Posted on 03/10/2011 10:40:37 PM PST by TaraP
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
Thanks for the onsite reports.
Prayers for you and your family.
Keep us updated as much as possible, but if you need to, get the H outa there!
Good luck. Your aftershocks are even decent sized quakes.
Nothing broken.... oh, it is shaking about 4 right now again.. (side to side)..
almost everything fell off of whatever it was on..
news just said 8.4..
I was holding against (pushing) the walls in the toilet.. I could actually feel the walls in the toilet being a different level.. was scary.
Haven’t been outside yet.. too worried about power lines, but I am on higher ground, although I am on the coast.
ping, and we’re all praying for you...
Hang in there; praying for your safety Bikkuri!
7.1
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 06:25:51 UTC
38.074°N, 144.559°E
6.8
Date-Time Friday, March 11, 2011 at 06:15:45 UTC
Location 36.126°N, 140.234°E
3 quakes, slightly different locations in the same area, and fairly close together in time.
CNN showing live feed Japan TV of tsunami as it rolls over towns and highways with cars - horrifying... There will be thousands dead...
I remember the Northridge quake as though it were yesterday, Sarah!
The shots of cars being caught up by the tsunami are absolutely horrifying. I’ve never seen anything like it, ever.
Never seen anything like this... Largest EQ ever in Japan...
I live in an area of the U.S. that is prone to subduction earthquakes; the coastline drops about twenty feet, the magnitude estimated is about 9+. They happen every, oh, 268 years or so. We are overdue.
Definitely not looking forward to the experience.
As bad as Northridge was and it was BAD, just imagine if it had happened instead of 4:30 in the morning, at 1pm in the afternoon, the death toll would have been much higher. We didn’t have power for three days..I can’t even imagine a 8.9 quake..this whole darn state would be in the ocean..I don’t blame you for moving to Texas, Texas sounds like a great place to live
Not pleasant AT ALL! All clear...for now. Incredible...- AiT
They are showing it on local news now (Seattle), Im searching Youtube for it...
Did you see the last live coverage?
The water just came in and took out several buildings and slapped them away like toys.
It is like a movie (like “2012”) but is happening in real time.
If you are talking about Cascadia, the average interval is 570 years or so, the minimum is 390.
Last big one was Jan 26, 1700.
It’s a very reasonable assumption to think we are pretty much totally safe until at least the minimum has passed which is another 80 years...
good to hear from you and that you are safe!!!
I remember the Northridge quake as though it were yesterday, Sarah!
>>As bad as Northridge was and it was BAD, just imagine if it had happened instead of 4:30 in the morning, at 1pm in the afternoon, the death toll would have been much higher. We didn’t have power for three days..I can’t even imagine a 8.9 quake..this whole darn state would be in the ocean..I don’t blame you for moving to Texas, Texas sounds like a great place to live<<
As I have mentioned, I live 3 miles from the Northridge epicenter. It was pretty damn bad — I thought this was The Big One and that we would die. Seriously, I thought we were about to die.
I can only imagine what is happening for the Japanese folk...
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