Japanese Earthquake! 8.9 - 24km* deep

[Ngati_Grim]

"Wave heights of 0.2m have been observed in Nauru and in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara."

So the waves are going to grow from there to here?

DERP

They can,depending on the topography of the sea floor.

[BeNZene]

I still dont know how the Japanese manage to make buildings which resist earthquakes so well. I swear it is their advanced space technology.

My partner has been to Japan a few times, and looking at her photo's it seems that the only old buildings are made of wood.  Some of those a really old and are periodically rebuilt with new wood.  But there seem to be none of the european style old stone/brick/masonry buildings like ChCh had.

Imagine being up in one of those Tokyo sky scrapers though....

[Ngati_Grim]

Imagine being up in one of those Tokyo sky scrapers though....

A friend of mine was and he doesn't scare easily,but he is shaking like a leaf (along with the building).

[kookynic]

i love your assumtions grim

wrong as always

[Tiwaking!]

Imagine being up in one of those Tokyo sky scrapers though....

When he his pointing at the other buildings swaying, that is just...just so scary.

[Ngati_Grim]

i love your assumtions grim

wrong as always

Cool big fella,so at this time when many people have lost their lives and had their world turned upside down, all you can think about is a little financial inconvenience....awesome.
Fucking kids.

[kookynic]

Cool big fella,so at this time when many people have lost their lives and had their world turned upside down, all you can think about is a little financial inconvenience....awesome.
Fucking kids.

but tthats not what im thinking, see! again assuming

in thinking of my old homestays family, young Tomoki Mitagawa and gutted like how i was when chch got hit, not as easy to help them being nearly half a world away.

[Emrico1]

They can,depending on the topography of the sea floor.

That's not anything to do with what I said bro. Don't correct what I didn't say.

[Clin]

[kookynic]

thats more like a rave

[Tiwaking!]

I wonder if we will send the Japanese rescue team in Christchurch home? Although: It would be pretty heartbreaking to go from a foreign devastated city to your home city which was devastated.

[Plasma]

I wonder if we will send the Japanese rescue team in Christchurch home? Although: It would be pretty heartbreaking to go from a foreign devastated city to your home city which was devastated.

 
Already on their way back.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/japan-earthquake/4761635/Japanese-USAR-team-heads-home

[kookynic]

i imagin they would, and we would return the favour of a rescue team

[Plasma]

i imagin they would, and we would return the favour of a rescue team

 
We have.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/japan-earthquake/4761624/NZ-to-send-help-to-Japan

[Retardobot]

Just send over the Incredibro Hulk.

[Emrico1]

Pretty amazing huh.

[BeNZene]

So its tsunami, fire and now potentially nuclear reactor failures.  Jebus wept.

[Not the thread for a long debate, but I hope advocates of NZ having nuclear power see the problem with building reactors on the ring of fire.]

[private_hell]

So its tsunami, fire and now potentially nuclear reactor failures.  Jebus wept.

[Not the thread for a long debate, but I hope advocates of NZ having nuclear power see the problem with building reactors on the ring of fire.]

that could be said for any large power generator - dam: flooded valleys, geo thermal:pressurized steam, gas: fires ...

[varkk]

Yeah, don't they also have a hydro dam that has cracked and is leaking water as well?

[Tiwaking!]

Already on their way back.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/japan-earthquake/4761635/Japanese-USAR-team-heads-home

I would like to thank the Japanese rescue team. It is bad enough that they didnt manage to find any survivors from the school


Apologies for the terrible Japanese. I dont speak it very often.

Just send over the Incredibro Hulk.

I always found it funny that he was nick named "Super Maori" when he is, in fact, polynesian.

[kookynic]

good stuff tiwa

私達は悲劇のこの時の精神のあなたとある

[zolteg]

[Emrico1]

^ there was nothing at all here despite that menacing looking animation (I live with a view of the ocean).

So worried about it in fact, I spent most of the day surfing.

[vedds]

http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/other/quake1.html
Just in case anyone is stupid enough to think theres suddenly an explosion in earthquake activity as 2012/Apocolyptic global warming/Rapture/Peak oil/Justin Bieber hitting puberty/LHC/Gay marriage/New moon/Excretion of the steak I had for dinner last night nears....

[Emrico1]

^ Ahhh 1984, I knew you were the best year ever for some reason...