Quake in Japan, Tsunami Warnings in US

[HotelCo]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive wave filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward land.

They're evacuating parts of Hawaii already, and are predicting damage to the west coast of the US. I know we have a few people on the boards from Hawaii, so hopefully they're alright, and can give us an on-the-ground update when things settle down.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Northern california is on a tsunami warning and may start evacuating some areas. Souther California is on a tsunami advisory (which means that all the beaches are closed). Tsunami is supposed to hit Hawaii at 0255-0300 which is 45 mins after this post.

 

[Hockey]

This video is incredible

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Firetender hope things go as smooth as possible for you out there

 

[HotelCo]

Firetender hope things go as smooth as possible for you out there

This. Post here when you're able to, letting us know you're okay.

The same goes for anyone else living in the path of the tsunami.

 

[Hockey]

Video of the earthquake. Wow

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WOW! Check this out. Its a list of all the earthquakes. Its almost every 15 minutes

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/region/Asia_eqs.php

 

[Hockey]

Earthquake near one of the volcanos in Hawaii being reported a bit ago now as well.


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/

 

[DesertMedic66]

I hate the American news. They just repeat the same thing 500 times.

 

[Hockey]

I hate the American news. They just repeat the same thing 500 times.

You won't be getting much new stuff right now since its dark over there. Refinery burning still.

Watch the Al-Jazeera coverage its been good. But now that its dark, its nothing really new.
http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

 

[DesertMedic66]

Yeah. From what the news said Hawaii might get hit soon. I just wanna find out what happens to Hawaii then I'm off to bed. Almost 3am here

 

[Hockey]

They are saying anywhere from 1.5m to 2m apparently. So....

 

[DesertMedic66]

And then 1m and below for the California coast line.

 

[Hockey]

Nuclear Emergency issued in Japan. They are unable to cool the reactors apparetly.

 

[HotelCo]

Nuclear Emergency issued in Japan. They are unable to cool the reactors apparetly.

Link?

 

[Tommerag]

Just heard about the nuclear emergency to.

Also check this link out rather interesting.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/

 

[Hockey]

Link?

Being reported all over, not sure how accurate now it is. http://www.neimagazine.com/story.asp?sectioncode=132&storyCode=2059127

Reuters just edited it to be a bit different then originally reported

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/quake-japan-nuclear-idUSLHE7E801E20110311

 

[Hockey]

Is there usually this many quakes all over the world in the same time frame? I understand aftershocks, but there are tons it looks like here in the US all of a sudden and globally

 

[HotelCo]

Is there usually this many quakes all over the world in the same time frame? I understand aftershocks, but there are tons it looks like here in the US all of a sudden and globally

The earth's plates are constantly shifting, so they're frequent, but most go unnoticed by the public... As I understand it.

 

[Chimpie]

Is there usually this many quakes all over the world in the same time frame? I understand aftershocks, but there are tons it looks like here in the US all of a sudden and globally

Yes, the 'list of quakes' is always full.

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[Aidey]

Is there usually this many quakes all over the world in the same time frame? I understand aftershocks, but there are tons it looks like here in the US all of a sudden and globally

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

That area has constant earthquakes, most of which are either too remote or too small to be felt. If you look at the map on Wikipedia you'll notice that the majority of the earthquakes on the USGS website are along that "ring".

 

[Hockey]

Volcano in Indonesia is erupting now

I just heard that this quake was 100X more powerful than the Hati earthquake. But if you look at a lot of the videos and photos, it shows the strength of Japanese building to withstand an earthquake compared to the structures in Haiti. There is a LOT of damage, but if they didn't design their infrastructure to withstand earthquakes, it would be even more worse