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Merged 8.8 quake in Sendai, Japan

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An 8.8 earthquake has occurred in the Tōhoku region of Japan, triggering tsunami warnings in coastal areas of Japan and Russia.
 
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It is being reported as being upgraded to an 8.9 on ABC 24.
4 million buildings lost power.

Now they're saying 8.4 but that the US earthquake people said 8.9.
 
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The wave is overtaking cars that were moving on the road, clearly people were in the cars. And now another huge wave has just reached the shore. The casualties are going to be many.
 
A 10 metre tsunami hit port in Sendai city according to the Kyodo news agency, according to ABC 24.
 
It's interesting there was a 6.something in the same area a day or so ago. Could have been a pre-shock.
 
If a tsunami arrives, first wave Hawaii ETA 2:59 AM Hawaii Standard Time.
 
Before 1000 AD

426 BC: Maliakos Gulf, Greece
373 BC: Helike, Greece
365 AD: Alexandria, Eastern Mediterranean
684 AD: Hakuho, Japan (白鳳大地震)
887 AD: Ninna Nankai, Japan (仁和南海地震)

1000–1700
1293: Kamakura, Japan (鎌倉大地震)
1303: Eastern Mediterranean
1361: Shōhei Nankai, Japan (正平 & 康安)南海地震)
1498: Meiō Nankai, Japan (明応地震)
1541: Nueva Cadiz, Venezuela
1605: Keichō Nankaido, Japan
1607: Bristol Channel, Great Britain
1698: Seikaido-Nankaido, Japan

1700s
1700: Vancouver Island, Canada
1707: Hōei, Japan (宝永大地震)
1741: W. Hokkaido, Japan
1755: Lisbon, Portugal
1771: Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan (八重山地震)
1792: Mount Unzen, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyūshū, Japan (島原大変肥後迷惑)

4 1800s
1833: Sumatra, Indonesia
1854: Nankai, Tokai, and Kyushu Japan (安政南海地震)
1855: Edo, Japan (安政江戸大地震)
1868: Hawaiian Islands
1868: Arica, Chile
1883: Krakatoa, Sunda Strait, Indonesia
1896: Meiji Sanriku, Japan (明治三陸地震)

1900–1950
1908: Messina, Italy
1923: Kanto, Japan (関東大震災)
1929: Newfoundland
1933: Showa Sanriku, Japan (昭和三陸地震)
1944: Tonankai, Japan (東南海地震)
1946: Nankaidō, Japan (南海地震)
1946: Aleutian Islands

1950–2000
1952: Severo-Kurilsk, Kuril Islands, USSR
1958: Lituya Bay, Alaska, USA
1960: Valdivia, Chile
1963: Vajont Dam, Monte Toc, Italy
1964: Niigata, Japan (新潟地震)
1964: Alaska, USA
1976: Moro Gulf, Mindanao, Philippines
1979: Tumaco, Ecuador
1983: Sea of Japan (日本海中部地震)
1993: Okushiri, Hokkaido, Japan (北海道南西沖地震)
1998: Papua New Guinea

2000s
2004: Indian Ocean
2006: South of Java Island
2006: Kuril Islands
2007: Solomon Islands
2007: Niigata, Japan (新潟県中越沖地震)
2009: Samoa, Pacific Ocean
2010: Chile
2010: Indonesia
2011: New Zealand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_tsunami
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
It's interesting there was a 6.something in the same area a day or so ago. Could have been a pre-shock.
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I believe that was a 7.3, and yeah it does look like that was a pre-shock or fore-shock or whatever they call them.
 
Is your point that they are becoming more frequent, AAA?
 
thoughts with all those effected in japan. Was absolutely shocking watching the live footage as the tsunami swept over the land.

Enormous oil refinery fire now ....
 
It's still shaking as I type this. It's kind of freaking me out

Trains are all stopped. My commute is an hour and a half by train at normal times.

I did plan ahead though and I have a map just in case I need to walk home.

ETA: I'm at my office now.
 
You and your family are in my thoughts.

It has been revised up to 8.8 again.
 
Puppycow said:
It's still shaking as I type this. It's kind of freaking me out

Trains are all stopped. My commute is an hour and a half by train at normal times.

I did plan ahead though and I have a map just in case I need to walk home.

ETA: I'm at my office now.
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:boggled: :hug5 I hope your building isn't an old high-rise and that you're safe there.

Can anyone give you a ride home? (Hoping the roads are safe.)

My heart goes out to you.
 
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