Japan hit by 8.9 earthquake, tsunami hitting pacific!

[juneau]

The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan since records began has hit the country's north-east and triggered a devastating tsunami.

Japanese TV showed cars, ships and buildings swept away by a vast wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude quake.

A state of emergency has been declared at a nuclear power plant but officials said there were no radiation leaks.

At least 60 people have been killed by the quake, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo.

The death toll is expected to rise significantly.

Some reports quote Japanese police as saying 200 to 300 bodies have been found in the port city of Sendai.

You can watch live updates and video here.

BBC News - Japan earthquake

They're tracking the wave and it's about to hit Hawaii.

[juneau]

Key points

1. 8.9 magnitude earthquake hits the north-east of Japan triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage
2. Waves as high as 10m (33ft) strike Japanese coastal towns, with numerous casualties feared
3. A tsunami warning covers Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii, the Pacific coast of Russia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and also Central and South America
4. Live page reporters: Yaroslav Lukov, Rob Jones, David Gritten and David Walker

[juneau]

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Llive stream from Japanese TV. Damn this is scary to watch. Casulties is going to be in the thousands.

[Skud]

Tragic. I've been checking different news sites this morning. The devastation is overwhelming.

[juneau]

Tragic. I've been checking different news sites this morning. The devastation is overwhelming.

The footage the BBC is showing is sometimes hard to watch.

Wave map


I hear the west coast of the US has been put on alert.

edit: Video of whirlpool created by eartquake.
BBC News - Huge whirlpool created after Japan quake

[{CLR} ObiTroy]

Horrible.

Thanks for the links. I've been channel surfing most of the morning between the different news network.

[Duke{CLR}]

Tragedies like this show how fragile us humans are.

[Ghost_Rain]

Shocked by it.

[Rand{CLR}]

I love the BBC. I'm running their live feed now since my antiquated work version of IE has trouble with CNN video, and we don't have a digital converter hooked up to our 70" conference call TV.

I'm seeing stuff I've never seen before, like gigantic buildings on fire, floating on top of the tsunami waves.

-Rand

[Trooper110]

My thoughts are going out to everyone affected. This has huge potential possible effects. We don't even know what's going on in the oceans and on the sea floor yet.

[WalkinTarget]

http://framework.latimes.com/2011/03...its-japan/#/19

Slideshow ... just amazing to witness its raw power.

[WalkinTarget]

Youtube vid of the tsunami tearing apart a coastal town - watch as several cars try and speed away from it. Some do not make it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-A0NDsPcZY



The destruction is absolutely appalling.

[mapes]

Well I caught the news last night before bed and thought hmmm should I go to my accountant tomorrow... his office is at a lower elevation. It turns out that Santa Cruz did get some damage. Apparently the Santa Cruz harbor drained out. Which lowered the level and docks and boats snapped free of mooring lines. When the water came back in it capsized a bunch of boats

Wave surge from tsunami hits Northern California | abc7news.com

[juneau]

Really puts it into perspective.



More here.

Japan Hit By Massive Earthquake and Tsunami >> TotallyCoolPix

What awesome construction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8s0T4BoSCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJzdtzl6KY

[juneau]

A very interesting read. Probably not the cause but maybe intensified it.

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