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!!
Glad to hear you’re OK. It seems to have been a whopper, and I don’t mean hamburger!
Helicopter shots of downtown Tokyo—fires and smoke plumes.
Showing shots of studios 100 km, north of Tokyo during the quake.
It wouldn’t hurt to call if you can.
EARTHQUAKE UPGRADED TO 8.8!
OMFG!!
CNN just reported the eathquake has been upgraded to an 8.8!!
Just heard they’ve upgraded the quake to an 8.8!
That’s monstrous!
honshu reporting 8.8 mag
Too scary!
Have a stiff drink!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0001xgp.html
Where’s Drudge?
Need links
Glad to hear you are safe. We have family over their and I have not heard anything
Wow!!
Many aftershocks already... one was pretty strong. There have been a lot of earthquakes over the past couple days around the same coordinates. Take care!
Magnitude 8.8
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
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 USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usc0001xgp
CNN showing tsunami waters flowing out now. Went to at least rooftop height, and overflowed the shown bridge by several feet.
BNO Twitter: Japan quake could be MUCH stronger.. some agencies put quake as high as 8.9
Live cam showing tsunami hitting a port:
http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm
Fires everywhere. Nuclear power plants shut down. Train ops suspended.
8.8 now!
USGS just upgraded your earthquake to 8.8
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