Tsunami in N Japan!

[porksoda 10+ year member]

I am watching it Live on CNN now and its pretty intense.

The tsunami is moving so fast and destroying everything in there way.

They are claming its a 8.9 Magnitude Quake and also 13ft tsunami's.

Major tsunami damage in N Japan after 8.9 quake - Yahoo! News

TOKYO – Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. There were reports of injuries in Tokyo.
In various locations along Japan's coast, TV footage showed massive damage from the tsunami, with dozens of cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters. A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK.

Officials were trying to assess damage, injuries and deaths from the quake but had no immediate details.

The quake that struck at 2:46 p.m. was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks, including a 7.4-magnitude one about 30 minutes later. The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 7.9.

The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan. NHK was warning those near the coast to get to safer ground.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii.

The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.

In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.

In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms.

The ceiling in Kudan Kaikan, a large hall in Tokyo, collapsed, injuring an unknown number of people, NHK said.

Footage on NHK from their Sendai office showed employees stumbling around and books and papers crashing from desks. It also showed a glass shelter at a bus stop in Tokyo completely smashed by the quake and a weeping woman nearby being comforted by another woman.

Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday.

Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said.

"I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong," he said

Massive 8.9-magnitude quake hits Japan - CNN.com

Tokyo (CNN) -- An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan early Friday, triggering tsunami warnings and sending people fleeing out of buildings in the capital.
Its epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) from Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said.

The quake rattled buildings and toppled cars off bridges and into waters underneath. In Tokyo, crowds gathered in the streets and tried to reach relatives via cell phone.

Scenes inside office buildings showed papers strewn all over the floor and people clinging onto seats and desks.

Such a large earthquake at such a shallow depth creates a lot of energy, said Shenza Chen of the U.S. Geological Survey.

A tsunami in the Pacific was moving closer to other shorelines in other countries, according to CNN metereologist Ivan Cabrera.

It triggered tsunami warnings for various countries, including Japan and Russia, the National Weather Service said.

"Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region," it said.

"Based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter."

The quake was the latest in a series in the region this week.

Early Thursday, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off the coast of Honshu.

A day earlier, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off of Honshu, the country's meteorological agency said.

The Wednesday quake lasted as long as three minutes, but did not cause significant damage. It could be felt in Tokyo, 267 miles (429 kilometers) southwest of its epicenter.

Edit:

Sorry for the crappy video but I recorded it off my laptop.

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[dumple 5,000+ posts]

i guess no ones gettting over night parts from japan

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

I'm watching this on the news now my god....they just hada 7.3 earlier tis week...then an 8.9 quake and 4 aftershocks that were all above 6....I hope for the best but this won't end well

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Updated first post with video I made from my TV.

 

[porksoda 10+ year member]

Live footage:

YouTube - AlJazeeraEnglish's Channel

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

And we all thought Godzilla was their major problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

And we all thought Godzilla was their major problem. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

poor fuckers!!

i live a sheltered existence on my little island...

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

I found this letter from some whales

k a r m a ..........**** japan

signed

Shamu

sounds like another great opportunity for gas prices to go up too

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

6th largest earthquake in history, less than 100 miles off the coast of Japan. Just about a worst case scenario possible. Epic devastation.

 

[Imtjnotu 5,000+ posts]

I found this letter from some whales

k a r m a ..........**** japan

signed

Shamu

sounds like another great opportunity for gas prices to go up too

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

I love Paul and his organization bet these SOB’s want be killing any innocent animals this year. Sry to hear about all the deaths but like said above Karma is a MF and looks like it was there time to pay the piper.

 

[AlterEgo99 5,000+ posts]

Who gives a fuck about whales!? Shut the fuck up you whiney crybaby enviro moonbats. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

 

[slim2fattycake 10+ year member]

Who gives a fuck about whales!? Shut the fuck up you whiney crybaby enviro moonbats. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crying.gif.ec0ebefe590df0251476573bc49e46d8.gif

x2 lol. "FUCK YOU WHALES!"

 

[disturbed471985 5,000+ posts]

Who gives a f uck about Japan I care more about animals then I do about some dumb f uck's in some country I could care less about. I'd kill a person before I would kill an animal so STFU. Your prob one of those f ucks that drown puppys just so you can wack ur lil wanker off during it. Bet you have one hell of a strong thumb and index finger huh??? LOL

 

[John3000 10+ year member]

Who gives a f uck about Japan I care more about animals then I do about some dumb f uck's in some country I could care less about. I'd kill a person before I would kill an animal so STFU. Your prob one of those f ucks that drown puppys just so you can wack ur lil wanker off during it. Bet you have one hell of a strong thumb and index finger huh??? LOL