theminister

Need to read the article on the other page. They didn't send anything. It was a misunderstanding.

That's ok. There is strength in being vulnerable. You have some sympathetic ears here, if you need them. Gunma is on the Kanto plain, right? Pretty rural?

Wow...

Agreed. Two of my biggest concerns for the larger area here, aside from the liquifaction and tsunamis (as if they weren't enough), are that Seattle has Mt Ranier so close that could be set off by the 'big one' and that the west coast of BC doesn't really have a military base to use in an emergency aside from Esquimalt and Chiliwack. I would assume Hwy 1 through Hope is impassable. I doubt we would get much help from outside in less than a week. This country's disaster response would be so hard to judge if we are talking a cataclysmic scale similar to this Sendai quake and tsunami.

That's like wanting to know what lava smells like.

You know the same thing could will happen to us right? FTFY. It is only a matter of time. The question is only if it will happen in our lifetimes, not whether it will happen at all.

The other side on Honshu now?

Sorry man . Don't mean to freak you out anymore than necessary. Just do what the Prime Minister said: Stay vigilant and aware. Get some water, some food, and a flashlight if you can. Edit: Just realized you are female. Sorry.

I hope to hell you are right but I am not sure that is the science. There is every expectation that we could be hit by one this big. Believe it.

Keep us updated if you can, please! Stay safe...

With something big like this there are often many numerous aftershocks for days afterwards. I have never seen this many aftershocks that are this strong though. I do remember Chile had many but Japan has had over 40 in total but 10 above 5.2 already. There are often sympathy quakes, possibly the explanation for Oklahoma, all over the planet after one this big. Think of a reverberating bell. The really scary concept is that this 8.9 could be the pre-shock. This will be one terrifying night in Japan.

USGS has just said Oklahoma?!? just had a 3.2 earthquake. MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 11:10:58 35.534 141.856 27.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.6 2011/03/11 11:00:51 37.813 141.481 28.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.1 2011/03/11 10:58:06 39.060 142.213 30.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 3.2 2011/03/11 10:56:23 35.496 -97.090 4.7 OKLAHOMA MAP 5.0 2011/03/11 10:52:08 38.534 143.346 29.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 10:45:46 38.466 143.591 41.1 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.3 2011/03/11 10:35:36 37.044 141.298 25.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 10:28:44 39.447 143.531 29.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.6 2011/03/11 10:20:27 36.966 142.289 21.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.0 2011/03/11 10:10:35 39.248 142.779 28.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.2 2011/03/11 09:59:57 36.703 142.207 41.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 09:47:02 39.685 142.938 29.7 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 2.7 2011/03/11 09:45:07 19.295 -154.944 10.8 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 5.2 2011/03/11 09:42:22 39.438 142.749 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.4 2011/03/11 09:37:08 35.877 141.585 29.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 3.0 2011/03/11 09:33:58 19.382 -155.015 7.6 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII MAP 2.9 2011/03/11 09:24:53 19.351 -154.999 8.7 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 2.8 2011/03/11 09:14:36 19.329 -154.970 11.0 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 2.8 2011/03/11 09:10:26 19.355 -155.000 5.4 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 09:09:15 37.717 143.267 36.2 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 2.5 2011/03/11 09:07:01 19.347 -154.989 0.1 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 2.8 2011/03/11 09:05:23 19.373 -155.001 8.5 ISLAND OF HAWAII, HAWAII MAP 5.4 2011/03/11 09:04:10 37.299 142.655 30.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 3.3 2011/03/11 09:03:38 19.349 -154.950 31.4 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 5.2 2011/03/11 09:00:20 37.056 141.966 20.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 4.6 2011/03/11 08:58:26 19.340 -154.992 9.3 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 5.4 2011/03/11 08:52:26 36.763 141.910 35.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 08:46:48 37.421 142.453 37.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 08:40:56 37.465 141.122 38.6 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 08:31:08 37.428 141.200 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.5 2011/03/11 08:19:24 36.200 142.000 19.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.2 2011/03/11 08:15:41 37.034 144.612 27.8 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.2 2011/03/11 08:12:05 36.606 141.557 19.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.5 2011/03/11 08:10:31 36.394 140.631 30.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 08:01:59 37.071 142.734 22.6 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.6 2011/03/11 07:56:16 37.130 142.305 34.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.7 2011/03/11 07:54:45 37.742 141.565 45.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.8 2011/03/11 07:42:55 36.406 141.919 29.9 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 07:38:27 39.250 142.783 29.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 3.2 2011/03/11 07:32:13 33.508 -116.576 9.0 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 07:28:12 36.802 141.911 24.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.1 2011/03/11 07:25:33 37.916 144.621 15.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 07:14:59 36.648 141.811 25.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.9 2011/03/11 07:13:47 36.051 142.347 28.5 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 5.8 2011/03/11 07:11:00 37.899 142.734 30.0 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 06:57:15 35.758 140.992 30.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.3 2011/03/11 06:48:47 37.993 142.764 22.3 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 7.1 2011/03/11 06:25:51 38.106 144.553 19.7 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 3.2 2011/03/11 06:18:04 19.350 -154.991 9.5 HAWAII REGION, HAWAII MAP 6.8 2011/03/11 06:15:40 36.186 141.192 35.0 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.4 2011/03/11 06:07:22 36.401 141.862 35.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 6.4 2011/03/11 06:06:11 39.025 142.316 25.1 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN MAP 8.9 2011/03/11 05:46:24 38.322 142.369 24.4 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Earthquakes, man. Not tsunamis. We could very well have our own problems in the next few weeks.

Ok, I hate to do this but.....earthquakes tend to circle the Ring of Fire in a clockwise fashion New Zealand Feb 22nd 6.3 Japan Mar 11th 8.9 Alaska/British Columbia/California/Chile ?????????

The soon to be ex-leader of Libya? You know, the guy who likes killing his own people for sport?

You know, when the world has crap like this to deal with why do we need Gadaffis too?

I would think that Guam can't be too long off getting hit. Midway and Wake have a highest elevation of 6m apparently so if they get hit at all they are in serious trouble. The islands might not survive.

Has anybody heard any news about Midway, Wake, Guam or the Marshalls? They are right in the path of the worst part.

Pacific islands could just go missing......

Just got home to see this... OMG.....words fail. Those long white buildings in the fields are greenhouses, aren't they? The scale is mind boggling.

Burrows is terrible. The guy can't even skate.

Did his 28th goal of the year as well?