screaming hand logo Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 TOKYO -- A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast. At least one person was killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed. TV footage showed waves of muddy waters sweeping over farmland near the city of Sendai, carrying buildings, some on fire, inland as cars attempted to drive away. "This is a rare major quake, and damages could quickly rise by the minute," said Junichi Sawada, an official with Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency. Officials were trying to assess damage, injuries and deaths but had no immediate details. Police said at least one person was killed in a house collapse in Ibaraki prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo. A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo and was burning out of control. Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of a large ship being swept away by the tsunami and ramming directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture. Similar destruction was seen in dozens of communities along the coast. In various locations along the coast, footage showed massive damage from the tsunami, with cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters. The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. and was followed by five powerful aftershocks within about an hour, the strongest measuring 7.1. The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 8.4. The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan. NHK was warning those near the coast to get to safer ground. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii. The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo. In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo. In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms. NHK said more than 4 million buildings without power in Tokyo and its suburbs. The ceiling in Kudan Kaikan, a large hall in Tokyo, collapsed, injuring an unknown number of people, NHK said. Osamu Akiya, 46, was working in Tokyo at his office in a trading company when the quake hit. It sent bookshelves and computers crashing to the floor, and cracks appeared in the walls. "I've been through many earthquakes, but I've never felt anything like this," he said. "I don't know if we'll be able to get home tonight." Footage on NHK from their Sendai office showed employees stumbling around and books and papers crashing from desks. It also showed a glass shelter at a bus stop in Tokyo completely smashed by the quake and a weeping woman nearby being comforted by another woman. Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday. Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up a task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said. "I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong," he said. The tsunami roared over embankments in Sendai city, washing cars, houses and farm equipment inland before reversing directions and carrying them out to sea. Flames shot from some of the houses, probably because of burst gas pipes. In Tokyo, hundreds of people were evacuated from Shinjuku station, the world's busiest, to a nearby park. Trains were halted. Tokyo's main airport was closed. A large section of the ceiling at the 1-year-old airport at Ibaraki, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo, fell to the floor with a powerful crash. TV announcers urged viewers near the shore to move to strong concrete buildings and stay above the third floor . Japan's Fire and Disaster Management Agency said they were still assessing damage but had not confirmed any deaths. One person was injured at a baseball stadium in Sendai, but his condition was not immediately known. Dozens of fires were reported in northern prefectures of Fukushima, Sendai, Iwate and Ibaraki. Houses collapsing and landslides were also reported in Miyagi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obnoxious Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast They kept changing the magnitude Of The quake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast an 8.9 is pretty intense the loma prieta in '89 was like a 7.1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast was just watching stuff on this. tsunami warnings for a lot of places. hawaii was put on and off the list a couple of times. its sad, i hope all is alright for oontzer out there and all with family out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obnoxious Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Damn I gotta keep watch out here in the Monterey bay. Don't wanna be caught off guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Yeah, been watching this for a few hours now. Watching the tsunami live here: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ They showed whole towns being swept away from a helicopter. cars and trucks jst getting swept off the roads as they try to escape. Fucking insane. They say there's tsunami warnings for Hawaii now too. I remember reading that someone on here just moved there or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris The Butcher Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast found a link to this dudes twitter http://twitter.com/W7VOA horrible, what time the tsunami is suppose to hit hawaii? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obnoxious Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Tsunami warning just right now on the news. Monterey,Santa Cruz,Santa Clara,and San Francisco countys.. I don't know if they said other ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligαf Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast They say there's tsunami warnings for Hawaii now too. I remember reading that someone on here just moved there or something... dow! shit i aint got his number anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newer Bigger Better Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast See the bsm thread to my answer to all this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipod90 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast #Tokyo #Swag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siks6siks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast holly shit that live feed. cars getting swept away. fuuuuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast 7th most powerful earthquake IN HISTORY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newer Bigger Better Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast 7th most powerful earthquake IN HISTORY Uh since they started recording earthquakes... which hasnt been that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast yeah, my bad. this wasn't that powerful at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siks6siks Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newer Bigger Better Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast I didn't say it wasnt but when you say IN HISTORY all caps and serious and thats blatantly not true then someone gotta bring some truth to thematter. 7Th strongest earthquake in the last 100 plus years or so is still a big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast i picture tons of Hawaiians lined up on the beach with surf boards in hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what it iz Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Just logged on to say that if anybody knows Duckbutter or anybody from Hawaii to call them and wake their ass up and tell them to flee to higher ground, cause CNN is saying that these tsunami's are headed toward Hawaii in a few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newer Bigger Better Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast They got alarms and shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Some dude riding out a big tremor in his apartment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=871E8_DJ-rw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast he needed more hands 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast is this what the ny thread is always talking about? riding waves and boogie boarding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HydrogenPeroxide Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Live Japanese TV coverage: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/foxtokimekitonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
what it iz Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast I didn't say it wasnt but when you say IN HISTORY all caps and serious and thats blatantly not true then someone gotta bring some truth to thematter. 7Th strongest earthquake in the last 100 plus years or so is still a big deal So then how do you know that it's "blatantly not true" if by your own words anything before 100 years ago wasn't recorded? You're just speculating that it might not be true. And it's probably not true, but you sure as hell don't have any facts to back up your Mr. Knowitall attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUST THE TIP Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast i live in kauai and will be awake at 3am when the tsunami is supposed to hit my island if shit goes down, please believe ill have pics to prove that it really happened, hah. Big Swimming Mafia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obnoxious Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast Had anyone put this on facebook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screaming hand logo Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Re: Tsunami Slams Northern Japan After Massive 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Off Coast put a tsunami on facebook? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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