8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

is anyone watching cnn`s broadcast of edition.cnn.com... the california threat stream

those idiots with their dog seriously deserve to get swept away

they are dicing with death, nobody knows what will happen, anyone who says the worst is over is a fool

luckily Japan was quite well prepared. Hope people pull through this safely

Originally posted by silo13
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jusy heard from an seismologist on the news that whole Japan has moved 2.5 meters to the east.....
according to geonet readings..

That's like, HUGE...
I'm going to go look up and see if I can find some links for this... Unless you have them.
That could spell huge changes now couldn't it?
WOW...

von helton will have a field day with this

Originally posted by flashcube
First , I want to apologize if this has been brought up before... but in light of Kansai Int'l airport, being constructed on a man made island, the fact that it apparently was'nt affected too badly surprises me. I guess why am saying this is because according to information found on this site (gulfnews.com...), flights are being diverted ( naturally) , but to an island? A man made island?

Meanwhile, UAE national carrier Etihad Airways said it is monitoring closely the effects of the devastating earthquake off the coast of Japan and the resulting tsunami.

"Our immediate thoughts are with the country and its people at this extremely challenging and difficult time," an Etihad spokesperson said.

"The next Etihad Airways flights to Nagoya (EY888) and Tokyo (EY878) from Abu Dhabi are currently due to depart on schedule at 10pm local time tonight."

Etihad Airways flight EY889 from Nagoya to Abu Dhabi is also due to depart as normal at 4.30pm Abu Dhabi time today

So, basically, many incoming flights to Mainland Japan, are being diverted to the "more-safe", synthetic island? Maybe its just me not understanding that man made islands are potentially more structurally sound than land born of the earth.

I hate to toot my own horn, but...anyoune else find it odd that Kansai airport, being an manmade island, is still open?

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Very concerned.

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Yeah im watching it, got about 6 feed tabs open now.

They have just had the police over I think.

About time too!

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I hope not. A lot of pent up energy has already been released. My concern will be other faults around pacific, cascadia plate. I do not know if other plates can be effected with such a huge earthquake.

Thanks

I bring you Love, I bring you Peace.

Cops got em! Ha ha ha ha ha

Looks like those idiots on the beach got moved off it by a cop.

About time too, shame they had to endanger a cops life to be told how to gain some sense.

not one american hurt ! wow no dmage to any american assets
that is a good thing , but i find that weird

From Reuters:

UPDATE 1-Nuclear plants near Japan quake safely shut

Originally posted by p4rs3C
Real time monitoring for status on nuclear power plants:

Linky

Blue: Safe
Pink: In progress
Yellow: Danger

Japanese translate anyone?

Why not just click the "English" button? That's what I did.

This is horrendous. I sincerely hope Japan can recover quickly. Luckily they are much better prepared than somewhere like Haiti, but it is still devastating given the tsunami had almost no warning unlike other natural disasters.

Originally posted by Hessling
My God!

What is going on.

We all are familiar with talk of Pole Shifts, Nibiru, the comet Elenin, the Apocalypse, etc., etc.

Whatever is causing all of these earthquakes, floods, blizzards, tornadoes, I do not believe it is random chance. Other than to say that I have nothing.

Peace and Best Wishes to all.

Wow. Disasters have occurred throughout history but that only recently have we had the technology to know something is occurring at distant locations in the world.

To make a blanket statement like yours kind of shatters my hope in humanity. I mean you literally have to have knowledge of all of human history in intimate detail across all locations in order to even assert that there are so many more disasters now than then that are not attributed to just increased technological capability (and population increases especially near the coast).

BBC NEWS TV report

A second train is missing..

No numbers of people involved yet known about either train..

"The Tokyo Electric Power Company has said the pressure inside the No. 1 reactor at its Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant has been rising, with the risk of a radiation leak, according to the Jiji Press news agency. Tepco planned to take measures to release the pressure, the report added. The reactor's cooling system began to malfunction after the earthquake. People living close to the plant were later evacuated as a precaution. Nuclear physicist Dr Walt Patterson tells the BBC it sounds like there is a "serious problem" at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant. "It's the sort of thing that nuclear engineers have nightmares about," he says. "If it is not resolved in the next few hours it will get serious. If the core is uncovered, then those rods at the top may get hot enough to melt themselves."

BBC LIVE UPDATE ON LEFT OF SCREEN

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my best guess is elenin
this is just the beginning

edition.cnn.com...

someone surfing on the oregon cam!!!

: Nuclear physicist Dr Walt Patterson tells the BBC it sounds like there is a "serious problem" at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant. "It's the sort of thing that nuclear engineers have nightmares about," he says. "If it is not resolved in the next few hours it will get serious. If the core is uncovered, then those rods at the top may get hot enough to melt themselves."

BBC Twitter feed

the scary thing is with his monumental huge earthquakes all taking place within the space of a year or just over a year, the earth crust must be ruined beyond belief right now, maybe it is preparing for an even bigger, the earthquake of all earthquakes kind of thing

im not a fear monger, im just saying, i know minor to moderate earthquakes are common, but since january last year theres been so many huge ones, it doesnt look good