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 Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:55 am
On March 11, 2011 at 05:46 UTC an 8.9 magnitude Earthquake hit Japan resulting to Tsunamis which are expected to effect as far as Hawaii and Taiwan. This is the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history and the 7th largest recorded earthquake of all time. Wikipedia ArticleTimezones around the worldEDIT: Quote: Present alert status At 09:20 UTC, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a tsunami warning and estimated arrival times.[18] * Northern Marianas: 0901 UTC * Guam: 0917 UTC * Yap: 0952 UTC * Marshall Islands (Enewetak): 1021 UTC * Palau: 1030 UTC * Pohnpei: 1036 UTC * Chuuk: 1041 UTC * Manokwari: 1125 UTC * Jayapura: 1142 UTC * Papua New Guinea (Kavieng): 1132 UTC * Nauru: 1157 UTC * Solomon Islands (Panggoe): 1228 UTC * Tarawa: 1236 UTC * Hawaii: 1307 UTC * Tuvalu: 1338 UTC * Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo): 1416 UTC * Tokelau: 1417 UTC * Futuna: 1435 UTC * Samoa: 1453 UTC * American Samoa: 1500 UTC * Cook Islands: 1500 UTC * Niue: 1535 UTC * Australia (Cairns): 1535 UTC * Fiji: 1537 UTC * Caledonia: 1538 UTC * Tonga: 1605 UTC * Kermadec Islands: 1656 UTC * French Polynesia (Papeete): 1714 UTC * New Zealand (North Cape): 1723 UTC * Pitcairn Island: 2008 UTC * Easter Islands: 2303 UTC The (United States) West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning for the coastal areas of California and Oregon from Point Conception, California to the Oregon-Washington border.[19]
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:41 am
The top of Tokyo Tower has been bent. 
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:41 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:47 am
What's scary is that Tokyo is used to having earthquakes, and the tower has lasted until now...it's also slightly taller then the Eiffel tower, but is 2nd in Japan to the Sky Tree tower. I don't know how that's doing at this point. :C
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:50 am
My apologies for the redundant posts-- seems we've been posting simultaneously.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:04 am
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:11 am
That's good to know, the main building was only finished last year in 2010, it looks like a lot of sky scrapers managed to scrape by mostly undamaged since they're built to resist Earthquakes. A lot of homes seem to be completely gone D:
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:20 am
And apparently there are people out there waiting to surf on it. stare
If I was a surfer, I would NOT willingly, knowingly surf on the same wave that I knew was killing 60+ people across the planet. I'm sorry, but that's completely disrespectful to the people who are being made homeless, jobless, and KILLED in this natural disaster.
Never mind the inherent dangers to yourself in the first place.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:23 am
Surfers are crazy anyway because they're in very real damage of getting attacked by sharks by swimming in the water anyway. sweatdrop
Back on the quake, apparently Hawaii is escaping the waves, there's some rough surf but nothing abnormally high or flooding, which is at least a little comforting.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:29 am
At last report: 6 foot high wave, and only one mile inland in Hawaii.
There's a member in another guild I'm in who says she is in Hawaii. She wasn't expecting an earthquake at the time she last posted. She's logged off now, but I hope she's safe. I'm praying for her and her family as well.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:37 am
According to the news Hawaii is normal right now, so it looks like they're out of the danger zone, but, they just informed me of potential 300 (unconfirmed) dead floating in the water. emo
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:43 am
dragon_1212xp According to the news Hawaii is normal right now, so it looks like they're out of the danger zone, but, they just informed me of potential 300 (unconfirmed) dead floating in the water. emo
Yes, that's off the coast of Japan.
TS Sailor Cronus Reports in the news of over 300 bodies floating off-shore. There were also buildings still shaking 30 minutes after the quakes and aftershocks died down. I've been watching the footage. Man, it's alarming to watch two buildings standing against each other, and both of them give at least six inches one direction, then the other, then back again.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:53 am
There is now a giant whirlpool created by the tsunami and the fissures deep underwater. This is a common occurence during tsunamis, and it is possible to last for many hours. I saw a video of a ship being tugged along in it... it's simply MASSIVE.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:55 am
Also, there is an entire passenger train MISSING. It was in the path of the tsunami, and they simply can't find it.
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Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:56 am
Confirmed several hundred dead, several boats and trains are missing, and there's a state of emergency around one of the nuclear power plants that's having problems cooling. Over 2800 people were evacuated from around the plant.
It really looks like hell on earth, I can't help but keep thinking of thinks like Katrina and 9/11/01 and Haiti and other horrible things like that. crying
That whirlpool is HU~GE!
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