Japan just hit with 8.9 quake.

[Formerly known as Karma 0]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

Tokyo (CNN) -- An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward highways.

The epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from the capital, Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said. But residents there felt the tremors.

The quake rattled buildings and toppled cars off bridges and into waters underneath. Waves of debris flowed like lava across farmland, pushing boats, houses and trailers toward highways.

In Tokyo, crowds gathered in the streets and tried to reach relatives via cell phone.

Scenes inside office buildings showed papers strewn all over the floor and people clinging onto seats and desks.

Such a large earthquake at such a shallow depth creates a lot of energy, said Shenza Chen of the U.S. Geological Survey.

It caused a power outage in about 4 million homes in Tokyo and surrounding areas.

A tsunami in the Pacific was moving closer to other shorelines in other countries, said CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera.

It triggered tsunami warnings for various countries, including Japan and Russia, the National Weather Service said.

"Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region," it said.

"Based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter."

The quake was the latest in a series in the region this week.

Early Thursday, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off the coast of Honshu.

A day earlier, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off of Honshu, the country's meteorological agency said.

The largest recorded quake took place in Chile on May 22, 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5, the USGS said.

I was watching the Tsunami on the news and all I could think was, "No, no, no!!" It's so sad!

[Caterpi 3]

Damn.. I don't even want to know what the death count is..

[Mitch 2111]

Watching all the news stations in my TV broadcast this event live right now. It's pretty devastating how much damage was caused.

[Fruggles 23]

It's just frightening to know that this isn't even a fraction of what could/could have happened. Just hope Japan and it's people will recover - we need our Pokemon.

[Mitch 2111]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

These are all the big earthquakes that happened recently in the world. Just look at how much Japan has been bombarded with these quakes, it's just. Wow.

[Pebbz. 953]

[Don Danzone 410]

Woaw, I hope the deathcount stays minimum.

[adam :) 12]

This is probably the worst thing that could happen.

I highly doubt though that the countries said on CNN would be affected like Australia south america etc etc.

It's really horrible how I was watching it and saw 3 cars trying to outrun the waves in a country looking road but disappeared once the water hit them.

God help those who need it most right now, it might be hard for them now but they've recovered before and they sure as well will again.

Just a bit curious about the story just told about a nuclear station on fire. That doesn't sound good.

[Neur0 34]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

Hoping san diego doesn't get hit hard. D:

2:18 AM - wo0kie: "Tsunami warning for almost all of pacific basin"

2:18 AM - wo0kie: AWESOME

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2:18 AM - sG | niC-: you surf in css

2:18 AM - sG | niC-: maybe you can surf in rl too

2:18 AM - wo0kie: D:

[LOPEZ 1750]

Heard it like 10 minutes ago, pretty fucked up.

[Sean 3760]

This is so scary. Imagining stuff like this happening in our own areas....

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/11/bpr.quake.witness.cnn?hpt=C2

[Pebbz. 953]

Is it bad that I'm excited for the jokes that come out of this?

[Sean 3760]

Is it bad that I'm excited for the jokes that come out of this?

You're a terrible person, Pebbz.

Now I will show you my pokerface

:l

[BlackStone 66]

I'm kinda curious too..... lol

[UnknownLegend 5480]

Is it bad that I'm excited for the jokes that come out of this?

gG2naf70MbY

[WhiteLabyrinth 100]

): ...

[Skotti 2105]

Don't die mitch!

[WhiteLabyrinth 100]

I like how they called for like a 7.2, and it wasn't gonna be anything big. Then it turns out to be that.

And now it's about to hit Hawaii. Sighh....

[Renegade 1198]

Sorry Japan...I fell out of bed!

[BlackStone 66]

I thought P2 was the cause of the quake..... falling off his segways and all

[Sir. Hot Mayo 1143]

lol, you guys are bad!

But I do feel sympathy for those people. I wish a fast recovery, though by the sounds of it I don't think it's gonna happen.

[Nitestalker 792]

It's what they get for living so close to a fault line, and anyone living in a coastal region with even the slightest chance of tsunami action would be gone by now if they had any brains

[Fruggles 23]

It's what they get for living so close to a fault line, and anyone living in a coastal region with even the slightest chance of tsunami action would be gone by now if they had any brains

yeah! how DARE they live in a place that's been populated for thousands of years! Screw their ancestral homes, go find somewhere safer!

Dumb.

[Nitestalker 792]

yeah! how DARE they live in a place that's been populated for thousands of years! Screw their ancestral homes, go find somewhere safer!

Dumb.

no, not dumb...people have been moving away from their homes for...forever, We wouldnt be in america if we didnt move from our ancestral homes...so, fuck you.

[TehBlade 34]

I honestly only found out about 3 hours ago, I was shocked, and after watching it on the news when i got home, the destruction is insane.