Earthquake in Japan....9.0...ouch!

Craig1981 · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:01

Watching it on Sky News right now. Looks really horrific. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this

DJMK4 · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:02

Some of these video footages are crazy

robgmun · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:06

It's going to be very interesting how the most advanced nation on earth which has been very prepared for earthquakes are dealing with a really huge massive quake

memyselfandi · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:08

There's a video stream about the tsunami damage (in Japanese) here

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:10

Earthquake details from USGS:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2011/usc0001xgp/

FTM · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:10

the helicopter footage is amazing but also terrible

youe see this wave and its just spreading out across the farmland, then you realise in the distance theirs a highway with moving traffic on it...thankfully when I was watching it ran up against an embankment but it will find a way through...and then you look closer and theres boats and cars and bits of house all flowing along

Badgi · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:11

This is pretty terrible....

Tsunami warning for the entire Pacific, according to the BBC.

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:13

They are occurring all the time:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html

moss · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:16

Ive got a holiday to Japan booked next month

Its not looking good.

GJ02 · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:16

Omg that's bad
Hope there is not a huge loss of life
There was talk of a big one after the 1st on Tuesday
Crazy stuff

robgmun · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:17

where abouts?

Tokyo and anything south of there will look pretty much normal by then

OriginalJonty · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:18

Philippines may get hit in tge next 40 minutes according to Sky News.

moss · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:19

robgmun said:
where abouts?

Tokyo and anything south of there will look pretty much normal by then

I was going to be staying in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

robgmun · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:21

moss said:
I was going to be staying in Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka.

As far as i'm aware the impact is minimal, espically in Kyoto and Osaka

Freefaller · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:21

Hope the damage and death isn't too high

Poor people.

TheMightyTen · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:24

This is going to be one of those where the death toll is just going to grow and grow and grow

Civilised or 3rd world country it doesn't matter this scale of damage isn't recovered from for a generation. My thoughts to the people of North East Japan.

Cosimo · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:25

Aftershocks being reported in Tokyo.

OriginalJonty · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:25

The aftershocks are measuring around 7.4 on the richter scale!

Brookert · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:26

Makes me feel a bit thankful that the uk doesn't really get any dangerous weather.

robgmun · 11 Mar 2011 at 08:26

TheMightyTen said:
Civilised or 3rd world country it doesn't matter this scale of damage isn't recovered from for a generation. My thoughts to the people of North East Japan.

You'd be suprised, i bet they will be largely recovered within a couple of years. The Japanese are very resilitant people