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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.11 09:12:00 -
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8.9 magnitude earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage. Officials fear there could be a wave as high as 10m (33ft), with numerous casualties feared
A tsunami warning covers Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii, the Pacific coast of Russia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand and also Central and South America.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.11 13:29:00 -
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 Originally by: Lady Skank
A lot of poor countries have/are being buried under the wall of water from the tsunami though so a PLEX collection could be funneled to the charities helping those people out.
So far the wave is around 50cm tall in the other places it hit. Looks like most of the energy was directed at japan but we will know for sure when it starts to hit the smaller islands.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.11 15:31:00 -
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Originally by: Lady Skank
Half a metre is more than enough to cause huge loss of life and homelessness and leave an aftermath of disease and starvation.
Thankfully it doesnt look that way this time. The waves just hit hawaii at 0.9m and looks to have done little damage. Looks like the new warning systems in the poorer nations have payed off.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.12 00:44:00 -
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Originally by: Grimpak
Originally by: Vogue
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Indeed a travesty. As lame as this may sound an earthquake of similar magnitude at the heart of Tokyo would have been far far worse. It could have been a lot worse.
indeed I have to say that if the epicentre was located on the mainland closer to Tokyo, the damage and life loss would be far, far worse. Even if the structures in Japan are built to whitstand earthquakes, a 8.9 mag is pretty much the upper limit anything bigger than a 3-story building that is not a bunker can whitstand, even if it's earthquake resistant.
Thankfully this will never happen as it was a thrust falt that gave way today.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.12 21:31:00 -
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Originally by: Grimpak
Edited by: Grimpak on 12/03/2011 14:05:11
Originally by: Hoya en Marland
Btw residents of Tokyo and some other coastal cities are reporting "weird looking clouds" high up on the sky 
strong earthquakes can create weird weather patterns on a small area, mostly because of smoke.
If this happened at night then there may have also have been a glow in the sky and other things such as ball lightning and strange gas emmisions in the build up to the quake.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2011.03.20 19:40:00 -
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Originally by: Grimpak
tbh both sides of the argument are being totally bonkers on this
Never realised we had so many experts
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