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Earthquake in Japan

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    #32
    [Deleted User]
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    Su Campu wrote: »
    Here's the latest on warnings from the Japanese Met Agency

    http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/

    Bloody hell, that board is lit up!


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    #33
    Big Daddy Cool
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    tsunami expected to cause damage on northern californian coastline


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    #34
    noel farrell
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    have been watching all morning it looks really bad. shows how fortunate we are in ireland no major disasters .


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    #35
    gbee
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    noel farrell wrote: »
    have been watching all morning it looks really bad. shows how fortunate we are in ireland no major disasters .

    Don't research the Canary Island landslide so then. Our turn awaits.


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    #36
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    gbee wrote: »
    Don't research the Canary Island landslide so then. Our turn awaits.

    I dont have any problem saying that thing worries me .

    (not that I lose sleep over it, but ye know what I mean :) )


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    #37
    amiable
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    gbee wrote: »
    Don't research the Canary Island landslide so then. Our turn awaits.
    Saw a documentary about that before.
    Apparently its not an if it happens but when it happens


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    #38
    weisses
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    Looks like it was a cloudy day in Japan when the quake hit


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    #39
    [Deleted User]
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    On the RSOE map, its strange seeing all the tsunami icons spread across. Never seen so may icons on the map before.

    http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index2.php


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    #40
    John mac
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    2.7 in Hawaii

    edit :- 4.5 was yesterday


    here


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    #41
    gbee
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    Trying to get cooling water on a nuclear reactor :eek:


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    #42
    amacachi
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    gbee wrote: »
    Don't research the Canary Island landslide so then. Our turn awaits.

    It's been awaiting for a long time while other countries keep jumping ahead and taking our turn though.


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    #43
    redsteveireland
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    Why is this in the weather forum?:confused:


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    #44
    The Lovely Muffin
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    http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20110311/video/vwl-tsunami-hits-japan-after-8-9-megaqua-89eb865.html

    Absolutely awful.:(


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    #45
    DOCARCH
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    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Why is this in the weather forum?:confused:

    Because many people interested in the weather are interested in other natural phenomenon - that's probably why?

    The thread is called 'Earthquake in Japan' - if all you want is the weather, then don't read this thread (like the other ones on volcanos, the moon, aurora borealis, etc.!) :)


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    #46
    eskimocat
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    Thay have just mentioned 10 Foot (not meters!!oops) waves on Today FM news :eek: North East Japan

    Strongest earthquake in mordern time! according to guy on now... (Proff Chris Bean?)

    9 Earthquakes bigger than the Christchurch one in the past number of days all in that area.

    Edit: He says good chance of ppl getting out of the way of the tsunami, thankfully!!


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    #47
    J6P
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    Should be live Tsunami in Hawaii on this channel

    http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/Global/category.asp?C=176904&nav=menu55_1_1


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    #48
    fizzycyst
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    volcano has erupted in Indonesia also

    http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/11/general-as-indonesia-volcano_8350822.html


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    #49
    J6P
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    ...


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    #50
    Harps
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    Terrible scenes, reminiscent of the 2004 quake. Thankfully it seems to have mainly affected rural areas but the city of Sendai is right in its path. Most buildings seem to have withstood the quake but its the tsunami thats devastated the area

    Toyko, Osaka and other major cities largely unscathed thankfully


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    #51
    Min
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    Hawaii about to be hit, the sea is moving way back out from the coasts at the moment, CNN presenter getting very worried for reporter who is trying to get to higher ground.


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    #52
    Min
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    200 to 300 bodies have washed up in Sendai, only the beginning I fear :(


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    #53
    Iancar29
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    HAv to say... Sky news are brilliant at there footage and graphics they worked on so fast.

    Reports of train wit approx 300 missing in Japan.
    God be with them all.


    Just have to say, HAnds up to the engineers of Japan helping this disater not being so much worse.


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    #54
    delw
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    eskimocat wrote: »
    Thay have just mentioned 10 meter waves on Today FM news :eek: North East Japan

    Strongest earthquake in mordern time! according to guy on now... (Proff Chris Bean?)

    9 Earthquakes bigger than the Christchurch one in the past number of days all in that area.

    Edit: He says good chance of ppl getting out of the way of the tsunami, thankfully!!
    yeah was a prof on bbc earlier saying it was 8000 times stronger than christchurch :eek:

    rip to those who lost their lives


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    #55
    TheMilkyPirate
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    delw wrote: »
    yeah was a prof on bbc earlier saying it was 8000 times stronger than christchurch :eek:

    rip to those who lost their lives

    That's 15miles under the sea at the epicentre.


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    #56
    Elmer Blooker
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    Sky (or was it BBC News) said the tsunami was only 8 feet high on Wake Island which is roughly half way between the epicentre and Hawaii. Hopefully the wave is losing its energy as it crosses the enormous distances of the Pacific.


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    #57
    Iancar29
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    USGS has measured 67 aftershocks with a 5.0 magnitude or above in Japan since the quake.


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    #58
    Min
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    redsteveireland wrote: »
    Why is this in the weather forum?:confused:

    On TV it is also weather people who seem to be reporting about the tsunamis.


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    #59
    redsteveireland
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    Because many people interested in the weather are interested in other natural phenomenon - that's probably why?

    The thread is called 'Earthquake in Japan' - if all you want is the weather, then don't read this thread (like the other ones on volcanos, the moon, aurora borealis, etc.!) :)

    Thanks I can read. I only asked a question.
    I am also very interested.
    Next thing you know the snow haters will be in here blaming us for the earthquake and tsunami.
    Obviously it is a devastating(yet also fascinating) event which will affect people in ways we could never comprehend so I don't want argue over whether its in the right forum or not. :)


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    #60
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    The met office's look after the buoys and the Tsunami alert system so naturally they are to the fore now in relation to that but strictly speaking neither tsunami's or earthquakes are weather events.
    They have nothing to do with weather at all.

    About 40 mins to go before this hits california.
    7 foot waves hit hawaii.

    U.S news channels are warning that parts of california right up to Oregon could have 7ft waves reaching up to a mile inland.


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    #61
    Duiske
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    Japanese TV have been showing video of a town being hit by the wave, and it is shocking to watch. Total devastation with buildings being crushed in just seconds.
    The death toll from this is going to be horrific. :(


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