Japan Earthquake - Tsunami advisory for Australia & NZ

 

Hey folks...

 

Japan just got hit by a 8.9 earthquake which has triggered a nice big wave.

Tsanami threat advisories (ie. not quite a full warning) are now in place for New Zealand (and I have the pleasure of living right on the water)...

 

Spare a thought for Psyrus...

 

 

Chugga posted this in the Christchurch earthquake thread, but I figured it was worthy of its own thread.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBt5VlZkdyY&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - Raw Video: Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Japan[/ame]

Edited March 11, 201115 yr by majorgame1

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_Complete.gif/130px-2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_Complete.gifthe Tsunami hit indo after a earthquake in NZ last time. I have been waiting for this ...sadly

Edited March 11, 201115 yr by Pudgeinabowl

The earthquake stuck a couple of hours ago... my big question, is how long does the tsunami take to travel half way around the world (ie. to us)?

It takes 12 hours for a plane travelling at 900kph, so I imagine it will be light at least.

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/tsunami.warning/index.html?hpt=T1

 

Authorities in the U.S. territory of Guam said a tsunami could hit the island as early as 7:09 p.m. (4:09 a.m. ET).

 

Authorities in the Philippines said a tsunami could hit by 6 p.m. (5 a.m. ET).

 

Tsunami warning sirens sounded in Hawaii around 10 p.m. Thursday (3 a.m. ET).

 

No idea what time that is in NZ/Aus... sorry

 

Edit: It's currently Friday 11/03/11 3.39AM ET afaik

Remember

 

http://www.news.com.au/national/tsunami-threatens-australia-new-zealand-hawaii-pacific-rim/story-e6frfkvr-1225835186186

 

problem is going to be maintaining a sense of cautiousness... Mother nature tends to like screwing with our minds and contingencies...

Yeah, everyone on facebook is rambling about that stupid mayan calender.

 

There are two Japs in grade 11 here who's parents live in the city closest to where it struck... terribly worried about his family as he hasn't heard anything from them yet...

lol - the national TV broadcaster just crossed live to a Civil Defence briefing... the hippy bearded chap giving the briefing stopped talking, stepped aside, reached for his pocket (cell phone), and said.. "Oh, sorry, thats me..." and then "I hope this isn't live...".

 

Anyway, latest talk is that most of the energy will head west southwest of Japan (ie. toward south america), and the NZ warnings are currently only restricted to NZ Marine area... and it will be low(ish) tide when it strikes here. Either way, my buddy doesn't wanna come sailing with me tomorrow, and hopefully my phone stops beeping soon. (my friends all havin nightmares from the flooding that happened around here a month or two ago).

 

To answer my own timing question...

Current predictions are for any indications to be felt in NZ around 6am NZT (4am AEST). So its probably a little after midnight for your Kangaroo loving peoples.

It takes 12 hours for a plane travelling at 900kph, so I imagine it will be light at least.

IIRC, a tsunami wave that starts from the ocean (and nowhere near land) travels at 800km/h and gradually slows down as it nears the shore.

Indonesia is in the way

Hope my japanese uncle, his wife and my cousins are okay...

But hey, theyre not coastal, so should be good...

 

Hope everyone's alright no matter where they are man...

poor people hope anyone in Japan find there family in good health and safe

Re: Japan Earthquake - Tsunami advisory for Australia & NZ

 

 

Spare a thought for Psyrus...

 

 

Chugga posted this in the Christchurch earthquake thread, but I figured it was worthy of its own thread.

 

Yeh i actually made a new thread about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan but soon after it was removed and my post moved into the Christchurch topic.

anway admins know best.

 

Thanks for citing me tho Ed.

 

scary wall of water that one is.

http://www.news.com.au/world/magnitude-quake-strikes-japan/story-e6frfkyi-1226019903430

 

4:32pm The Japanese Government has declared a nuclear emergency.

 

Japan's quake-hit nuclear power plant Fukushima Number 1, about 250 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, "may be experiencing nuclear meltdown," Kyodo News reported, citing the nation's Nuclear Safety Commission.

 

Ohh Fu... Not good at all

KABOOM

http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/255972061.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1299911766&Signature=q%2F5l2M8Gkdyn%2B%2BEl96X64S3B63A%3D

from chuc

Part of the Nuclear power plant has just 'exploded'....

http://www.news.com.au/world/magnitude-quake-strikes-japan/story-e6frfkyi-1226019903430

http://i.imgur.com/syu6K.jpg

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The view of yesterdays tsunami from inside Sendai airport.

 

Couple of things i've found of the tubes.

 

http://youropenbook.org/?q=pearl+harbor+&gender=any

 

Also stupid people with bad logic trying to link pearl harbour to the tsunami. Crackers don't know about the USA choking japans supply lines.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA6wThIWGzI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA6wThIWGzI[/ame]

:disgust:

http://i.imgur.com/eFYYe.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp5.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp10.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp12.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp17.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp22.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp25.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp35.jpg

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/quake1/bp44.jpg

Source

 

 

:disgust:

http://i.imgur.com/eFYYe.jpg

Heh, some folks have no clue eh?

Edited March 12, 201115 yr by OrdeaL

wow, those pics were full on, poor japan, hope everything turns out right again soon, and hope all those missing people are found and brought home safely..

 

and my friend says that the creator of Pokemon has been confirmed missing as well

:disgust:

http://i.imgur.com/eFYYe.jpg

 

Wow that's the kind of stuff that makes me lose faith in humanity.

 

I would pay money to punch everyone of those people in the face for being so stupid.

Just for some interesting info ppl may not know about Japan

 

http://www.kalzumeus.com/2011/03/13/some-perspective-on-the-japan-earthquake/

Some real eye opening pics of whats gone down in Japan. Similar to the Qld flood ones, but of course of Japan.

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm

http://i.imgur.com/peudc.png

http://badassoftheweek.com/akaiwa.html

http://toliveanddieinlondon.tumblr.com/post/4034373064/this-is-hideaki-akaiwa-when-the-tsunami-hit-his

 

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lihj6kJIaP1qckbtho1_500.jpg

This is Hideaki Akaiwa. When the Tsunami hit his home town of Ishinomaki, Hideaki was at work. Realising his wife was trapped in their home, he ignored the advice of professionals, who told him to wait for the army to arrive to provide search and rescue.

 

Instead he found some scuba gear, jumped in the raging torrent - dodging cars, houses and other debris being dragged around by the powerful current, any of which could have killed him instantly - and navigated the now submerged streets in pitch dark, freezing water until he found his house. Swimming inside, he discovered his wife alive on the upper level with only a small amount of breathing room, and sharing his respirator, pulled her out to safety.

 

If he had waited for the army, his wife of 20 years would be dead.

 

Oh, and if that’s not enough badassery for one lifetime, Hideaki realised his mother was also unaccounted for, so jumped back in the water and managed to save her life also. Since then Hideaki enters the water everyday on a one man search and rescue mission, saving countless lives and proving that two natural disasters in a single day - and insurmountable odds - can’t stand in the way of love. This man is my hero.

Edited March 24, 201115 yr by Austin

wow thats amazing