Earthqauke in Japan

[Asch]

Japan hit by a 8.9/8.4 scale earthqauke, the headlines when I turned on the tv. Well a big loss to a nation who already slipped to 3rd spot in world economy, other than that, tsunami also ravaged the coasts, lower island was effected the most due to it. Also as the extent of this earthqauke seems large, and just below the one that struck in 2004, neigb. countries have been warned for the possible tsunami.

Well, in short, its really bad for the people their, as far as I think, they already have restricted space and all, now this might have really damaged the nation overall.

[† Talena Mae]

Well... there goes the top half of Aus xD

Nah kidding it is heading up not down...

More serious though, my thoughts are with them all.

[Vael]

what is up with all the natural disasters these days it's crazy, earthquake in newcastle and now japan, flooding and cyclone in the eastern states it's nuts

[zZJoennZz]

Here Philippines will hit a tsunami said in news. It will hit later, not here in our region.

[† Anras Rune]

yep there is a tsunami alert for all the nations sharing waters with japan...its up on google...

[apr118]

Tsunami will hit our country after a few hours as the news stated. According to the latest news, the 1st wave already hit Isabela. FYI, Isabela is a province/place in the Philippines.

[† The Joker]

Just seen footage of the tsunami hitting in japan... never seen anything so destructive in my life, really hit home just how powerless we really are to this planet.

Not a religious man by any means, but right now, my prayers are with everyone in Japan, and for the countries that are likely to be hit by the Tsunami.

Just found out as well, that the wave is traveling at around 500mph (about 800kph)

@sho, hopefully just a case of bad co-incidences... and not heading for a situation like in 2012!

[Kid Ryan]

This is very sad news, I hope everyone I know is alive and safe.

[Vael]

I reckon it is just coincidences, but the fact that things are happening so close together, and how our knowledge is limited when it comes to the earth, we also can't rule out, the possibility that somethings up.

(2012 is NOT going to happen)

[apr118]

Well, 1hour has passed and so far, according to the real-time news, no one is hurt in our country. They only felt the Earth Shaking.

[† Talena Mae]

I was told the volcano is Yellowstone just went active, can anyone confirm?

And

the New Madrid Fault line..if it goes, well last time was in the 1800's, and it rang church bells in washington D.C for 3 days straight, and in Washington State, made the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers run backwards for 5 days, but if it goes off now, it would split this Continent in two.

IS THAT TRUE???

[Vael]

where'd you here that, wouldn't mind checking sources on that one, due to it's unique implications, though far fetched nature I wouldn't completely ignore it, natural disasters have a massive effect on various weather (and other) conditions before and after the disaster

[† Talena Mae]

where'd you here that, wouldn't mind checking sources on that one, due to it's unique implications, though far fetched nature I wouldn't completely ignore it, natural disasters have a massive effect on various weather (and other) conditions before and after the disaster

A friend of a forum, that is why I am asking if it is true, I dont believe her, but as it CAN happen... so if someone could confirm i would be greatful (I am borrowing a friends comp and there is no flash player on it so I cant watch anything on line =(

[Vael]

heres a wikipedian article I found within five minutes, just now going to check on the modern day effects

1811-1812 earthquake series

Main article: 1812 New Madrid earthquake

December 16, 1811, 0815 UTC (2:15 a.m.); (M ~7.2 - 8.2[8]) epicenter in northeast Arkansas; it caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mainly because of the sparse population in the epicentral area. The future location of Memphis, Tennessee was shaken at Mercalli level nine intensity. A seismic seiche propagated upriver and Little Prairie was destroyed by liquefaction.[9] Local uplifts of the ground and water waves moving upstream gave the illusion that the river was flowing upstream.[10]

At New Madrid, trees were knocked down and riverbanks collapsed. This event shook windows and furniture in Washington, D.C., rang bells in Richmond, Virginia, sloshed well water and shook houses in Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked plaster off of houses in Columbia, South Carolina. In Jefferson, Indiana, furniture moved and in Lebanon, Ohio, residents fled their homes. Observers in Herculaneum, Missouri, called it "severe" and claimed it had a duration of 10–12 minutes.[11]

Aftershocks were felt every six to ten minutes, a total of 27, in New Madrid until what was called the Daylight Shock, which was of the same intensity as the first. Many of these were also felt throughout the eastern US, though with less intensity than the initial earthquake.[12]

December 16, 1811, the Daylight Shock, 1415 UTC (8:15 a.m.); (M ~7.2 - 8.2) epicenter in northeast Arkansas; This shock followed the first earthquake by six hours and was similar in intensity.[8]

January 23, 1812, 1500 UTC (9 a.m.); (M ~7.0 - 8.0[8]) epicenter in the Missouri Bootheel. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks. Johnston and Schweig attributed this earthquake to a rupture on the New Madrid North Fault. This may have placed strain on the Reelfoot Fault.[9]

February 7, 1812, 0945 UTC (4:45 a.m.); (M ~7.4 - 8.6[8]) epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were severely damaged, and their chimneys were toppled. This shock was definitively attributed to the Reelfoot Fault by Johnston and Schweig. It was uplift along this reverse fault segment, in this event, that created waterfalls on the Mississippi River, disrupted the Mississippi River at Kentucky Bend, created a wave that propagated upstream and caused the formation of Reelfoot Lake.[9]

The earthquakes were felt as far away as New York City and Boston, Massachusetts, where ground motion caused church bells to ring.[13]

Hundreds of aftershocks followed over a period of several years. Aftershocks strong enough to be felt occurred until the year 1817. The largest earthquakes to have occurred since then were on January 4, 1843, and October 31, 1895, with magnitude estimates of 6.0 and 6.6 respectively.

no it wouldn't split the continent in 2 it would just kill tens of thousands of people and at least 50 billion dollars worth of damage due to it's unfortunate size and location, thats all (those are stats for an 8.0 earthquake)... though from the looks of it, it does get a lot of minor shocks, so I'll look at those as well

... man I'm really curious about natural disasters recently, the new madrid fault line is just something else to peak my interest

wow that sucks

checking other sources now

[† L4ugh]

I can't believe how bad this is, my heart goes out to the Japanese because this is not going to be easy to come back from. I've been watching this all morning on CNN, and I'm blown away by the amount of damage that is going on over there.

I was told the volcano is Yellowstone just went active, can anyone confirm?

Yellowstone stone hasn't erupted yet, but if it does you can kiss a good part of North America good bye.

the New Madrid Fault line..if it goes, well last time was in the 1800's, and it rang church bells in washington D.C for 3 days straight, and in Washington State, made the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers run backwards for 5 days, but if it goes off now, it would split this Continent in two.

This did happen, I was raised on stories of have bad that earthquake was. We are suppose to be overdue for a big quake from the fault, and an eruption from Yellowstone as well.

[seirachan]

I was told the volcano is Yellowstone just went active, can anyone confirm?

Oh god I hope mine doesn't go active, In my town we've all had dreams of it setting off even before some of us knew there's a volcano around here(me being one of them)

I can't confirm if Yellowstone's active. But I hope not.

Japan is bad place for disasters, It's a very cramped place of people. Hope that person I saw yesterday canceled her flight to Japan. An otaku in my bank was going on about going to japan. She might regret it.

[ChrisDodge]

As bad as it is, its still the most incredible event that happened in a while. Not in a good way ofc. I was speechless when I saw all the footage. Cant imagine how it was for the people that were actually in those shaking buildings and flooded streets... Sucks that we are so helpless against something like that.

[Scott]

I seen this on the News at work and had a flashback to New Orleans. People say it doesn't compare to Hurricane Katrina and they're probably right but still if you weren't there during Katrina don't say anything about it, you don't know what it was like in there During it & The Aftermath.

I'll donate money when I get paid to help with the disaster any way I can. Japan is a beautiful country.

[Vael]

I wasn't their at hurricane katrina or anything but don't you think it's a massive dick move to say one natural disaster was worse than a current natural disaster while the current natural disaster happened less than a day ago, I wasn't there at hurricane katrina and I wasn't there at the earthquake, but you weren't at the earthquake either so you really can't say katrina was worse AS A FACT, if you weren't there at the second disaster if all the details of the disaster have not been released.

thats like saying zelda oot is better than ffVII by just looking at the game play of ffVII. it's not a fair comparison

[Scott]

I wasn't their at hurricane katrina or anything but don't you think it's a massive dick move to say one natural disaster was worse than a current natural disaster while the current natural disaster happened less than a day ago, I wasn't there at hurricane katrina and I wasn't there at the earthquake, but you weren't at the earthquake either so you really can't say katrina was worse AS A FACT, if you weren't there at the second disaster if all the details of the disaster have not been released.

thats like saying zelda oot is better than ffVII by just looking at the game play of ffVII. it's not a fair comparison

How the hell did you use video games as an example for a Naturally crisis? And I never said ANYTHING about one being worse then the other. I was reading on other websites and shit about people arguing/bitching about which one was worst so I told them fuckers not to say something they don't know nothing about and if you read my post completely (which I just copied and pasted from what I posted on another website). You would know that I didn't say one was worst then the other. People always compare something to something else.

I don't know if anyone said something about another disaster that was worst then this one or not but if they do I already brought up my argument. Learn to read.