Earthquake - TodayMarch11, 2011

[orehnael]

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Strong earthquake hits Japan

Updated: 17:46, Friday March 11, 2011


Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off its northeastern coast on Friday, shaking buildings in Tokyo for several minutes and prompting a tsunami warning.


Japan's meteorological agency warned that a tsunami as high as 6 metres could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicentre. Smaller tsunamis of up to 50cm reached some coastal communities, the agency said.


The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and US state of Hawaii.


The quake struck at JST 2.46pm at a depth of 10km, about 125km off the eastern coast, the meteorological agency said. The area is 380km northeast of Tokyo.


In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo, as well as cars, trucks, houses and buildings being swept away by the tsunami in Onahama city in Fukushima prefecture. Scores of cars were seen floating in Iwate prefecture harbour, local TV said.


Footage on national broadcaster NHK from their Sendai office showed employees stumbling around and books and papers crashing from desks.
Police and coast guard officials said they were assessing possible damage from the quake.


The yen tumbled against the dollar after the quake.
The yen fell to 83.30 against the dollar from 82.81 before the quake struck.
Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday.

[EightEqualsD]

awtch hapit na jd ang end of the world tsk tsk tsk

[AMD_infinium05]

bro doulbe post namo ani: https://www.istorya.net/forums/politi...en-issued.html

the other thread is earlier posted. so its the legit thread for this area.

[marqi_20]

Japan hit by 8.9 magnitude quake breaking news CNN, BCC World

[Hammer_and_Sickle]

merge the thread

[peewee_toot]

na na mn thread ani. i hope walay pinoy nga napalgan aning pagka hitabu-a..

[orehnael]

hala! wa ko kabantay sa earlier post. saon ni pag merge peps?

[BanshEe]

Kuyaw ang Surigao napud..
Ok ra tana akong mga kababayan ddto..
By 5pm rba daw muabot na ang
tsunami ddto..
Pls pray for all of our safety..

[YJOB]

Please refer to this link:

https://www.istorya.net/forums/politi...en-issued.html