OMFG! 8.9 Richter Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan!!

Maseroche · 03-11-2011, 03:52 AM

My prayers are with those affected by all this.

ghosthi32 · 03-11-2011, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikkahtropolis

+a fuckton

i was in iran when a earthquake hit.

i almost got a heart attack. i thought the building was about to collapse.

i wish everyone in the pacific rim and japan luck.

ttam · 03-11-2011, 04:01 AM

Since I was a dick earlier. Here is a useful link for those who are around the pacific rim.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/2011/03/1...alhvpd9-01.txt

yakev724 · 03-11-2011, 04:02 AM

Scary thing is I just realized I do my physics research with a huge experiment based in tokai, Ibaraki. Lab is called J-Parc. Located in the dead center of the east coast, about 1/2 mile from shore

Was scheduled for a teleconference @ 6:30, I hope they're all OK, some of the brightest people in the world work there

Seven7 · 03-11-2011, 04:05 AM

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/
going to keep you guys updated with the earthquake

cmark8 · 03-11-2011, 04:06 AM

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

AL JAZEERA LIVE. WORKS PERFECTLY

BobKingerman · 03-11-2011, 04:08 AM

Wow, got up cause I couldn't fall back to sleep. All these shots they are showing are ridiculous.
They are worried about the tsunami being higher than the elevation of some pacific islands

c0nstant · 03-11-2011, 04:10 AM

disasters of this magnitude really put things into perspective

MarkR171 · 03-11-2011, 04:11 AM

Apparently Cali under warning too?

ghosthi32 · 03-11-2011, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkR171

Apparently Cali under warning too?

the entire pacific rim is. mexico, cali, oregon, canada, alaska

eVitO · 03-11-2011, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkR171

Apparently Cali under warning too?

Yeah, but I doubt it will be anything close to what you might see. (Best of luck, my friend. I hope you don't see anything at all.)

Another 6.4 aftershock just hit, according to CNN.

MarkR171 · 03-11-2011, 04:15 AM

Air Raid/Tsunami/Civil Defense sirens going off again. I heard somewhere 2 meters is expected in Hawaii. That's enough to JUST clear the safety wall between my backyard and the ocean... (Back yard/Dock is about 9-10 feet above sea level)

eVitO · 03-11-2011, 04:18 AM

Were you just hit by a small quake too?

EDIT: cause this http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...tes_hawaii.php

blacknbean · 03-11-2011, 04:22 AM

just got a tsunami warning for nor cal. will hit sf by 8am....this should be fun

MarkR171 · 03-11-2011, 04:27 AM

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Originally Posted by eVitO

Were you just hit by a small quake too?

EDIT: cause this http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...tes_hawaii.php

I didn't feel it. I'm in Honolulu (230 miles away from the epicenter, and only a 3.2) Hawaii gets a LOT of 2-3 on richter scale quakes that no one really cares about. We had one that I felt last week and everyone just went on their business. A 3.2 is nothing NOTHING like a 8.9, or even a 4.0/5.0.

Edit: ONly 10 minutes until Taiwan gets hit...

c0nstant · 03-11-2011, 04:27 AM

the warning just came on tv over here, too

eVitO · 03-11-2011, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by MarkR171

I didn't feel it. I'm in Honolulu (230 miles away from the epicenter, and only a 3.2) Hawaii gets a LOT of 2-3 on richter scale quakes that no one really cares about. We had one that I felt last week and everyone just went on their business. A 3.2 is nothing NOTHING like a 8.9, or even a 4.0/5.0.

Edit: ONly 10 minutes until Taiwan gets hit...

I wish them the best. :[

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Originally Posted by jh valley

the warning just came on tv over here, too

What are you watching, John?

bluespeed117 · 03-11-2011, 04:32 AM

\tsunami warning for the whole west coast of the US, just heard on CNN

c0nstant · 03-11-2011, 04:32 AM

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Originally Posted by eVitO

I wish them the best. :[

What are you watching, John?

i saw it on cnn and nbatv

BobKingerman · 03-11-2011, 04:32 AM

They just said this is the 5th largest earthquake ever recorded

bluespeed117 · 03-11-2011, 04:34 AM

magnitude revised to 8.8. Still a fucking hell of an earthquake.

eVitO · 03-11-2011, 04:36 AM

My friend at Manoa said they're all chilling so far, and not too worried. If that's the case, then it definitely shouldn't be anything bad in CA.

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