Earthquake Off Coast of Japan

8.9 Magnitude.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.html#details


incredible video



japan is used to earthquakes, but not this big.

Theres this video just where some poor sod jumps on his bike, starts ragging it down the road only for it to flood right in front of him.

Utterly devastating and terrifying.

Those helicopter shots on the Beeb's homepage certainly are...gives you a real idea of the size and speed of it

Thoughts of with all the Victims familys of this disater

44 dead so far.... I say so far as we simply have to assume there will be more with so many missing.
Its a terrible time.

Damn man, this is crazy.

Tsunami heading for Hawaii, should hit in around an hour or so. Many other places could be hit but Hawaii isn't exactly the biggest of places. This is just getting worse and worse.

A sad day.

Fortunately I think all but the remote areas will have had warning and plenty of time to evacuate

Just heard a report where Japanese police have reported that 200 to 300 bodies found where a 13-foot tidal wave came through.

Din't think it would stay at 44 for long

200-300 bodies have been found along the coast. A Nuclear Plants cooling has failed (which is causing much worry) and a chemical plant has exploded in a massive fireball. There was a shot of people driving away from it as it took down farm buildings and actually had fires raging on top of it along with trucks, cars, boats.... oh my god.

My prayers are with them.

Watched the video of the gas plant explode on BBC and it was horrifying. I just had the thought of if I lived there then that would be where I would have been on a regular day. My thoughts go out to them and hope theme

I just can't believe the scale that something like this would cause so much devastation. Just watching earlier on the news the way the tsunami was just washing all the cars and boats as if they was toys.

Such a sad day and I will think of them in my prayers and thoughts.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html

incredible pictures

DAN 2605 wrote:I just can't believe the scale that something like this would cause so much devastation.

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

scroll down and look at the chart comparing energy released from explosions compared to earthquakes.

50 megatons - Largest thermonuclear weapon ever tested...

474 megatons - 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami

Just watching CNN and it got live videos as it's 8:30 in the morning over there. People are on the roofs looking for help and the crews can't get there. Looks horrible. My thoughts are with them.

Check this out!

http://bit.ly/hZZ2YE

that cameraman is fearless, watching all that water roll in. its something to see the buildings being ripped from their foundations

Talked to a co-worker that went to Hawaii for a winter job. He said even the water that got there was crazy. I couldn't imagine being in Japan and glad to say I am here. My best wishes go to the people affected by it.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/13/japan-tsunami-survivor-shinkawa-rescued-fukushima?CMP=twt_fd

Wow, what a lucky guy!

indeed very lucky. but lets hope his wife is found soon...

Reports are that a 6.2 magnitude quake has just occured just off the coast of Tokyo.

This is getting just stupid now. Reports of an explosion at the nuclear plant, and another Tsunami on the way, possibly 10ft high.