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

[LiE]

My friend who is out there teaching lives in Sendai. Luckily where he works is a few hours in land so he's OK, but he's not so sure about his house which is likely in a bad way. Glad he is OK.

 

[Booner!]

I think it's a precautionary measure as BBC said no evacuation nearby to the site.

I cannot believe how many aftershocks there have been (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html). Also, this quote is a disturbing glimpse into how horrible this is:

"Reuters quotes a report on Japan's Kyodo news agency which says that a ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami."

 

[boxman2000]

This is just getting more and more common now, seems like every other day a huge natural disaster hits somewhere.

200 earthquakes/aftershocks recorded worldwide in March alone.

One in Hawaii earlier as well, small in comparison though.

I think it's a precautionary measure as BBC said no evacuation nearby to the site.

I cannot believe how many aftershocks there have been (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.html). Also, this quote is a disturbing glimpse into how horrible this is:

Wow, that's a better source than the IHOM site I was using - good find

 

[doodah]

Around 51 further earth quakes (between Hawaii and Japan) since the 8.9 with an average of 5.1

 

[Kerplunk]

Theres a guy just standing by the bridge watching it O_o

 

[LOAM]

Seabed images are going to be interesting.

 

[Cyclone]

a ship carrying 100 people swept away

 

[ghutchison14078]

200 earthquakes/aftershocks recorded worldwide in March alone.

One in Hawaii earlier as well, small in comparison though.

Must be a lot of tectonic activity occuring at the moment!

bloody shame for the people caught in its wake though

 

[e36Adz]

Just seen some of the footage now, truly shocking, like watching scenes from a film.

 

[emetic]

supermoon ? 2 weeks before supermoon in 2004 there was a tsunami, there's another supermoon on the 20th of this month....

 

[boxman2000]

a ship carrying 100 people gone missing

Was only talking to a colleague just before about the poor folk out on the sea - what the heck can you do if a 60ft wave is coming towards you.

They just said "get ready to meet their maker" - I couldn't disagree

 

[ghutchison14078]

The whole island of Japan actually sits right on top of the dividing fault between the Eurasian and Pacific plates.

 

[topshot]

supermoon ? 2 weeks before supermoon in 2004 there was a tsunami, there's another supermoon on the 20th of this month....

thought they only happened every 18 years

 

[Westyfield2]

Got BBC News 24 on one screen right now. Looks terrible .

 

[RossGReds]

Why do people in Japan walk around the street with those white masks covering their mouths and nose?

 

[topshot]

pollution

 

[Raikiri]

Why do people in Japan walk around the street with those white masks covering their mouths and nose?

Tokyo is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, there's a lot of pollution.

 

[Dutch Guy]

Why do people in Japan walk around the street with those white masks covering their mouths and nose?

SARS

I guess they are just scared about dust from destroyed buildings.

 

[FTM]

Must be a lot of tectonic activity occuring at the moment!

bloody shame for the people caught in its wake though

exactly, when a plate shifts everything around that plate edge is going to feel something, its never going to be localised completely, especially where, in this case, its a meeting point.

 

[FTM]

Why do people in Japan walk around the street with those white masks covering their mouths and nose?

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