Magnitude 8.9 Quake Hits Japan

[Corvus]

They've been hit by a significant tsunami, apparently 4 metres (about 13 feet) near where the quake happened - it was felt in the Diet in Tokyo. Right now there are tsunami warnings for much of the north Pacific region. According to a retweet by the White House Press Corp. the Hawaii Civil Defence Corps are expecting up to 10 foot waves to hit about 3 am local time.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/japan-hit-by-massive-8-8-magnitude-great-earthquake-tsunami-triggered/

Reuters

[sianrose]

Hi Stuart

I am just listening to it on the news now...in the UK...they are just getting information in...it sounds bad...

[Corvus]

What I am seeing on BBC World News is looking pretty bad. So far there is one reported dead.

[Dages]

Seeing this on the News !

Terrible tsunami ! Very impressive !

It's more powerful than the earthquake of Kobe (1995).

I know some brother and sister in Sendai... I hope they are ok.

[Áine]

It is terrible , but at the same time is a reminder hat we are so close to the end of this present system of things..... I am just watching the news and thinking of our brothers and sisters. The Tsunami is expected to hit Hawaii and the rest of the Pacific rim in about 4 hours time.

[Corvus]

I'm getting reports of aftershocks near Japan at 6.2, 5.9 and 6.5 as well as a magnitude 4.5 quake of the coast of Hawaii.

The death toll in Japan currently stands at 19 (7:25 pm EST Australia).

[Áine]

It has been mentioned that the Tsunami is much higher than many of the Pacific islands it will pass over

[rachee]

My facebook is going mad with worldly friends and family asking if the world is going to end next year!! I've told them all to read Matthew 24! One man came back online and said he had just read it and WOW was his comment and that he is going to read more! Our poor brothers and sisters in Japan, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea are all going to be affected. Jehovah knows how to care for them.

[molnarj]

Just imagine that an 8.9 magnitude is 10 x stronger then 7.9 and 100 x stronger then a 6.9! Let us just hope that many more will understand that Gods Kingdom should come! Hopefully our brothers and sisters are OK. Lets pray for them.

[sianrose]

My facebook is going mad with worldly friends and family asking if the world is going to end next year!! I've told them all to read Matthew 24! One man came back online and said he had just read it and WOW was his comment and that he is going to read more!

Nice one Rachee...this earthquake they are saying is the biggest ever to hit Japan...what with earthquakes...the Middle East...people have really got to wake up...and we know honest hearted ones will...

[tim2k]

My facebook is going mad with worldly friends and family asking if the world is going to end next year!! I've told them all to read Matthew 24! One man came back online and said he had just read it and WOW was his comment and that he is going to read more!

Nice one Rachee...this earthquake they are saying is the biggest ever to hit Japan...what with earthquakes...the Middle East...people have really got to wake up...and we know honest hearted ones will...

I'm working nights at a Nuclear Power plant... In Japan 5 nuclear power plants have had to shut down... One is reporting that their emergency cooling equipment is not functioning... Hopefully a earthquake and tsunami disaster do not turn into multiple radiation contamination disasters!

Plants Shut Down

1108 Japan's Kyodo news agency is now reporting that 'an emergency core-cooling unit has been activated' at Fukushima nuclear plant.

Authorities are already dealing with a fire in the turbine building of Onagawa nuclear plant in Miyagi Prefecture.

According to RTE/NHK Japan Television : http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0311/tsunami.html

[sianrose]

[sianrose]

from dailymail.co.uk

[Dages]

60 killed, 58 missing...

Hawaï is waiting for the tsunami now...

edit : 150 killed, now

[ibcharlene]

We have called friends and family on the Pacific North Coast. One of the elders has been contacted also. We are praying for those we are unable to reach by phone. Still, it is not predicted to hit Crescent City California until 7:23 a.m. pacific time. If you have friends there, there is still time to wake them with a phone call and tell them to turn on their news. They can then determine if they need to move inland or to higher ground. They need to move immediately.

[Dages]

http://cdnmo.coveritlive.com/media/image/201103/phpD7VIcH951514.jpg (big image)

Impressive... after the earthquake, the tsunami... now, fire !

[lovestruth]

i live along the coast in central california and we are getting word to evacuate just 15 minutes north of us. communities called avila beach, low lying parts of grover beach, port san luis, and cayucos have all been asked to evacuate! also point conception and santa barbara harbor. pretty scary indeed. the sea level has risen and is expected to crest in about 2 hours.......

[Micah]

WOW!!! Scary!!! Jehovah will use the natural forces during Armegeddon. So it should be something that we are not afraid of.

[thunderl]

Coincidentally, my wife is visiting Japan right now. She is safe, though the phone systems are down. Lots of aftershocks, one even being 7.1.

Please continue praying for all of our zealous brothers and sisters over there.

[Dages]

http://cdnmo.coveritlive.com/media/image/201103/phprchSwfKesennuma.jpg

Some picture... devastation.

[sunshine]

I'm praying for the brothers and hoping they are all okay - I think there wasn't so much damage but I haven't heard the llatest...

[ava]

Been watching the footage all morning, wow, it's absolutely devastating. Praying for our brothers and sisters out there.

[lovestruth]

watching the local news live and we are about 8 minutes from the tsunami rolling in........

[stuagu]

awful , but has been said underlining where we are in the stream brothers and sisters.

i do find death tolls totally pointless at this time... it will be 1000's so i dont see the point in the bbc and other news networks saying its 10 dead, 20 dead... its now 40 dead.. etc...

anyway, lets hope its not tens of thousands

its coming...

brotherly love stuart

[lovestruth]

awful , but has been said underlining where we are in the stream brothers and sisters.

i do find death tolls totally pointless at this time... it will be 1000's so i dont see the point in the bbc and other news networks saying its 10 dead, 20 dead... its now 40 dead.. etc...

anyway, lets hope its not tens of thousands

its coming...

brotherly love stuart

so true.