Magnitude 7.3 quake has just hit Japan...

The_Abyss · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:16

Very weird watching it live - feels wrong waiting to see if there's a big wave.

Housey · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:17

I don't think a big wave will hit, I think they are being very cautious, understandably.

Uriel · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:21

Hmm. NHK reporting that the water cooling system has stopped working at one of the Fukushima Nuclear plants. I don't like the sound of that. 90cm reported at one of the observation points but I can't tell where.

terley · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:21

Its only 10ft tall.. most british sea walls are higher than that

Uriel · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:23

terley said:
Its only 10ft tall..

Predicted 10 ft.

The highest recorded so far is 3 ft.

Craig1981 · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:26

So hopefully this is minor compared to the last time? How high were the waves during the tsunami last time?

Malevolence · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:29

Craig1981 said:
So hopefully this is minor compared to the last time? How high were the waves during the tsunami last time?

According to Wiki., between 3.2m and 37.9m.

Uriel · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:30

Craig1981 said:
So hopefully this is minor compared to the last time? How high were the waves during the tsunami last time?

A quick google tells me up to 39m.

Edit: Given the above - I'll cite a source: http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html

Depends where it was measured though. That was for height above ground level as it went inland in some areas.

Gabbatek · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:34

Errm THIS should be in speakers corner :mad:

Gabbatek · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:35

Live feed with translation
https://www.rt.com/on-air/367701-japan-earthquake-tsunami-fukushima/

Uriel · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:40

Uriel said:
Magnitude is higher than 2011.

I got this wrong. Forgot the 2011 quake was a 9.

Given it's a magnitude scale, this is a lot less powerful.

yer_averagejoe · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:51

Depends on the depth. 6 miles is pretty shallow.

Gabbatek · 21 Nov 2016 at 22:51

Oh dear Fukushima has a reactor coolant system failure

WillyNelson · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:01

Gabbatek said:
Oh dear Fukushima has a reactor coolant system failure

According to RT...?

Orionaut · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:05

Gabbatek said:
Oh dear Fukushima has a reactor coolant system failure

Hmmn Like last time.

Tsunami hits Nuclear power station and severely damages it, nobody dies! #Theworldisending

Tsunami hits coastal cities and kills 20,000 people #Meh!wewillrebuild

Am I really the only person who finds this sort of response bizarre???

Uriel · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:25

The fault displacement was mainly lateral not vertical according to the USGS. Hence no trigger for a big tsunami.

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/21/magnitude-73-earthquake-hits-japan-usgs-says.html

Craig1981 · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:25

People get twitchy when it comes to nuclear stuff going critical. Radiation, fallout, that kinda thing.

Malevolence · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:36

Still no Godzilla!

D3K · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:40

GOJIRRRRRA

Orionaut · 21 Nov 2016 at 23:54

Craig1981 said:
People get twitchy when it comes to nuclear stuff going critical. Radiation, fallout, that kinda thing.

And yet you could live out the rest of your life in the Fukushima power stations plant managers office and still be more likely to be killed by the next earthquake. Which could happen at any time, than you would be by any amount of radiation exposure.!

The logic of the "Exclusion zone" should also render all parts of the Japanese coast within 20M of sea level as unfit for human habitation. But that would never happen would it??