Japan just hit by magnitude 8.9 earthquake

[Deebs]

It has reached some of the islands around Hawaii now, just listened to a guy on the shore in Wailuku, as he was talking he said the sea receded around 200ft.

 

[Peggy]

It has reached some of the islands around Hawaii now, just listened to a guy on the shore in Wailuku, as he was talking he said the sea receded around 200ft.

Oh my...

 

[Deebs]

My bad, he was talking from Maui but the ticker was saying Wailuku, the BBC has just posted the story...

1349: Ryan McGuinness on the Hawaiian island of Maui tells CNN that he is standing about 10ft away from the shore. He says there have been surges, during which the sea has advanced about 20ft further inland than normal. But now, he says, the sea level has receded about 200ft, exposing reefs and rocks which are normally always covered. People are calm, he adds, but they are now moving to higher ground.

 

[Peggy]

I hope they move fast.

 

[Saeed]

Oh dear...makes one think what chance does man and all his technology stand in front of the forces of nature.

 

[Slavik]

Oh dear...makes one think what chance does man and all his technology stand in front of the forces of nature.

Thats the scary thing isn't it, no matter what you prepair for or plan, when mother nature decides to throw a tantrum all you can do is get out the way and deal with the aftermath.

 

[Saeed]

Indeed! If mother nature permits you that much even...

 

[Peggy]

Japan is still experiencing massive aftershocks, the worst one was 7.0 about 2 hours ago. They are predicting repeated tsunami's. Hopefully none as bad as the first one was.

 

[Peggy]

Our Pentagon has reported that all U.S. military personnel is accounted for in Japan.
I have 2 cousins stationed on the base.

 

[iTuN3r]

STILL GOING EARTHQUAKE NOW AT THIS MOMENT ALSO .AND THIS IS THE 7TH TIME TODAY

2 hours ago ·

My friend from japan updated his status earlier today .

 

[Peggy]

Posted on CNN just a short time ago -

Police in Miyagi Prefecture say between 200-300 bodies have been found in the coastal city of Sendai alone, Japan's Kyodo News Agency reported late Friday. The death toll is likely to rise as there are few casualty counts yet from the worst-hit areas. Kyodo, citing Japan's defense forces, said 60,000 to 70,000 people were being evacuated to shelters in the Sendai area.

There's also something about having to evacuate a nuclear power plant.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

 

[Crazyfruitbat]

Well, its been hell of a day here in Tokyo - it was indeed scrary, I was actually in the elevator when the earthquake kicked off. As with all earthquakes, not so many folks die from the quake itself but the stuff that comes after it - fires, tsunami and a lack of good condiditions.

I wrote a bit of a blog (lots of pictures) about it just now, lets just say it trashed my office pretty bad:

http://www.pixelatedphotographer.com/forums/index.php?threads/earthquakes-are-scary.347/

 

[Crazyfruitbat]

Posted on CNN just a short time ago -



There's also something about having to evacuate a nuclear power plant.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

yes the tsunami has killed more people than the quake - it has wiped towns off the map, the just don't exist any more.

The really scary thing is that this isn't the Tokai earthquake. For those who dont know what that is, the tokai earthquake happens every 100 years in tokyo almost like clockwork, at the moment we are at 105 years or something, normally it hits at around 8-10 on the scale and it focussed around tokyo. Today tokyo wasn't ready for an earthquake - so hopefully it will make them more prepared when the actual tokai earthquake actually hits (and it will)...

 

[Saeed]

Glad that you were not hurt by the whole thing, my friend.

I hope the aftershocks finish soon so that the rescue efforts may begin. We are losing precious time now...

 

[Tigratrus]

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Hurricanes. All things that show us in such terrible clarity how tiny we really are.
Very glad to hear that it's just your office that's damaged and not you Fruitbat! It's going to be a nightmare doing all the cleanup, but... :: shudder ::

 

[Peggy]

I wrote a bit of a blog (lots of pictures) about it just now, lets just say it trashed my office pretty bad:

http://www.pixelatedphotographer.com/forums/index.php?threads/earthquakes-are-scary.347/
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OMG! I'm certainly glad that you're safe.

Below is a picture from the first of the tsunami waves coming ashore. This is what I watched happen on CNN a few hours ago. ugh

We can't post yahoo news vids here, so I'll link to a video coming out of Japan -
http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/24487849

 

[Crazyfruitbat]

Thanks guys - myself and my family are all ok, sadly for the people that are a lot more north of tokyo are in hell right now. There has been this video playing here of these people in cars trying to outrun the tsunami through rice fields but eventually get washed away, it was pretty hard see that...

 

[Crazyfruitbat]

I hope prime minister Kan also leaves or gets kicked out too, he faffed around like Bush during 911

 

[Peggy]

hmmm?? Bush was exceptional during 9/11. It was that stupid war in Iraq that ruined him.

Anyway, I don't want to get into politics.

 

[John]

Glad to hear you and the family are okay CFB...breaks my heart to see what is happening in your country