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Chile Earthquake/Tsunami (pg. 5)
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| Teezdalien |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sushipunk
Just woke up, checked the weather, and saw the tsunami warning :wtf: |
I've been watching out the front expecting a huge wave. Can't see anything to be worried about just yet. Somehow I think it's just going to be a really high tide. :conf: |
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| tubularbills |
so here's the real questions:
is this going to get the coverage that the haiti quake did? is anderson cooper going to "keep them honest" by "uncovering" some "documents" from like 50 years ago that said chile didn't want to install earthquake retrofitting? or stupid like that? |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | Originally posted by tubularbills
so here's the real questions:
is this going to get the coverage that the haiti quake did? is anderson cooper going to "keep them honest" by "uncovering" some "documents" from like 50 years ago that said chile didn't want to install earthquake retrofitting? or stupid like that? |
there is no doubt that they will milk this story to the fullest too |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
there is no doubt that they will milk this story to the fullest too |
I'm so glad i'm not watching TV right now LOL |
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| leph555 |
WHAT THE
guess its time to send in John Cusack to save us all |
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| Amduscias |
I'm not sure of wtf time the one in japan happened
i heard it was in okinawa but the one i linked to says it's some island
so idk if it was just 1 quake or 2 |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by leph555
WHAT THE
guess its time to send in John Cusack to save us all |
yeah btu if you look at that USGS site,all the ones occuring in the past week or so are all in the normal "ring of fire" areas. the amount of quakes isn't really all that new, it's just the magnitude of a few strong ones back to back i think seems rare? |
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| leph555 |
| quote: | TOKYO -- A 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit off Japan's southern coast early Saturday, shaking Okinawa and nearby islands, where a tsunami warning was briefly issued, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
The quake occurred off the coast of the island of Okinawa at a depth of 6.2 miles at 5:31 a.m. Saturday, the agency said.
There have been no reports of major damage or casualties so far, except for reports of ruptured water pipes in two locations, Okinawa police official Noritomi Kikuzato said.
The Meteorological Agency had initially predicted a tsunami up to 6 feet near the Okinawan coast, warning nearby residents to stay away from the coastline.
The agency later lifted the warning within two hours after observing only a small swelling of tide.
Ryota Ueno, a town official in the Nishihara district of Okinawa, said, ``I was fast asleep when the quake hit, and I jumped out of bed. It felt like the shaking lasted forever.''
There was no major damage in his house, and he then rushed to the town office to meet up with his colleagues and stand by in case of reports of damage from residents, Ueno told a telephone interview with public broadcaster NHK.
So far, only one resident in the town reported a ruptured water pipe, but no other damage reported, he said.
Masaaki Nakasone, another official at he Nanjo town, said his house shook violently but all furniture and other objects stayed intact. ``
First there was a vertical shaking, then the house swayed sideways,'' Mr. Nakasone said. Okinawa is about 1,000 miles southwest of Tokyo.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries. In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people. |
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...latestheadlines |
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| Banora |
| I'm watching the news interview a scientist and he sounds disappointed there are tiny waves. :haha: |
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