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9:30am GMT, 8.9 in magnitude

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/?hpt=T1

wow!

Its epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) from Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said.Scenes inside office buildings showed papers strewn all over the floor and people clinging onto seats and desks.
Such a large earthquake at such a shallow depth creates a lot of energy, said Shenza Chen of the U.S. Geological Survey.

 

It's not good. Northern Japan was hit with a 13 foot tsunami.

 

Hi McDick!

True, I am now watching it on CNN, they forecast 6-10m waves to come, 6m being average.

 

omg

omg im watching it on the news right now!ppl are dieing!! its so bad!!

 

you can see ppl trying to drive away and the wave get them.... its so sad, my god its biblical! i dont want to even want to know the body count.

 

Hi Divel, good to see you again
It is sad, I even saw one truck drive towards the oncoming wave! Why?:x

 

i know right, iv seem lots of ppl just standing there watching as it kills them!!! omg um RUN STUPID! RUN NOW! but my gosh this is why i dont live in flood zones

 

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was magnitude 8.9, which the agency labeled a “mega” quake. The tremor occurred at about 230 miles northeast of Tokyo and at a depth of about 15 miles.

The quake occurred at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time and its location was off Honshu, Japan’s most populous island.

A tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. Japan’s meteorological agency warned that a tsunami as high as 20 feet could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicenter.

The Associated Press reported that a large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/world/asia/12japan.html

 

Yes, I can imagine that happening, like a `deer caught in the headlights'
I don't think they had too much chance here, as it hid the coast, there are warnings for other countries too.

 

ya but rubber neckres, goshh

 

There are a lot of reasons people don't run away from danger. The first is probably the "fight or flight" syndrome, where an adrenaline rush can kick in and a person will run from danger or stand to face it. In its simplest form, you may witness it if somebody crosses the road and a vehicle is headed toward them. Some people "freeze" on the spot, and others move to safety.

The second reason is simply many people wouldn't know where to run to, which direction would be safer; left or right, north or south? The wrong choice might mean they don't actually get to safety anyway.

 

This is so awful. The death toll is going to be staggering. The rest of the Pacific looks like it will be hit also.

 

True, it will take days to find out the extent of casualties.

One thing that is good, those that will soon feel subsequent waves, have hours to prepare.

welcome Grunehilde:

like I said, `the deer'


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I can see this happening too. if view is blocked, and a 14ft wave stretches out for as far as the eye can see on both sides.

Japan's military I hear will be helping out soon, maybe US Pacific Fleet 7th? might offer some aid as well.

 

This is awful, but it doesn't look like the damage of an 8.9 earthquake....

Is this accurate? Are they just not showing city pictures yet?

 

It's a great tragedy,one wonders what will happen next?

Here in Australia there are already discussions in place about about the residents on all the thousands of islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Some of these islands are only just above sea level...time will tell.

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Thanks for the map PP! It would seem that tsunami waves are still on the move,
jonsi: I got those two shots from the Net, as you can imagine, with the quake being less than 2hrs old, at this time, pictures are few.

BBC world news has some good coverage.

 

Eh? It will take a lot longer than that.

Well, it was a few hundred kilometers offshore so it's not so much the damage from ground movement that is the issue, but the tsunami created by extreme movement of the sea floor.

Japan gets a lot of quakes, and they are probably the best prepared for this, as much a country can be prepared.

Very distressing indeed.

 

Another natural disaster, what next, are the people of California ready to fall into the Pacific, Is Etna and Vesuvius gonna blow, lets all send some positive vibes to the Japanese in their time of need.

 

Indonesia,Hawaii,Australia,New Zealand,Taiwan,Mexico,Chilli,Peru,Russia,Quam..the list is growing all on Tsunami alert.

Just getting back the 1000's of islands dotted around the Pacific..who is telling them?How will they survive?A lot of those places are literally just 6 inches above hightide.There will be whole islands,populated that will just disappear......

 

Hi rich: calm down...but yes positive energies and prayers to those in Japan, and other countries that will be hit nest.

PP: Mexico, Chili? Yes, I might have missed that, but the patterns are circular, with energy dissipating radially from the epicentre