Japan Earthquake: Fukushima

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 02:22 PM

Series one...

The tsunami washing over the countryside...

Watch the lorry....this happened over seconds...

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 02:24 PM

Massive fire in Horton Spheres at a refinery in Ichihara. Bloody hell, if they go up...

**koman** · 11-03-2011, 02:26 PM

Revised to and 8.9 now and the entire Tokyo transit system is shut down......

**Loy Toy** · 11-03-2011, 02:30 PM

Absolutely terrible and I hope loss of life is minimal.

Mother nature seems to be upset at the moment.

**koman** · 11-03-2011, 02:33 PM

Best prepared country in the world for something like this.....if you really can prepare for something like this....hope they got it right cause it looks really bad..........

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 02:41 PM

These maps don't always post properly so here's the link:

USGS Data and Maps

**Sailing into trouble** · 11-03-2011, 02:45 PM

8.9!!! Just getting news in Canada. Buildings still swaying in Tokyo 30mins after quake!
Harry did you say that people sat watching the wave approach. In Japan that is incredible, they rehearse so much have they forgotten about the devastation in Thailand!

Now we have told the west coast here could be hit. My boat is 3 hours away. Wish i had paid the insurance now. Krap

sabaii sabaii · 11-03-2011, 02:45 PM

Wow, that is some force of nature

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 02:47 PM

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 02:47 PM

First deaths now being reported in Japan.

Tsunami alerts all over the Pacific. Aftershocks still occuring, another 6.8 reported in Tokyo this time.

**drawp** · 11-03-2011, 02:47 PM

didn't see it posted yet, but Al Jazeera English is streaming it -- Al Jazeera English: Live Stream - Watch Now - Al Jazeera English

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 02:49 PM

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 02:50 PM

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 02:51 PM

Tsunami warning sirens will be sounded in Honolulu shortly. (Added: waves not expected for several hours).

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 02:52 PM

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 02:55 PM

Some more snaps of the live TV pics...

Tsunami waves

Heading to shore...

Sendai airport, surrounded, people on the roof...

Oil refinery on fire...so far it hasn't gotten worse than this...

**dirtydog** · 11-03-2011, 02:57 PM

Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake

A massive earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan, triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage.

Japanese television showed cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

Officials said the wave could be 10m (33ft), and numerous casualties are feared.

The quake struck about 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo at a depth of 20 miles, shaking the capital.

The tremor at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks.

Seismologists say it is one of the largest earthquakes to hit Japan for many years.

The tsunami warning was extended to the Philippines, Indonesia and the Pacific coast of Russia.

Tsunami waves hit Japan's Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, officials said.

Japan's NHK television showed a massive surge of water sweeping away buildings, cars and ships.

The earthquake also triggered a number of fires.

There were reports of about 20 people injured in Tokyo after the roof of a hall collapsed onto a graduation ceremony.

There were also reports of injuries in Tokyo after.

BBC News - Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake

**Loy Toy** · 11-03-2011, 02:58 PM

Some of the Japanese nucleur plants have shut down automatically but it cannot be confirmed if there is any damage or radiation leaks according to the Prime Minister.

**robuzo** · 11-03-2011, 02:59 PM

Was chatting with my partner at the office in Tokyo when it hit. As of 10 minutes ago there were still aftershocks:
Jeff: shaking again...sigh. this be gettin' old now
me: I guess so
Sent at 2:45 PM on Friday

Waiting for tsunami reports from Chiba. Tohoku got creamed.

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 02:59 PM

Yep, sirens off in Hawaii, waves expected in five hours at about 3am local time.

**harrybarracuda** · 11-03-2011, 03:05 PM

Going back to the Horton Spheres, there are 8 or more of them, and one of them is absolutely ablaze. If the rest contain LPG, it's extremely difficult for the fire services to get in safely, because if one of those goes it will be like an extremely large bomb going off.

I'm surprised they have been placed in such close proximity to each other.

Frightening.

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 03:05 PM

7th biggest earthquake ever recorded the BBC said earlier....

**robuzo** · 11-03-2011, 03:09 PM

Still feeling very slight aftershocks in Tokyo.

Still coming in rapid succession.

**StrontiumDog** · 11-03-2011, 03:20 PM

mpoppel Michael van Poppel

Quake overview: 8.9, 6.4, 6.4, 6.8, 7.1, 6.3, 6.3, 5.8, 5.9, 6.3, 6.1, 6.1, 5.9, 5.8

(so far)

**robuzo** · 11-03-2011, 03:20 PM

Some series of quakes:
Earthquake List for Map of Asia Region

MAG UTC DATE-TIME
y/m/d h:m:s LAT
deg LON
deg DEPTH
km Region
MAP 5.6 2011/03/11 07:56:15 37.130 142.305 34.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.8 2011/03/11 07:42:55 36.406 141.919 29.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 07:38:26 39.250 142.783 29.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 07

12 36.802 141.911 24.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 07:25:33 37.916 144.621 15.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 07:14:59 36.648 141.811 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 07

47 36.051 142.347 28.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.8 2011/03/11 07

59 37.899 142.734 30.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 06:57:14 35.758 140.992 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 06:48:47 37.993 142.764 22.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 7.1 2011/03/11 06:25:50 38.106 144.553 19.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.8 2011/03/11 06

45 36.126 140.234 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.4 2011/03/11 06

21 36.401 141.862 35.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 6.4 2011/03/11 06

11 39.025 142.316 25.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 8.9 2011/03/11 05:46:23 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
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