Massive earthquake and tsunamis hit Japan

[dessiato]

Nagoya is fine, don't worry.

Thanks, I'll try to contact her again tomorrow.

 

[Barking_Mad]

...

A train is unaccounted for in the coastal areas affected by the Tsunami, Reuters is reporting.

 

[ferrelhadley]

Hitting Hawaii soon.

 

[spring-peeper]

Hitting Hawaii soon.

And British Columbia, Canada

 

[QueenOfGoths]

This has just bbeen reported on the BBC site


1333: There has also been a major explosion at a petrochemical complex in Sendai, according to the Kyodo news agency

and this


1332: Between 200 and 300 bodies have been found on a beach near Sendai, the semi-official Jiji Press news agency is reporting.

 

[*Miss Daisy*]

....and a train is missing

Makes me really sad....Quite choked by it...

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Live from Hawaii

3:32 a.m. First Kauai Wave Come and Gone

The first wave has come and gone on Kauai, and while it was a relatively small start, that's just the beginning for the tsunami in Hawaii.

The National Weather Service says the gauge in Nawiliwili on the southeast corner of Kauai peaked at about 1.5 feet on the first wave and is already on its way down, though it warns we should "expect a draw down then a significantly larger return surge with the true peak."

"Should be a good gauge for the tsunami further down stream."

 

[Barking_Mad]

From BBC

California emergency management agency spokesman says the tsunami could generate waves of up to 6ft (1.8m) when it hits parts of the state's northern coast. "It is very possible there may be some evacuations here," Jordan Scott tells the Reuters news agency. He added that the area near Crescent City, not far from the border with Oregon, was likely to see biggest waves.

 

[holteman]

Water recceding in Hawai....its about to hit


On sky news

 

[ferrelhadley]

nope image gone.

 

[ferrelhadley]

 

[mrsfran]

A friend is due to fly to Japan tomorrow with her 5 month old to visit family. She just told me if the flights are still on then she's still going. I wouldn't!

 

[spring-peeper]

I'd go.

 

[Dan U]

Water recceding in Hawai....its about to hit


On sky news

Seeing that receding is what saved my mums life in the boxing day tsunami, she sensed something weird was going on and instinctively ran up stairs in her hotel block and the next wave hit when they got to the roof

 

[ferrelhadley]

NHK: new major tsunami alert issued for pacific coast japan, up to 8 meters

.

 

[pk]

Difficult for people to get internet/phone access, so don't fear the worse just yet for anyone worried about folk out there...

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Me too. . . . and I am. Well in a week.

 

[ericjarvis]

{{{{{ the entire population around the Pacific }}}}}

 

[pk]

Most of my immediate family are due to fly out in a week...

 

[holteman]

Reports online another aftershock measuring 6.2 could trigger further tsunami

 

[Streathamite]

My wifes sister and husband and two of their kids are un-contactable but probably walking home. We have relatives in Miyagi, that is something to perhaps worry about.

I really hope they're OK

 

[Riera]

Apparently a ship carrying 100 people has been swept by the tsunami

 

[Mr.Bishie]

BBC: Gov declares emergency situation with one of the reactors - the cooling system has now failed!

 

[xes]

um, Yellowstone may have just been woken up

Not sure if this pic'll work here.

not sure if it's just the seizmos readin the 8.9, or if it's seperate activity. Worth watching in any case.

 

[ska invita]

{{{{{ the entire population around the Pacific }}}}}

2nd that

Great graphic of tsunami path

http://magicseaweed.com/Tsunami-Warning--Content/3105/

Would suggest southern Chile will get the worst of it....

I know earthquakes are hard/impossible to predict, but is there any logic that if one plates shifts on one side it will soon shift on its corresponding the other? I say that because the Big One in LA is overdue, and Im wondering if this might increase its chances of happening sooner than later.

 

[Barking_Mad]

BBC:

Four more large aftershocks have just rattled the east coast of Japan, the US Geological Survey reports. They ranged in magnitude from 5.1 to 5.8.

 

[xes]

Another good link for those that don't have this site bookmarked, is the RSOE world disaster map. Can be quicker than the news in some cases.

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/

 

[joustmaster]

BBC:

that sounds very bad.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Oh dear - the BBC are reporting this

"The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing."

Hopefully many of those just haven't been make contact with friends/relatives if the phones etc.. have been down

 

[xes]

I was just about to post that QoG. I hope to fuck that it's just a case of people being displaced from their homes, and unable to report in.