8.8 Magnitude Earthquake hit Japan

[Sgt Beavis]

I see what you did there!

Well, at least their not stirred...

[Denny]

I see what you did there!

lol

Well, at least their not stirred...

lmao

[Sgt Beavis]

I got off the phone with American Airlines. They said I can reschedule my flight from March 16 to March 25 with no extra charges.

What do you guys think? Two weeks long enough? Keep in mind that I'm not going any further north than Tokyo and will mainly be south of Tokyo..

[Denny]

I got off the phone with American Airlines. They said I can reschedule my flight from March 16 to March 25 with no extra charges.

What do you guys think? Two weeks long enough? Keep in mind that I'm not going any further north than Tokyo and will mainly be south of Tokyo..

Can you give it about 48 hours before rescheduling. I'd at least wait a solid day for better assessment.

[mstng86]

Just came across CNN

An estimated 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck Nagano and Niigata prefectures in Japan, Kyodo news service reports.

[Leah]

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/livenow?id=8007618

Edit: Wow, boats in the harbor getting jacked up now.

Thanks!

This is so sad. Sgt. Beavis-glad to hear your family is ok-I don't even want to think about how bad this is going to be after it's all said and done with.

[Strychnine]

They're purging one of the reactors to try and keep the pressure stable. Radioactivity is already in the air now.

Source? As of 20 min before your post there was still no venting.

Just came across CNN

An estimated 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck Nagano and Niigata prefectures in Japan, Kyodo news service reports.

Not that it's incredibly small or anything, but those are just aftershocks. 6.6 is 2800 times less energy released than the 8.9


"The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days.
"There was a 7.2 on March 9, not far from the epicenter of the magnitude 8.9. It looks at this point like that was a foreshock of the 8.9 event," Williams told Fox News. The foreshocks continued with a further three earthquakes greater than 6.0 magnitude on the same day.

"We've got 35 [aftershocks] now greater than magnitude 5 -- and there's probably hundreds of magnitude 3 and 4." There have been 13 greater than magnitude 6, he said. "Over the next month, there will be thousands of aftershocks -- many of them felt," he said.

"

[stevo]

Can you give it about 48 hours before rescheduling. I'd at least wait a solid day for better assessment.

Yeah, wait a few hours after day dawns over there and the situation is re-evaluated.

Stevo

[mstng86]

Source? As of 20 min before your post there was still no venting.



Not that it's incredibly small or anything, but those are just aftershocks. 6.6 is 2800 times less energy released than the 8.9


"The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days.
"There was a 7.2 on March 9, not far from the epicenter of the magnitude 8.9. It looks at this point like that was a foreshock of the 8.9 event," Williams told Fox News. The foreshocks continued with a further three earthquakes greater than 6.0 magnitude on the same day.

"We've got 35 [aftershocks] now greater than magnitude 5 -- and there's probably hundreds of magnitude 3 and 4." There have been 13 greater than magnitude 6, he said. "Over the next month, there will be thousands of aftershocks -- many of them felt," he said.

"

yea, I know they are aftershocks and aren't near as big. But 6.6 isn't something to take lightly.

[Strychnine]

yea, I know they are aftershocks and aren't near as big. But 6.6 isn't something to take lightly.

Yeah, I'd still crap in my pants.

[mstng86]

The Japanese people in that area probably feel like the world is caving in on them.

[Sean88gt]

Any decent live online streams?

[Sgt Beavis]

Can you give it about 48 hours before rescheduling. I'd at least wait a solid day for better assessment.

Yea, I'm going to wait until Monday before making a decision..

Any decent live online streams?

There are several on ustream.tv. However they are in Japanese...


However, I found this blogger that is translating the local news reports into English. It is a bit convoluted but he's been awake for a long time...

http://yokosonews.com/live/

[Superwho]

Any decent live online streams?

Try this, I've been using it to keep up all day

http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html

[Denny]

Source? As of 20 min before your post there was still no venting.

That Tamara chick on CNN said it about 10 seconds before I posted.