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will hit Hawaii at 2am their time...will hit Thailand, Australia, Guam an many more countries
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
TOKYO (Reuters) - A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-meter (13-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and witnesses reported.
There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo.
TV pictures showed a vast wall of water carrying buildings and debris across a large swathe of coastal farmland.
Public broadcaster NHK showed flames and black smoke billowing from a building in Odaiba, a Tokyo suburb, and bullet trains to the north of the country were halted.
Black smoke was also pouring out of an industrial area in Yokohama's Isogo area. TV footage showed boats, cars and trucks floating in water after a small tsunami hit the town of Kamaichi in northern Japan. An overpass, location unknown, appeared to have collapsed into the water.
Kyodo news agency said there were reports of fires in the city of Sendai in the northeast.
"The building shook for what seemed a long time and many people in the newsroom grabbed their helmets and some got under their desks," Reuters correspondent Linda Sieg said in Tokyo.
"It was probably the worst I have felt since I came to Japan more than 20 years ago."
Passengers on a subway line in Tokyo screamed and grabbed other passengers' hands. The shaking was so bad it was hard to stand, said Reuters reporter Mariko Katsumura.
Hundreds of office workers and shoppers spilled into Hitotsugi street, a shopping street in Akasaka in downtown Tokyo.
Household goods ranging from toilet paper to clingfilm were flung into the street from outdoor shelves in front of a drugstore.
Crowds gathered in front of televisions in a shop next to the drugstore for details. After the shaking from the first quake subsided, crowds were watching and pointing to construction cranes on an office building up the street with voices saying, "They're still shaking!," "Are they going to fall?"
Asagi Machida, 27, a web designer in Tokyo, sprinted from a coffee shop when the quake hit.
"The images from the New Zealand earthquake are still fresh in my mind so I was really scared. I couldn't believe such a big earthquake was happening in Tokyo."
The U.S. Geological Survey earlier verified a magnitude of 7.9 at a depth of 15.1 miles and located the quake 81 miles east of Sendai, on the main island of Honshu. It later upgraded it to 8.8.
A police car drove down Hitotsugi Street, lights flashing, announcing through a bullhorn that there was still a danger of shaking.
The Tokyo stock market extended its losses after the quake was announced. The central bank said it would do everything to ensure financial stability.
Japan's northeast Pacific coast, called Sanriku, has suffered from quakes and tsunamis in the past and a 7.2 quake struck Wednesday. In 1933, a magnitude 8.1 quake in the area killed more than 3,000 people. Last year fishing facilities were damaged after by a tsunami caused by a strong tremor in Chile.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
(Writing by Nick Macfie; Tokyo bureau and Asia Desk, Editing by Dean Yates; Singapore) -
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
My little cousin is in Japan and we couldn't find her for a very scary few hours. Thankfully we have managed to locate her. She is safe and well.
for the people of Japan and all other islanders in the Tsunami's path
Serious times...
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YuhSiMi</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My little cousin is in Japan and we couldn't find her for a very scary few hours. Thankfully we have managed to locate her. She is safe and well.
for the people of Japan and all other islanders in the Tsunami's path
Serious times... </div></div>
glad to know your cousin is safe. cant be easy for those with loved ones in Japan, nor for the Japanese in affected areas.Comment
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
No threat to Australia...
www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/Comment
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YuhSiMi</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No threat to Australia...
www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
Just sharing what I found. Conflicting information out there.
Hopefully it will die down before reaching another islandComment
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
I was just watching some video footage on the news. Sad and scary.
The entire west coast of the US is under a tsunami warning so apparently it's headed this way. I did just call one friend to wake him up since I know they are 4 hours behind me and may have no idea what's going on.
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: YuhSiMi</div><div class="ubbcode-body">No threat to Australia...
www.bom.gov.au/tsunami/
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Thank you for posting this.. From watching Good Morning America it would seem that the only places the tsunami warning is in effect is the west coast of the US
Even though the US is missing from this map, I am glad it shows the other countries impacted.
people remain safe
If you don't fight for what you deserve, you deserve what you get.
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
Well, as Americans, we tend to be self-centered even if you have some who won't admit it or may not know it. So, you know what to expect from Good Morning America.
If Australia isn't expecting any effect then hopefully the effects won't be as widespread as far south as the map shows.
Even when they discussed Hawaii which is much further north than the path of that map, they said the problems it would have would be mostly a result of recent/current earthquakes they are having.
I agree that there are conflicting reports and hope everyone stays safe wherever they are. I have only been in one lite earthquake and I think I might need some therapy if I had been in Japan for this one.Comment
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
This shouldnt suprise anyone,,especially since the tectonic plates shifting in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
its part of the evolutionary process thats happened on the planet since millions of years after the big bang.remeber,,below that hard ground you stand on,,underneath the earth crust is a core of molten rock
OR in the bible thumper- view,,,its a revelation ((((shiver)))
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tulip</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Well, as Americans, we tend to be self-centered even if you have some who won't admit it or may not know it. So, you know what to expect from Good Morning America.
If Australia isn't expecting any effect then hopefully the effects won't be as widespread as far south as the map shows.
Even when they discussed Hawaii which is much further north than the path of that map, they said the problems it would have would be mostly a result of recent/current earthquakes they are having.
I agree that there are conflicting reports and hope everyone stays safe wherever they are. I have only been in one lite earthquake and I think I might need some therapy if I had been in Japan for this one. </div></div>
Americans are self centered but as a so called news reporting agency they could have fairly indicated the areas where the tsunami waves will hit no?
at least CNN is somewhat giving the full storyIf you don't fight for what you deserve, you deserve what you get.
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Re: Tsunamis spread after massive Japan earthquake
True, there should have been better coverage.
I like CNN because they do have balance. (Usually in political matters, they're like the cross between FOX and MSNBC.)
Well, thus far a volcano has erupted in Indonesia and some waves have hit Hawaii.Comment
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