rthSeeveral after shocks are still being reported as of the time of this posting. The earthquake was strongly felt as far away as Tokyo.
UPDATE: The earthquake was actually in Aomori and was a registered 5 temblor.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Huge Earthquake Felt in Miyagi Prefecture Japan
At 2:45 pm today, Friday, March 11, 2011. An earthquake measuring 7 on the Japanese richter scale was felt in Miyagi prefecture Japan. The earthquake took place in the ocean, off the cost of Miyagi Japan. There were 6 meter high tsunami (tidal waves) also reported.
rthSeeveral after shocks are still being reported as of the time of this posting. The earthquake was strongly felt as far away as Tokyo.
UPDATE: The earthquake was actually in Aomori and was a registered 5 temblor.
rthSeeveral after shocks are still being reported as of the time of this posting. The earthquake was strongly felt as far away as Tokyo.
UPDATE: The earthquake was actually in Aomori and was a registered 5 temblor.
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The US Geological Survey measured it at 8.9. The tsunamis around Miyagi, Fukushima, and Sendai were well over 7 meters with the larger ones over 10 meters.
ReplyDeleteThe "big one" that well overdue has not hit Tokyo it. The epicenter of the one that hasn't come yet is predicted to be in the Kanagawa (Yokohama) prefecture.
The videos of ships being pushed a kilometer inland in Iwate are bone chilling. Cars, homes, and containers look like bobbers in the water.
The damage must be in the trillions of dollars...
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BBC News
ReplyDelete77 deaths as of 22:31 JST. Nuclear state of emergency announced by Chief Cabinet Secretary Edano.
More updates here.
The only effective way of detecting people under the rubble - it's infrared camera
ReplyDeleteОnly amphibious military hovercraft can travel on the destroyed roads and deliver food and medicines and to evacuate large groups of people.
MIKE AND OTHER POSTERS IN JAPAN: ARE YOU OK?
ReplyDeleteHAVE BEEN CHECKING THE BLOG. PLEASE GIVE US A SHOUT WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE.
MIKE, please let us know how you are! concerned! Here in hawaii we're still under tsunami watch, but expect nothing. the waters are too deep around hawaiian islands - we got a 4 ft water rise which receded. It did hit some store front windows on the beach level, flooding stores. Nothing like what Japan got.
ReplyDeletePlease update us! Aloha, Cindy