8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan

[Marc]

just fird up Google Earth with the Earthquake plug-in, 4 aftershocks within the past hour (BBC News now aswell)

 

[Guy Fawkes]

just fird up Google Earth with the Earthquake plug-in, 4 aftershocks within the past hour (BBC News now aswell)

Japan has had 19 aftershocks since the 8.9 magnitude Earthquake

However generally they usually get between 100 and 160 Earthquakes a year

 

[sam86]

Time to move our prayers to Hawaii by the sounds of it...

Best of luck.

 

[The Spanish]

They were talking about 44 confirmed deaths so far...looking at the effect of those waves and seeing HGVs and houses getting swept away, you have to think it's going to be a lot, lot higher in the end

terrible to say but true. you only have to watch a few seconds footage and that probably contains more than that, from what i have seen. those poor people in their cars its horrible to watch.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

Agreed, apparently many newer buildings in Japan have been built to withstand even the severest of earthquakes, though their efficiency probably doesn't happen almost anywhere else in the World. Remember the pictures from Christchurch, where apparently a third of the buildings in the city centre will need to be demolished, much of the damage was to older buildings like the cathedral.

Sounds like it could be very bad in other areas of Japan, they have just reported that 300 houses have been destroyed in one city

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

terrible to say but true. you only have to watch a few seconds footage and that probably contains more than that, from what i have seen. those poor people in their cars its horrible to watch.

Added to that the fishing ports being swept away - you can't imagine anything but a rise in casualties

 

[brunswick]

i wonder if anyone is waxing up their surfboard in hawaii now?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

I've just been watching a live news stream from Hawaii, where the tsunami is due to arrive in less than half an hour.

There are people SITTING ON THE BEACH waiting to see what's coming.

Crazy.

Hawaii News Now - LIVE - Hawaii News Now - KGMB and KHNL Home

 

[Bozza]

i wonder if anyone is waxing up their surfboard in hawaii now?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

... and they are now discussing whether this will be good for the building trade in Hawaii.

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

Earthquakes are so common here that nobody normally bats an eyelid when there is a tremor but in my 20 years of living here this was the biggest mutha of all. I pegged it out into the garden with Mrs. JCF and watched my house literally sway from side to side thinking it was going to cave in like a house of cards. The most annoying thing is my entire collection of 600 cds flew across my study, leaving the plastic cases in shards. Being the anal nerd that I am I had only just finished cleaning all the discs and replacing the cases with the slightest fingerprint on them. Hope all the Japan-based NSCers are okay!

 

[Man of Harveys]

Awful, awful stuff. Hope all's well with one of NSC's finest, KLS in Hawaii, as well as the diaspora in Japan and elsewhere.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

... and they are now discussing whether this will be good for the building trade in Hawaii.

I just switched on to hear that. One of the main trending topics on Twitter is "Hurricane Katrina" with loads of Americans just generally being selfish idiots.

 

[Ecosse Exile]

Do we have many Japan based NSCers? Other than JCF of course, Glad your ok JCF my thoughts go out to all.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Earthquakes are so common here that nobody normally bats an eyelid when there is a tremor but in my 20 years of living here this was the biggest mutha of all. I pegged it out into the garden with Mrs. JCF and watched my house literally sway from side to side thinking it was going to cave in like a house of cards. The most annoying thing is my entire collection of 600 cds flew across my study, leaving the plastic cases in shards. Being the anal nerd that I am I had only just finished cleaning all the discs and replacing the cases with the slightest fingerprint on them. Hope all the Japan-based NSCers are okay!

Glad to hear you're ok

Has anyone heard from Shiz yet?

 

[Guy Fawkes]

About 2000 people from within a 2km radius have been evacuated from around the Fukushima nuclear power station where there is a cooling system failure as a precaution and the area could be extended further as they are having major difficulties rectifying this problem

 

[Jimbo.GRFC]

What the f*** is going on everywhere?

Do you sense our government wringing their hands and put petrol up by 10p a litre tomorrow by any chance ?

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

It's unbelieveable to see the people on the beach in Hawaii. What absolute TOOLS.

 

[Finch]

Shit 8.9 is massive. Its going to do massive damage even with it not being centred on a population.

The tsunami is predicted to only be a metre by the time it gets to NZ, so we're fine. The people on the beaches in Hawaii are nuts though.

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

thanks for the kind words guys. I don't remember seeing any posts from Shiz for a while. What about Garry Nelson's Left Foot and Tanashi. Hope all are okay