MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-japan-quake-idUSTRE72A0SS20110311 A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-meter (13-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and witnesses reported. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. TV pictures showed a vast wall of water carrying buildings and debris across a large swathe of coastal farmland. Public broadcaster NHK showed flames and black smoke billowing from a building in Odaiba, a Tokyo suburb, and bullet trains to the north of the country were halted. Black smoke was also pouring out of an industrial area in Yokohama's Isogo area. TV footage showed boats, cars and trucks floating in water after a small tsunami hit the town of Kamaichi in northern Japan. An overpass, location unknown, appeared to have collapsed into the water. Kyodo news agency said there were reports of fires in the city of Sendai in the northeast. "The building shook for what seemed a long time and many people in the newsroom grabbed their helmets and some got under their desks," Reuters correspondent Linda Sieg said in Tokyo. "It was probably the worst I have felt since I came to Japan more than 20 years ago." Passengers on a subway line in Tokyo screamed and grabbed other passengers' hands. The shaking was so bad it was hard to stand, said Reuters reporter Mariko Katsumura. Hundreds of office workers and shoppers spilled into Hitotsugi street, a shopping street in Akasaka in downtown Tokyo. Household goods ranging from toilet paper to clingfilm were flung into the street from outdoor shelves in front of a drugstore. Crowds gathered in front of televisions in a shop next to the drugstore for details. After the shaking from the first quake subsided, crowds were watching and pointing to construction cranes on an office building up the street with voices saying, "They're still shaking!," "Are they going to fall?" Asagi Machida, 27, a web designer in Tokyo, sprinted from a coffee shop when the quake hit. "The images from the New Zealand earthquake are still fresh in my mind so I was really scared. I couldn't believe such a big earthquake was happening in Tokyo."
I am Rod Hull Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Just watching it on TV now, amazing scenes USA on standby for tsunami..... Yuki Abe ?
Rocket-Ron Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Came up on my earthquake app this morning. I love my earthquake app. My wife used to have dreams about earthquakes and in the morning we would turn on the news and find that there had been one somewhere or another. Spooky ehh?? Doesn't happen anymore sadly.
MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Author Posted 11 March 2011 Just watching it on TV now, amazing scenes USA on standby for tsunami..... Yuki Abe ? Obviously hoping as many people as possible are safe and unharmed, but i have to admit i did just wonder about Yuki and would he fly back to Japan. Guess it depends on wether any of his family have been directly affected by it all. What's been said about the USA?? How come one there as well?
I am Rod Hull Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Came up on my earthquake app this morning. I love my earthquake app. My wife used to have dreams about earthquakes and in the morning we would turn on the news and find that there had been one somewhere or another. Spooky ehh?? Doesn't happen anymore sadly. Your wife used to have dreams about the earth moving ?
Rocket-Ron Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Your wife used to have dreams about the earth moving ? Used to
I am Rod Hull Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Obviously hoping as many people as possible are safe and unharmed, but i have to admit i did just wonder about Yuki and would he fly back to Japan. Guess it depends on wether any of his family have been directly affected by it all. What's been said about the USA?? How come one there as well? The wave will travel, just like the boxing day one a few years back.. Hawaii will be hit first... They say it could hit Australia O_o
MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Author Posted 11 March 2011 The wave will travel, just like the boxing day one a few years back.. Hawaii will be hit first... They say it could hit Australia O_o Just heard now actually on BBC News. Apparently Russia as well and that 11,000 people have been evacuated already in case from there.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 The wave will travel, just like the boxing day one a few years back.. Hawaii will be hit first... They say it could hit Australia O_o I'll put me boardies on
jonthefox Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 jesus, whats going on in the south pacific. First oz, now this.
MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Author Posted 11 March 2011 It's like the beginning of an armageddon or something. Jeez.
Rocket-Ron Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 jesus, whats going on in the south pacific. First oz, now this. North
MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Author Posted 11 March 2011 Video on this link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709850
Simmo86 Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Those people driving along the road with the waters coming! They haven't got a chance!
MikeyT Posted 11 March 2011 Author Posted 11 March 2011 Those people driving along the road with the waters coming! They haven't got a chance! Showed a person driving a car, nothng else near him, no other vehicles and from the side, a wave about 30ft high coming towards them. Was like something out of a movie.
Jackirius Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 http://www.december2012endofworld.com/ The end is nigh.
Fox You Forest Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 http://www.december2012endofworld.com/ The end is nigh. I've only just got over the last time the word ended.
FoxyPV Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Video on this link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709850 ****ing hell - that's scary. As someone else said it is seeing the cars driving along with nowhere to go that makes it hit home. There's a lot be said about having earthquake proof buildings.
cambridgefox Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 It gives me goosebumps,a friend of mine had to go out on business and flew back earlier in the week,i said to him on Wednesday did you get any earthquakes as they have so many and he said no.Now this.If you ever look at the boxing day tsunami footage,there is one with some somber music about 5 mins long.If that doesnt make you sit up and think,nothing will.
VinceNoir Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 8.9 magnitude! that's massive.. Thoughts go out to everyone affected by this. Hopefully Japan are well equipped to handle a situation like this. CNN will be running all day in my flat.
whitlock Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 8.9 magnitude! that's massive.. Thoughts go out to everyone affected by this. Hopefully Japan are well equipped to handle a situation like this. CNN will be running all day in my flat. Seventh largest apparently.
Samilktray Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 Tsunami warnings been issued to these countries : Japan, Russia, Marcus Is., N. Marianas, Guam, Wake Is., Taiwan, Yap, Philippines, Marshall Is., Belau, Midway Is., Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Johnston Is., Solomon Is., Kiribati, Howland-baker, Hawaii, Tuvalu, Palmyra Is., Vanuatu, Tokelau, Jarvis Is., Wallis-futuna, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Mexico, Kermadec is, Fr. Polynesia, Pitcairn, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Antarctica, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 11 March 2011 Posted 11 March 2011 A few off those islands could litterally disappear if they cop a decent Tsunami
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