Japan hit by Tsunami
 

after 8.9 earthquake offshore...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

wow - boats, cars, houses floating by under the bridge....

worst wave yet to come? Must be the effect of the moon....

nm, I see the GFY ticker is already alive on this one

What is odd is, they did put out a warning about the moon. But that isn't until the 19th or something, but still creepy to think about.

This is a HUGE quake.

That's like seeing black cat cross your path then have something bad happen later that day then blaming it on the cat.

Been watching the coverage... epic disaster. :(

2012 is a long way off yet, no need to get your panties in a bunch....

They just had another 5.9 quake

Scientists did say the moons closeness could cause issues. Cats don't.

I'm saying that is why this happened, I'm just saying it's odd timing.

WOW!! Epic!!!

Not good :(

No, I don't think so.
The moon can make an earthquake happen - acting like the 'last drop that fills the glass" but it can't produce it all together.

some massive damage. i wonder what the body count will be.

There are all day long earthquakes in that area.

Probably not a huge number, they now it's a seismic zone and have build accordingly.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ke02W2gazUk

not winning.

OMG that's terrible, also just heard that tsunami expected to hit USA west coast.

Omg omg!!!!

I was thinking in goin to Japan this year (NO kidding)

Then you can expect some earthquakes :)
Depends on the exact zone, tough.

The wave covered an airport 2KM inland

on one of the Japanese news stations it says the Tsunami is 10 meters high Fuck

No they didn't say that. Slightly higher tides is about it. Oh and it'll be a bit brighter outside at night.

They're saying sea levels are expected rise less than a foot off the coast of California. Nothing like what hit Japan. Nature is so unpredictable and powerful, every time disasters like this happen it's a harsh reminder that we are always at it's mercy.

Jesus...i hope not many ppl died:(

Some seriously fucked up shit in Japan.

tsunami in Chile this midnight they said

http://i.idnes.cz/11/032/cl6/JB39b62d_NO_TEXT.JPG

what in the fucking fuck ... :helpme :(

They should have seen that one coming, bunch of snob atheists!

While I usually do like to rely on GFY and pornographers for real information and facts, this time I looked elsewhere for info. But what do these stupid fucks know?

I'm not saying this is the reason, I'm saying you can't rule it out. Keeping in mind that scientists just learned the universe is three times the size they thought it once, you have to take it all at face value and acknowledge no one really knows much. Other than pornographers of course. You guys know everything. Not sure why most of you are even wasting your time in this business when you could be working for NASA or the government.

Saw the bridge video on CNN with houses, boats and cars going under it.. Wow. What's really incredible is to think that that's only ONE camera, watching ONE bridge..Such a very small focal point of the larger event.

bbc news are better than cnn for this

An earthquake of 8.9 magnitude should be setting off alarm bells, check out this list-

1 01960-05-22May 22, 1960 Valdivia, Chile 1960 Valdivia earthquake 9.5
2 01964-03-27March 27, 1964 Prince William Sound, USA 1964 Alaska 9.2
3 02004-12-26December 26, 2004 Sumatra, Indonesia 9.1
4 01952-11-04November 4, 1952 Kamchatka, Russia 9.0 [1]
5 01868-08-13August 13, 1868 Arica, Chile earthquake 9.0 [2]
6 01700-01-26January 26, 1700 Cascadia earthquake 9.0
7 02011-03-11March 11, 2011 Japan 8.9

then according to this list of largest earthquakes this earthquake is the 7th largest in recorded history...

and notice that 5 of the 7 largest earthquakes have happened in the last 60 years or so.

granted that is in recorded history but on a geological timeline that is like seconds apart.

these huge 8 plus quakes are all over the place now-

and if you go to the top 20 biggest earthquakes in this chart, 13 of the last 20 have occured since 1950 and the timeline goes back to 1575.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_earthquakes

cannot believe the video i am seeing of this quake, hopefully they will not have many big aftershocks.

In different parts of the Earth. It's all normal.

yes very normal.

Disaster warnings before they happen, welcome to the future.

it seems to be getting Oahu right now. luckily the surge seems to be a bit smaller so far. cnn has a live feed from Hawaii news channel. scary shit man.

"The most powerful earthquake to hit Japan since records began" - that's interesting. This earthquake caused a very powerful tsunami. What a serious nature event!

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/image...sendai_464.gif

Lots of water.

I can't believe it happens ! :(

1443: Back to Japan now: The official Kyodo news agency is reporting that about 88,000 people are missing

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Surfs up d00d!

God this is tragic. thousands of people missing already. :(

CNN Morning News reports that early reports say 200 - 300 people reported dead. Tragic.

Japan is considered one of the most earthquake prepared nation in the world.... Just goes to show you can never be really ready :(

Problems at a nuclear power plant causing evacuations, many home are burning and at least one major oil refinery is on fire. Long term results....dollar will strengthen compared to yen and price of gas will drop a little as Japan bound oil is redirected to other countries.