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Japan was hit by 8.4 quake off the coast of Tokyo.
A 10m (iggy scale) Tsunami has torn through towns and farms.
its on the news now.

Mmmmmmm, Marcus, upgraded to a 8.9.

10m tsunamis accross the area.

PNG, Solomons, Hawaii I think could be in for some serious hits!!

Damn mother nature, can be kind but VERY VERY cruel at times.

Hey Butts, a rare visit by your good self.

You know, I'm thinking that you and I shouldn't be on a computer at home, but should be out drinking at a pub somewhere.

Will see what I can do.

Re earthquake and tsunami - vision of the tsunami coming in was amazing and terrifying. They wouldn't have got much warning but hopefully a lot moved inland before it hit.

Suppose we will find out.

I feel for places like Nauru, Tuvalu, Guam, Marshall Islands. Low lying Islands.

Jeez, potentially this could wipe areas off the face of the map.

Sad.

Olds, as always, words spoken of THRUTH!!!

Soon, just need to sort the "little one"!!
Actually at work!! Got an "excercise at 10pm, requires my "overview" apparently, should finish around midnight.
Give you a call around 9pm if thats okay, caught up with RV this morning and had a good chat.

Good to see your still around, looks like "SHIT" has been happening whilst I was away.

tomtom wrote:I have the correct info in the tangents section. God damn marcus.

what is a tsunami doing in tangents

Butts wrote:Olds, as always, words spoken of THRUTH!!!

Soon, just need to sort the "little one"!!
Actually at work!! Got an "excercise at 10pm, requires my "overview" apparently, should finish around midnight.
Give you a call around 9pm if thats okay, caught up with RV this morning and had a good chat.

Good to see your still around, looks like "SHIT" has been happening whilst I was away.

Never a truer word spoken Butts..

See the post above this to get an idea of the shit that went down...

Butts wrote:I feel for places like Nauru, Tuvalu, Guam, Marshall Islands. Low lying Islands.

Jeez, potentially this could wipe areas off the face of the map.

Sad.

That entire area north east of Papua New Guinea/ Timor L'Este is dotted for thousands of kms with low lying islands. As you say, potential they will be stripped bare by this, of people, palms, premises.

Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Melanesia, after it gets through all that it could even deliver a small wave on the north island of NZ.

Tsunami footage again, unbelievable.

Butts wrote:Give you a call around 9pm if thats okay, caught up with RV this morning and had a good chat.

Sweet.

you crybaby

From tsunami to flame wars in 9 posts.

Olds, that phone call wqas 31:19 seconds!!!

You owe me............................................................2 beers!!!!

Flame wars Care factor, just stick 'em in the ignore list!!

terrible news for japan.
Living so close to the plate boundary means very little warning.

The period of the waves was massive, 9.2ft (on the gauge, deep water) at 72 minutes in Hokkaido.

Fortunately most of the energy is directed away from the low-lying countries.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =134445337

2 more hours before it hits Hawaii. That'd be an ominous thing hanging over you as you try to get to sleep in an evacuation centre.

likely to be 2-3 feet on the west coast of the US, centred on LA, up to 6 feet in Hawaii.

If there is one good thing, the tsunami will mostly affect the two places in the world (Japan and Hawaii) best prepared for it.

^^^^^^
thanks for that info because I have my girlfriend in Hawaii at the moment and she can't get any info out of the local authorities.

gather she's fine jimmy, but in case of aftershocks this is the place to go:
http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=2

earthquakes in the last couple of days
http://ptwc.weather.gov/

ORIGIN TIME - 0546Z 11 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 142.4 EAST
DEPTH - 24 KM
LOCATION - NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 8.9

ORIGIN TIME - 1058 PM HST 10 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 19.3 NORTH 155.0 WEST
LOCATION - ON THE SOUTH FLANK OF KILAUEA VOLCANO ORIGIN TIME - 1125 AM
MAGNITUDE - 4.6

ORIGIN TIME - 1709Z 10 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 7.1 SOUTH 116.8 EAST
DEPTH - 518 KM
LOCATION - BALI SEA
MAGNITUDE - 6.5

HST 09 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 6.1 SOUTH 149.6 EAST
LOCATION - NEW BRITAIN REGION P.N.G.
MAGNITUDE - 6.6 MOMENT

ORIGIN TIME - 0245Z 09 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 38.3 NORTH 143.3 EAST
DEPTH - 10 KM
LOCATION - OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU JAPAN
MAGNITUDE - 7.2

ORIGIN TIME - 0210 PM HST 06 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 10.3 SOUTH 160.9 EAST
LOCATION - SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAGNITUDE - 6.6 MOMENT

ORIGIN TIME - 1433Z 06 MAR 2011
COORDINATES - 56.3 SOUTH 27.0 WEST
DEPTH - 113 KM
LOCATION - SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS REGION
MAGNITUDE - 6.6

some people think its unwise to try to surf a tsunami
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqwz5HiF ... ded#at=256

Butts wrote:Olds, that phone call wqas 31:19 seconds!!!

You owe me............................................................2 beers!!!!

2 beers only. You must be on cheaper rates than me.

No problems at all mate. Much rather see my money go on a shout than passing it off to some damned phone company.

They bit into me big time in January and I'm on the lonely path to try and get some recompense for their call drop-outs, no connections, everything going to voicemail etc.

So we will have to be in a pub for me to buy you some beers Butts. That's an incentive if ever I've heard one.