Posted on 03/10/2011 10:13:38 PM PST by Ronin
Tokyo just got smacked hard. Still feeling tremors. Refrigerator broken, glass everywhere. I'm safe.
Other Japan FReepers check in!!
It’s amazing and terrifying actually seeing realtime tsunamis on CNN/Reuters.
Dear Lord,Japan is one massive earthquake.
Prayers going doubletime for your grandmother!!!!!!
Another email....7.1
Just like being at beach with an uncrested wave, you bob up a bit, then down.
Thank God!
I believe we’re seeing Earth’s first $Trillion natural disaster.
| Magnitude | 8.9 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 38.322°N, 142.369°E |
| Depth | 24.4 km (15.2 miles) set by location program |
| Region | NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN |
| Distances | 130 km (80 miles) E of Sendai, Honshu, Japan 178 km (110 miles) E of Yamagata, Honshu, Japan 178 km (110 miles) ENE of Fukushima, Honshu, Japan 373 km (231 miles) NE of TOKYO, Japan |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); depth fixed by location program |
| Parameters | NST=350, Nph=351, Dmin=416.3 km, Rmss=1.46 sec, Gp= 29°, M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=A |
| Source |
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| Event ID | usc0001xgp |
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.html
I'm SO glad to hear from you, AmericanInTokyo! Happy to hear you are safe.
Prayers up for all of the good people of Japan and in the entire Pacific Rim...
FReeper Ronin has also reported in, and is safe!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes#Largest_earthquakes_by_magnitude
Exactly what cornfedcowboy said. Fascinating how a tsunami can travel up to 550 MPH underwater and a ship barley notices it.
I haven’t watched any of the video, can’t bring myself to do it.
Yer scaring me. Dang, I can tell from other posts this is BAD. Dang.
Nam Myoho Renge Kyo to all the victims.
Dang, this is bad.
Be well! Be careful out there! Thank God you are OK.
Correct me if I’m wrong. Is that Sendai Airport under water?
That big bowl of water is gonna slosh for a long time til it settles down.
God help them all.
I sure hope they’re busy waking people up and getting them to higher ground!!!!
This quake has kicked off massive tsunamis and there’s no telling how much steam they’ll still have when they hit Hawaii.
It’s bad. I’ve never seen such damage from a tsunami. I realize american media has ‘sanitized’ it in the past for us...
I believe it is. My hubby and I were just looking at that too.
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