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

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BBC Pictures: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

Pic4 = Dear god...

 

[gizmoy2k]

BBC

1443: Back to Japan now: The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing.

 

[awaybreaktoday]

check bbc now and see the fires

 

[Kerplunk]

BBC Pictures: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709791

Pic4 = Dear god...

 

[tigerstyle]

Lucky I left Tokyo yesterday morning, good timing ! Need to go back on Tuesday though, hope flight isn't delayed.

Won't ever understand comments like this. How many people will have lost their lives here, you're worried about a flight? Oh and you don't need to go back on tuesday either, unless you actually live in japan.

 

[Matt82]

japan has a massive drainage system called G-Cans. that will probably help with clearing the water but as for the rest of it, wow

 

[awaybreaktoday]

1451: Another five powerful aftershocks measuring around 5.5 magnitude have just rattled the eastern coast of Japan in quick succession, the US Geological Survey reports.

 

[Efour]

Sounds horrible but at least they are in a financial position to deal with the aftermath.

Good luck to the people there.

 

[Matt82]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Area_Outer_Underground_Discharge_Channel

 

[JAMAL]

japan has a massive drainage system called G-Cans. that will probably help with clearing the water but as for the rest of it, wow

Guessing there wont be any electricity for the pumps anyway though?

 

[Doohickey]

**** me, the sound of the tsunami siren is absolutely chilling...

BBC montage atm equally so...

 

[doodah]

Not all power is down though is it? Would a system like this not be equipped with its own power system perhaps?

 

[C.R.A.Z.Y]

Christchurch was 7.1 which is 670 kilotons, this one was a 8.9 which is 336 megatons so it's 501 times more energy than the Christchurch quake.

But energy alone doesn't determine damage, location and depth are also factors I think.

Info taken from Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

Are you sure that's correct ???
BBC still stating that it's 8000 times more powerful !!!!

 

[Rroff]

check bbc now and see the fires

Video from ~15 minutes ago show entire residential areas on fire

 

[Abraham]

Are you sure that's correct ???
BBC still stating that it's 8000 times more powerful !!!!

from the wiki link posted

a difference in magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 ( = (102.0)(3 / 2) ) in the energy released

seeing as it's 1.8 I imagine the BBC are just rounding it.

edit: oh, read yours as 1000, that's the only figure I've heard on BBC

 

[jmc007]

Elaborate please.

With evidence. Not quotes from storybooks.

Storybooks with true stories; you so sure you are brighter than countless peaceful people, who have lived and died for their faith through history.

God is love and may God be with Japan and her people in these troubled times.

 

[Dutch Guy]

Are you sure that's correct ???
BBC still stating that it's 8000 times more powerful !!!!

There have been two Christchruch earthquakes, one in 2010 and one in 2011

The Japan quake is 8000 times more powerful than the 2011 Christchurch quake (6.3) and 503 times more powerful than the 2010 quake (7.1)

 

[drunkenmaster]

Video from ~15 minutes ago show entire residential areas on fire

Yeah, its so hard to tell from nighttime shots from that angle and without much info, I can't tell if those are tiny little fires spread across say half a mile or like houses on fire, loads of them, across 4-5 miles, I get the feeling its more like the latter.

 

[Edrof]

Poor blighters

 

[Orcish-Horde]

Hahaha, is that a boss telling someone to get back to work in the middle of the earthquake?!?

There are broadcasters and more than likely are part of an emergency responce plan.