Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake

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Watching it live on al Jazeera, its really bad

A massive earthquake has hit the northeast of Japan triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage.

Japan's TV showed cars, ships and even buildings being swept away by a vast wall of water after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

Officials said a wave could be as high 10m (33ft). Numerous casualties are feared.

The quake struck about 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo at a depth of 20 miles, shaking building in the capital.

The tremor at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) was followed by a series of powerful aftershocks.

Seismologists say it is one of the largest earthquakes to hit Japan for many years.

The tsunami warning was extended to the Philippines, Indonesia and the Pacific coast of Russia.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598
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8.9!

It's so so...major. As someone experienced earthquakes and know what's a 7.6 like, I really don't know what to say. It's huge. It's so fucking huge.

Hang in there Japan. You're the best at this.

PS: By the way, this is one of the few biggest earthquakes happened in the last 100 years. How many are there close to this magnitude?

Edit: It's counted as the biggest 5th ever measured in modern times.
 
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I'm wondering how they are battling the weather. Its 9 degrees celcius and more than 2M buildings have no electricity.
 
Been watching it here as well, there's a Tsunami alert out that extends to New Zealand now, but it's not expected until 6am-9am tomorrow morning (my time)

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN
WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN
NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN
SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN
TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0753Z 0.92M / 3.0FT 68MIN
OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN
DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN
DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN
HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0657Z 2.79M / 9.2FT 76MIN
DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN
DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN
LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
 
Been watching it here as well, there's a Tsunami alert out that extends to New Zealand now, but it's not expected until 6am-9am tomorrow morning (my time)

GAUGE LOCATION LAT LON TIME AMPL PER
DART 21415 50.2N 171.8E 0845Z 0.27M / 0.9FT 52MIN
WAKE US 19.3N 166.6E 0928Z 0.39M / 1.3FT 14MIN
NAHA OKINAWA JP 26.2N 127.7E 0901Z 0.25M / 0.8FT 60MIN
SAIPAN US 15.2N 145.7E 0916Z 0.65M / 2.1FT 30MIN
TOSASHIMIZU SHIKOKU 32.8N 133.0E 0753Z 0.92M / 3.0FT 68MIN
OMAEZAKI HONSHU JP 34.6N 138.2E 0818Z 1.42M / 4.6FT 56MIN
DART 21419 44.5N 155.7E 0716Z 0.40M / 1.3FT 20MIN
DART 21413 30.5N 152.1E 0659Z 0.76M / 2.5FT 32MIN
HANASAKI HOKKAIDO J 43.3N 145.6E 0657Z 2.79M / 9.2FT 76MIN
DART 21401 42.6N 152.6E 0643Z 0.67M / 2.2FT 40MIN
DART 21418 38.7N 148.7E 0619Z 1.08M / 3.5FT 06MIN
LAT - LATITUDE (N-NORTH, S-SOUTH)
LON - LONGITUDE (E-EAST, W-WEST)
TIME - TIME OF THE MEASUREMENT (Z IS UTC IS GREENWICH TIME)
AMPL - TSUNAMI AMPLITUDE MEASURED RELATIVE TO NORMAL SEA LEVEL.
IT IS ...NOT... CREST-TO-TROUGH WAVE HEIGHT.
VALUES ARE GIVEN IN BOTH METERS(M) AND FEET(FT).
PER - PERIOD OF TIME IN MINUTES(MIN) FROM ONE WAVE TO THE NEXT.
NOTE - DART MEASUREMENTS ARE FROM THE DEEP OCEAN AND THEY
ARE GENERALLY MUCH SMALLER THAN WOULD BE COASTAL
MEASUREMENTS AT SIMILAR LOCATIONS.
 
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Anybody noticed that the Japanese cars were floating in the water? That just shows how airtight they are made, probably wouldn't sink if you drove off a bridge in it... Good quality...
 
I have family in California. Just a few blocks from the ocean. I'm waiting to hear from them.
 
Syzygys said:
Anybody noticed that the Japanese cars were floating in the water? That just shows how airtight they are made, probably wouldn't sink if you drove off a bridge in it... Good quality...
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I believe the cars floating has less to do with quality and more to do with force verses mass. The cars are floating because the water is pushing them to the top.
 
8000 times stronger than christchurch

LOS ANGELES — At least 35 boats were crushed in the harbor of a northern Californian community hit by waves from the Japanese tsunami -- and an official said worse was feared.

Some 7,000 people were evacuated from the harbor area in Crescent City, 350 miles north of San Francisco, said emergency services manager Cindy Henderson.

"We have at least 35 boats that have been crushed. We have boats on top of other boats," she told AFP, adding that their last surge had registered 8.1 feet (2.5 meters) -- although it had not yet breached the sides of the harbor.​

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_17591372

Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves
 
was there an evacuation of coastal areas?
how long after the earthquake did the tsunami hit the coast?
population of affected areas?

i say tens of thousands dead
 
Gustav said:
8000 times stronger than christchurch

LOS ANGELES — At least 35 boats were crushed in the harbor of a northern Californian community hit by waves from the Japanese tsunami -- and an official said worse was feared.

Some 7,000 people were evacuated from the harbor area in Crescent City, 350 miles north of San Francisco, said emergency services manager Cindy Henderson.

"We have at least 35 boats that have been crushed. We have boats on top of other boats," she told AFP, adding that their last surge had registered 8.1 feet (2.5 meters) -- although it had not yet breached the sides of the harbor.​

http://www.mercurynews.com/central-coast/ci_17591372

Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves
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Yeah - luckily for them it wasn't as close to an urban center as Christchurch was (although I believe that 10[sup]8.8[/sup]/10[sup]6.3[/sup] is only 316, not 8000) it was similar in depth to the Christchurch Earthquake (10km vs 5km)
 
It looks really bad. Although Japan always has a security 'plan' this time it's too much even for them since they've asked for help. It must be awful, the loss of people and homes! And all the water, and destroyed objects that are hindering the help process.. :(
I hope they will recover fast, and that not more people will die.
 
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