Strong Earthquake Shakes Northern Japan

[True_Snake]

Just put on Yahoo! News a minute ago:

1 minute ago

TOKYO - A strong quake shook northern Japan early Tuesday and Japan's Meteorological Agency issued tsunami warnings.
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The magnitude 6.9 quake at 6:39 a.m. (4:39 p.m. Monday EST) was centered off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan, the agency said. The
U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude at 7.2. There was no immediate explanation for the discrepancy.

The agency said a tsunami could reach coastlines on Japan's Pacific Coast between 7:10 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima and Hokkaido, the agency said.

The agency said the tsunami could be as high as 20 inches. Such waves are often barely noticeable in the ocean but can rise to greater heights once they arrive at shore.

There were no immediate reports of injuries, according to national broadcaster NHK.

-Yahoo! News

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051114/ap_on_re_as/japan_quake

I hope everything is and will be fine.

The word tsunami really has taken on a VERY scary meaning :td: .


True_Snake

 

[gonchiweb]

The word tsunami really has taken on a VERY scary meaning :td: .


True_Snake

yeah, i think so, but in this case, it is not so clear, because japan has always earthquakes and that kind of natural disasters

 

[faisj]

: (

 

[user-7256]

Yee ... I have a friend who is over in Northern Japan right now... on business... hope he's okay....

 

[Andromeda]

That is really sad to hear.. Japan has been reported to have series of shakes recently

 

[gchick]

heard it on the news today....i think about 200 people are homeless right now..

 

[abdulmueid]

Sad to hear that. I've known that Japan gets little shocks every now and then but this one seems like a destructive one.

What is happening to this world???
Last year it was Tsunami, this year it was Katrina and Wilma in the US and the earthquake in Pakistan and now this earthquake in Japan. Something is wrong guys.