Rob W 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Major 8.4 earthquake in N Japan at 05:46 GMT Tsunami warning for almost all circum pacific locations - if you are near the sea get a move on Waves over 8m high hitting Japanese coast Tokyo shaken but so far not a lot of damage devastation further north Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2188 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Watching it on the news now here in NZ - pretty scary. We're on Tsunami alert too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6301 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Fuck the Tsunami warning Rob, it's already happening! Some of the footage on the BBC is fucking horrible. Speed of the debris moving across the land is unreal. Thoughts and prayers for anyone affected by this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6301 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Watching it on the news now here in NZ - pretty scary. We're on Tsunami alert too. You poor bastards have already had you fair share of God's shitty hands once already this year. Surely you're not going to have to go through it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5900 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 A sign of things to come if some people are to be believed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 9985 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) The moon is supposed to be its closest to the Earth soon too... Will March 19 'Supermoon' Trigger Natural Disasters? Space.com space.com – Thu Mar 10, 10:15 am ET On March 19, the moon will swing around Earth more closely than it has in the past 18 years, lighting up the night sky from just 221,567 miles (356,577 kilometers) away. On top of that, it will be full. And one astrologer believes it could inflict massive damage on the planet. Richard Nolle, a noted astrologer who runs the website astropro.com, has famously termed the upcoming full moon at lunar perigee (the closest approach during its orbit) an "extreme supermoon." When the moon goes super-extreme, Nolle says, chaos will ensue: Huge storms, earthquakes, volcanoes and other natural disasters can be expected to wreak havoc on Earth. (It should be noted that astrology is not a real science, but merely makes connections between astronomical and mystical events.) But do we really need to start stocking survival shelters in preparation for the supermoon? [Photos: Our Changing Moon] The question is not actually so crazy. In fact scientists have studied related scenarios for decades. Even under normal conditions, the moon is close enough to Earth to make its weighty presence felt: It causes the ebb and flow of the ocean tides. The moon's gravity can even cause small but measureable ebbs and flows in the continents, called "land tides" or "solid Earth tides," too. The tides are greatest during full and new moons, when the sun and moon are aligned either on the same or opposite sides of the Earth. According to John Vidale, a seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and director of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network, particularly dramatic land and ocean tides do trigger earthquakes. "Both the moon and sun do stress the Earth a tiny bit, and when we look hard we can see a very small increase in tectonic activity when they're aligned," Vidale told Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to SPACE.com. At times of full and new moons, "you see a less-than-1-percent increase in earthquake activity, and a slightly higher response in volcanoes." The effect of tides on seismic activity is greatest in subduction zones such as the Pacific Northwest, where one tectonic plate is sliding under another. William Wilcock, another seismologist at the University of Washington, explained: "When you have a low tide, there's less water, so the pressure on the seafloor is smaller. That pressure is clamping the fault together, so when it's not there, it makes it easier for the fault to slip." According to Wilcock, earthquake activity in subduction zones at low tides is 10 percent higher than at other times of the day, but he hasn't observed any correlations between earthquake activity and especially low tides at new and full moons. Vidale has observed only a very small correlation. What about during a lunar perigee? Can we expect more earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on March 19, when the full moon will be so close? The moon's gravitational pull at lunarperigee, the scientists say, is not different enough from its pull at other times to significantly change the height of the tides and thus the likelihood of natural disasters. [infographic: Phases of the Moon Explained] "A lot of studies have been done on this kind of thing by USGS scientists and others," John Bellini, a geophysicist at the U.S. Geological Survey, told Life's Little Mysteries. "They haven't found anything significant at all." Vidale concurred. "Practically speaking, you'll never see any effect of lunar perigee," he said. "It's somewhere between 'It has no effect' and 'It's so small you don't see any effect.'" The bottom line is, the upcoming supermoon won't cause a preponderance of earthquakes, although the idea isn't a crazy one. "Earthquakes don't respond as much to the tides as you'd think they would. There should actually be more of an effect," said Vidale. Most natural disasters have nothing to do with the moon at all. The Earth has a lot of pent up energy, and it releases it anytime the buildup gets too great. The supermoon probably won't push it past the tipping point, but we'll know for sure, one way or the other, by March 20. This story was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site of SPACE.com Edited March 11, 2011 by Sonatine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26271 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Looks like Stevie was doubly right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 14576 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Looks like Stevie was doubly right. I missed that what did he say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38710 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 The footage on the BBC is horrific. The speed and force of the wave is just mind boggling. You can see vehicles desperately trying to outrun it, absolutely horrific. Heard that the wave is higher than some Pacific Islands. They're knackered ,then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26271 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Looks like Stevie was doubly right. I missed that what did he say? Claimed that they were going to have an earthquake in Italy this year, apparently the earthquake in NZ proved him right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Craig 6301 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598 The footage on the BBC is horrific. The speed and force of the wave is just mind boggling. You can see vehicles desperately trying to outrun it, absolutely horrific. Heard that the wave is higher than some Pacific Islands. They're knackered ,then. Entire US western seaboard on full tsunami alert. A ship carrying 100 people been swept away too. Absolutely horrific what's going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This must be a real eye opener for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This must be a real eye opener for them You are an absolute fucking cretin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This must be a real eye opener for them You are an absolute fucking cretin. Easy, tiger. Sickipedia got the best of me that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 1 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Most powerful earthquake to ever hit Japan apparently. Eek. Death toll currently at 44, miracle if it doesn't rise to ten times that at least. Tsunami warning has been stepped down in NZ at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The footage of the tsunami is awful, all the vehicles, boats and buildings being tossed around all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The footage is horrendous. God bless them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idioteque 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 All the fish will be eating them, hows that for karma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 All the fish will be eating them, hows that for karma That's worse than mine that like Cath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Boyo 23 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We're very lucky. The worst we'd ever get is our wheelie bin blowing over...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 We're very lucky. The worst we'd ever get is our wheelie bin blowing over...! Where were you during the big freeze 09/10!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeazesMag 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 This must be a real eye opener for them You are an absolute fucking cretin. you give him far too much credit, he's not THAT clever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idioteque 0 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Those videos give a real japs eye view of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo 133 Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Those videos give a real japs eye view of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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