# Large earthquake in Northeast Japan **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279 "2011-03-11T06:10:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/1 "2011-03-11T06:10:53Z")
There was a large earthquake at 2:45 pm in northeast Japan. We felt it strongly here in Tokyo, hard enough I thought the windows in the building I was walking by were going to break, so I moved out into the street. There is an aftershock going on while I type this. The trains are still stopped, so I won’t be going anywhere for a while. Hope people are OK up there, it was strong, but I haven’t heard any details. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/2 "2011-03-11T06:14:24Z")
Just saw this one the news. Initial report is that it was a 7.9. :eek: There’s a tsunami warning. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/3 "2011-03-11T06:18:59Z")
Man, what is it with the earthquakes these days? :eek: Good luck, everyone. (Don’t we have a Doper in northern Japa?) ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/4 "2011-03-11T06:21:10Z")
Fox News is showing a huge fire and many, many cars in the water. Looks pretty serious. 20 foot tsunami warnings. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/5 "2011-03-11T06:22:35Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Man, what is it with the earthquakes these days? :eek: > > Good luck, everyone. (Don’t we have a Doper in northern Japa?) **Hokkaido Brit** , I think. Al-Jazeera just tweeted to say that their reporter in Beijing felt the quake. Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/6 "2011-03-11T06:22:41Z")
OMG! Huge innundation. Just awful. There might be a serious loss of life. Hope earthquake response teams world wide are alerted. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/7 "2011-03-11T06:23:54Z")
Yikes. Prayer is called for. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/8 "2011-03-11T06:25:27Z")
Aftershocks. tremendous flooding, bridge collapse, cars washed away. This is a very serious, widespread quake. Fox is interrupting regular programming and showing raw footage. Tsunami warnings as far as Hawaii now. ---
**Author:** ![Amasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/9 "2011-03-11T06:26:35Z")
from Fukuoka: “We are ok down in Fukuoka, but a Tsunami has hit Iwate prefecture with 6 meter waves pounding the shoreline.” ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/10 "2011-03-11T06:29:19Z")
Holy shit, CNN just announced that it’s been upgraded to _8.8_. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/11 "2011-03-11T06:30:40Z")
It just got upgraded to an 8l8. That is huge. They are awaiting for a sunami. It is 150m killometers off Japan. 24 km deep. ---
**Author:** ![Heyoka13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Heyoka13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heyoka13)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/12 "2011-03-11T06:31:42Z")
Epicenter is 80 miles off shore. One tsunami hit around 3pm Conflicting magnitude estimates, 7.9 to 8.8. Quake is characterized as ‘shallow’ which is worse than ‘deep’ It seems they are now confirming 8.8! This is a great quake. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/13 "2011-03-11T06:31:56Z")
It’s been upgraded to 8.8, and there are reports that a tsunami has either hit or is incoming. Tsunami Warning for Russia. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/14 "2011-03-11T06:46:05Z")
nm… ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/15 "2011-03-11T06:46:32Z")
Im 1007s of miles away in Osaka and we just felt it!　　Holy crap. I’m on the 14th floor and we evacuated the building. Back in now but still feel a bit queazy. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/16 "2011-03-11T06:46:45Z")
Wow. Just got home from a late night at work and was greeted with this on the news. The pictures are surreal. My thoughts are very much with anyone impacted by this. As a lifelong Californian, the idea of a quake that size makes me want to crawl up into a hole somewhere. Gah. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/17 "2011-03-11T06:48:20Z")
Autolycus is up that area no? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/18 "2011-03-11T06:55:34Z")
CNN just said upgraded to 8.9. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/19 "2011-03-11T06:55:50Z")
Holy crap. They felt it in Beijing. ---
**Author:** ![Amasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba9def/32.png) [@Amasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amasia)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279/20 "2011-03-11T06:58:49Z")
Live news feed if you need it: > **[NHK WORLD-JAPAN](https://www.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/)** > > We are the international service of NHK, the sole public media organization of Japan. Just saw insane footage of a tsunami sweeping across Miyagi prefecture. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/large-earthquake-in-northeast-japan/574279.md?page=2)