, the track from below has rounded areas of instability of Tokachi Oki earthquake zone Е1 in Fig.1. It meant that there it is safe and since February 2011 track has come back in dotted dark blue area to the south of zone Е1 on Fig.1. In such situation two days prior to mega-disaster on March 9, 2011 there was the strongest earthquake-indicator for last 7 years in SS Japan which has sharply changed a situation in system (see Fig.2). The track has jumped upwards and has actually returned SS in a condition described in the Message from 09.05.2008. There it was said that tsunami catastrophic earthquake in an extensive oceanic area on NE of Honshu (in zones D and E) can occur in case in SS there will be a strong earthquake with М=7.4. On March 9, 2011 it was dangerous already only in a southern part of zone Е (as in the top dark blue dotted part in a Fig.1 danger passed). In a Fig.2 the fragment of track diagram SS Japan since February, 2008, when we began monitoring on a site, up to the mega-disaster is resulted. The equation for a local zone of instability D+E has the form: К = 0.354W + 10.370. From the beginning of 2009 for stability loss in zones D and E the track all time had the deficiency of energy equal to energy of earthquake-indicator with М=7.3-7.4. In further (see the Message from 08.13.2009) we specially watched and everywhere noticed that there is a deficiency of energy of earthquake-indicator with М=7.4. Above zones of instability D and E the area of instability for mega-earthquakes which are predicted in Mega-SS Japan where finally the trajectory has got began. In Fig.3 the definitive diagram of dynamics growth of probability of strong earthquake before mega-earthquake is resulted on March 11, 2011. After March 9, 2011 probability has jumped up on 7 % and for March 11 made Р=61.57% (PW=76.67%, PK=80.31%). Track coordinates, probability of strong earthquake with Мs≥7.8 in SS Japan for March are resulted in Tab.1.
The earthquake-indicator forecast
, the mega-disaster trigger look more low, in SS North Honshu.

 

 

 

 

 

Table 1. Growth of dynamic parameters of preparation strong earthquake (Мs≥7.8) in SS Japan for March, 2011. Dangerously in zone Е.

 

 

DATA

PREPARATION

ENERGY

PROBABILITY

PLACE

 

 CLASS

ENTROPY

MAGNITUDE

BY ENERGY

BY ENTROPY

BY ATTRACTOR

Name, Faults

 

Y.М.D.

K

W

Ms

 Pк

 Pw

P

FORECAST

Critical Values

 

16.960

18.630

8.8

     

Zone Е

 

Preparation of the strong earthquake 

 

2008 Jul.10

 2008 Aug.10

 2008 Aug.20

 2008 Aug.31

2008 Sep.30

2008 Oct.31

2008 Nov.30

2008 Dec.31

2009 Jun.30

2009 Aug.12

2010 Mar.31

2010 Jul.31

2010 Dec.31

2011 Mar.08

2011 Mar.09

02:45:18

16.756

16.793 16.793 

16.793

16.793

16.793

16.793

16.808

16.811

16.837

16.848

16.853

16.854

16.854

17.013

18.334

  18.346  

  18.350  

  18.354  

18.366

18.378

18.389

18.400

18.462

18.482

18.546

18.579

18.618

18.636

18.636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

М=9.0

64.44%

66.81% 

66.81% 

66.81% 

66.81%

66.81%

66.81%

67.76%

68.13%

70.11%

70.84%

71.14%

71.26%

71.44%

80.31%

59.54%

  60.31% 

  60.55% 

  60.80% 

 61.51%

62.19%

62.86%

 63.52%

 67.13%

68.23%

71.73%

73.14%

75.07%

76.16%

76.67%

38.37%

40.29%

40.45% 

40.62% 

41.09%

41.55%

42.00%

43.04%

45.73%

47.83%

50.81%

52.27%

53.50%

54.41%

61.57%

No danger 

Was

danger

in zone С

No danger

No danger

No danger

No danger

No danger

No danger

No danger

No danger

Danger  E1

No danger

Danger  E!!!

FORECAST

 2011.03

   

 M>8.8

 

   

Zone Е

Fig.5. Mega SS Japan. Controlled area of the forecast of earthquakes with M≥8.4. Are shown sources area of mega earthquakes 1933, 1946 and 2011.03.11. Prognostic zones D and Е expectations of mega-disaster according to SS Japan are shown.

Fig.1. SS Japan. Controlled area of earthquake prediction with M≥7.8 and earthquake-indicators. In January danger passed Е1, and after earthquake of 03.09.2011, М=7.7, passed a dark blue dotted zone in the north and has moved to zone Е.

 

 

 

 

Fig.6. Fragments of the track diagram Mega-SS Japan on March 10, 2011. It is shown attractor (a zone of instability of earthquakes 1933 and 1946). The mega-disaster track for 60 years only after March 9 has got to an instability zone. On the enlarged fragment shows part of tracks before 2003 accident. Monitoring on a site was made with 2008. The part of track when it in SS Japan bent around area of instability of Tokyo in the summer 2008 is shown.

Fig.2. Fragment of track diagram SS Japan from the beginning of monitoring before mega-disaster. For March 10, 2011 track passed a zone of instability 2003 and, after earthquake of 03.09.2011, has jumped upwards. The track has got to area of instability E, but in mega-system all zone E-D has worked.

 

MONITORING OF MEGA-EARTHQUAKE М=9.0 AND IT FORECAST:

I. SS Japan Мs7.8, II. SS North Honshu 7.3≤Мs<7.8, III. Mega SS Japan Мs8.4

 

 

 

Fig.4. The forecast of earthquake from 2011.03.09, М=7.7 in SS North Honshu, Japan. Earthquake with М≥7.4 was expected in the beginning of 2012 in a red zone. In March 2011 it was dangerous in yellow dotted area. Instability tended to migrate from the South to the North.

Fig.7. Dynamics growth of probability of strong earthquake with М≥8.4 in Mega-SS Japan on March 10, 2011. Probabilities very high, on March 9 the probability has jumped up on 2%. After mega-disaster the seismic cycle has come to the end.

Fig.3. Dynamics of growth of probability of strong earthquake in SS Japan for March 10, 2011. After earthquake 03.09.2011 the probability has jumped up on 7 %. On it all has come to the end.

 

II. FORECAST EARTHQUAKE 2011.03.09, М=7.7

SS North Honshu, Japan, FORECAST, 7.3≤Мs<7.8. In this system there was an earthquake preparation . In the Bulletin 03 from Sep. 17, 2010 it has been predicted: "At the beginning 2012 will be dangerous on the northeast of Honshu M=7.4, east of pref. Miyako, pref. Iwate 60 km in the ocean, if thus far in the system does not occur strong earthquake from М>7.8. The probability of earthquake is high....". The forecast has been given on the basis of monitoring of a local zone of instability in attractor, stretched from the epicenters of two strong earthquakes 1936.11.02, М=7.3 and 1978.06.12, М=7.7 to the sources 1989.11.01, М=7.4 and 1931.03.09, М=7.7 (see Fig.4). The track developed from area of instability of earthquake 1936 to area of instability of earthquake 1989 which should reach to the beginning of 2012. In Fig.4 yellow dotted line the area where instability for March 2011 has been localized is shown. If we analyzed and let out the Bulletin every month we with the following accuracy could predict this earthquake: in March in yellow area there can be a strong earthquake with М7.4. The error in a place would make 80 km that is connected with badly certain seismic system. Our resources don't allow to trace a seismic situation monthly. Let's notice that at the moment of earthquake the track had already very big value of cumulative energy K=16.56, and on entropy W=18.26. The track was near to a point of instability of earthquake 1938.05.23, М=7.7, K=16.63, W=18.22. Considering this circumstance, in a yellow dotted zone it was possible to expect earthquake with М=7.7. The probability of earthquake equaled Р=67.35% (PW=78.81%, PK=85.46%), in September 2010 was Р=63% (Pw=75%, Pk=84%).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Mega-Earthquake Off East Coast of Honshu,  Japan

2011.03.11  05:46:23  38.32N  142.37E  H=32 km  M=9.0  

  Intensity, source, triggers (yellow) and aftershocks.

 Earthquake Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan

2011.03.09  02:45:18  38.42N  142.84E  H=32 km  Мs=7.0 (USGS, March 9), Ms=7.3 (USGS, March 10)

Ms=7.7 (7.4)CCD

  Intensity, source, aftershochs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III. MEGA SS JAPAN Мs8.4

FORECAST Mega-EARTHQUAKE 2011.03.11, М=9.0 off East Coast of Honshu    .  

Mega SS Japan treats the category badly defined, there are only authentically come to the end two seismic cycles, for earthquake of Nankaydo, 1946, М=8.4 and Sanriku, 1933, М=8.7 (see Fig.5). For the comparative analysis we involved the data from others Mega SS. This data from 100 % confidence has allowed to conclude that for last 60 years the track of preparation of the mega-disasters in Japan was far from attractor (see Fig.6). Till September, 2008 energy of earthquake-indicator in SS Japan was insufficient for hit in area of instability of mega-disasters. By September 2008 track for some months has jumped up and has bypassed zone of instability for the big Tokyo area (see the Message from 07.31.2008) and area of mega-disasters became already accessible. The Message from 09.05.2008 was key. In it and almost in all the subsequent, it was noticed that tsunami catastrophic earthquake in an extensive oceanic zone on NE Honshu (in zones D and E) can occur in case in SS there will be a strong earthquake with М=7.4. In further (see the Message from 08.13.2009) we watched and noticed that there is a deficiency of energy of earthquake-indicator which could start avalanche process of preparation of mega-disaster in zone D, and then in E. Forecast in SS Japan has shown that after March 9 the track has come back in zone Е and in Mega SS extensive area Е+D (see Fig.5) is prepared for discharging.

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Here monitoring and the forecast by which we did in ON Line a mode on an extent more than 3 years breaks. In all Messages on a site we reacted to earthquakes within 1-2 days. The value of magnitude of earthquake-indicator was very important for the further monitoring and the forecast, however, rapidity of events and variability of data of world Seismological networks hasn't allowed to react operatively... For two days all has failed!

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     Further calculations and analysis, which I have already made after catastrope have amazed me on the spot!!! The Nature didn't have chances, by March 2011 she had already accumulated a record entropy (W=20.586), greater than Mega SS Chile at the Chilean earthquake of 1960 (W=20.350) (see the Message 25.03.2010). I.e. on entropy disaster has so ripened that the system already could be discharged only by means of mega-earthquake with М=9.0, deficiency of energy equaled in accuracy of energy of earthquake-indicator with М=7.7. To wait the Nature couldn't in any way more, there was a unique chance: there is an earthquake-indicator and at once - mega-disaster     . Now it is all in the numbers.

FORECAST Мs8.4. Earthquake sharply raised the track, he fell into the attractor with parameters K=17.987, W=20.586. Before in the world the track Chilean earthquake 1960, K=17.950, W=20.350 had the greatest values of entropy. So the mega-earthquake in Japan March 11, 2011 has broken the record of the Chilean earthquake, 1960. Attractor and the law of seismic entropy production for Mega SS Japan, determined from the earthquakes 1933 and 1946, are as follows:
 

  К   = 0.337W + 11.064           at          W>19.450        attractor                                                                                   (1)

  Кs = 0.802W +   1.560           at          W>19.450        law of seismic entropy production                                            (2)

 

     Substituting value of track entropy W=20.586 in the equations (1) we will receive K=18.000, and parameter of track K=17.987, i.e. earthquake magnitude on March 9, М=7.7 in accuracy compensated deficiency of earthquakes-indicators energy. Substituting entropy W=20.586 in the equation (2) we will receive Ks=18.070 that corresponds to magnitude 9.0-9.1. I. all that has occurred in Japan was inevitable and entirely predictable. The probability of mega-disaster till March 9 was Р=85.69% (PW=91.93%, PK=93.21%), after earthquake-indicator has in steps increased Р=87.53% (PW=91.93%, PK=95.21%) (see Fig.7).
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  I'm shocked! The game of seismic chess ended with the chessboard destruction...
  ... Nature saw the trap, paused, and then on March 9 has made a very strong move. Even experts precisely couldn't define force of a course in the circumstances. Earlier, I did all reciprocal courses for 1-2 days. And here uncertainty. Since April, 2009 I repeated all time that if the Nature will play М=7.4 that it is forced will lose... On March 11 I have finished the analysis and have prepared the answer in which has shown that in all variants of a reciprocal course the Nature loses. The party came to an end with disaster in an extensive oceanic area on NE of Honshu which I specified earlier... Usually by rules of chess the Nature should wait a reciprocal move, but probably she has understood that I have practically solved its plan, and other variants of continuation of game at it weren't also it, without having waited the answer, has destroyed (has turned) all chessboard... That I couldn't in any way and wouldn't have time to expect... The Party has come to the end tragically.
       I feel sincere sympathy for victims and all Japanese.

                                                                                          S.Ts. Akopian. 21.03.2011