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8.9 magnitude earthquake in japan
- Thread starter Dave the OAP
- Start date
Won't they just get additional tourists, who can't go to the Pacific islands??
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
I'm watching BBC News.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
You are right there, I think the deciding factor in the death tolls was how deep the quake was as much as the strength, also the way buildings were constructed in the area affected. I think the Iranian quake struck the city of Bam, which was largely constructed with mud bricks, this was probably a deciding factor as they didn't withold much of the effects and just collapsed.
chimneys
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- Jun 11, 2007
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At least let the scale of this be known before you start point scoring mate!
Appreciate non first world countries are less newsworthy but also a lot to do with the regimes in the countries you mention, allowing very limited press access etc, as well as the difficulty in getting immediate TV footage from helicopters in non first world countries (just witnessed tsunami footage (jaw dropping)).
gripper stebson
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- Jul 27, 2004
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Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Point taken, but geography lesson required.
What I meant there was similar in stature to the Maldives, that is to say where the highest point is often a metre or so above sea level and with no real substance to them. I am of course aware that the Maldives are in the Indian Ocean and unlikely to be affected by this tsunami, unless it can go round corners!
0827: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii widens its tsunami warning to include Hawaii and the rest of the Pacific Ocean. The warning also includes Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Central and South America.
'king hell.
'king hell.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
Cheers Hans, my description was a bit wide of the mark, but correct in the fact that the increase is a curve and not a flat line.
black & white seagull
Active member
The news is saying this is the strongest earthquake ever recorded.
The main video on that page is f***ing horrific. Especially the cars seemingly trying to drive away from the inevitable.
0937: Japan's meteorological agency now says earthquake had a magnitude of 8.8.
0929: The earthquake which hit Japan on Friday was the country's biggest ever and the seventh largest on record, according to US Geological Survey data, the AFP reports.
Gully
Monkey in a seagull suit.
On the link provided by Hans it says the Chilean earthquake of 1960 measured 9.5, which was bigger than the Sumatran quake in 2004 which was 9.2, not sure if the former was the largest ever recorded though.
Stumpy Tim
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Point scoring? What the f*** are you talking about?
black & white seagull
Active member
Ah - I must have misunderstood. Largest ever recorded in Japan, by the looks of it.
captainmorganrum
Wrexham
The Ring of Fire is playing up a bit at the moment.
Cheap flight to San Francisco anyone?
Cheap flight to San Francisco anyone?
brighton_girl87
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- Jul 18, 2006
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Some of the footage of the tsunami both in the sea and across the land (where it is carrying huge amounts of mud, cars, boats, buildings) is pretty horrific 
deletebeepbeepbeep
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- May 12, 2009
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Guardian saying that a nucleur reactor in north-east Japan is reporting errors. :shock: