Big Earthquake hits Japan

[Demon Dave]

At least 13 people have died and more than 700 have been injured in a series of earthquakes and aftershocks which shook northern Japan for several hours.

more details here

Not good news. Felt pretty bad here in Yamanashi - things were shaking around. Worst thing was I was sat at home, alone, watching TV. You suddenly start getting all these alerts flashing across the TV and if you don't read a lot of Kanji it's difficult to understand. Bit unnerving since for all I knew it was saying: This is the BIG one, get the hell out of your house!

But seriously, very bad news - my condolences go out to anyone who lost family...

typhoons....earthquakes....living it Japan has it's downsides

[KamikazeR33]

i knew it, the world as we know it is coming to an end

allah allah oh allah haha

now wheres my flying carpet

not good to hear japan has copped it bad lately

[Rezz]

I didn't feel a thing... in fact I didn't even know there had been a largish earthquake until I saw it on CNN of all places!

[SKY031]

Latest reports are saying the death toll has risen to 21.

[Silver-Arrowz]

Hope you folks are alright.

[martydaman]

jesus, japan has been getting ass raped by mother nature lately.

Condolences to the deceased...

[topi]

Seems I got out of Japan just in time. Hope everyone out there is ok.

[Beer Baron]

That's terrible news. Firstly, I hope all the SAU guys and their friends and family are ok. Secondly, does anyone have any info on what arreas in particular were badly hit? I currently have a car in storage (use the term losely) up north in Hokkaido (Sapporo to be precise) does anyone know the impact on this area?

Richard

[Evo_Lee]

Dave glad you and your family is OK.

Hoping Brian gets out of this safely.

Over 270 aftershocks since Saturday night and another M5.6 registered this morning.

Updates on the earthquake here...

http://pforums.company-hosting.com/forums/....php?t=67181891

[Hiroshima Screamer]

sorry to hear about the news , hope everyone pulls threw

[DaiOni]

Don't worry about it - there's bugger all damage outside niigata.

I now appreciate the amount of flex in my house (and really understand why the japanese have never caught on to double brick!)

[Beer Baron]

Don't worry about it - there's bugger all damage outside niigata.  

I now appreciate the amount of flex in my house (and really understand why the japanese have never caught on to double brick!)

yeah, I had not much Japan geographical knowledge but I studdied the maps and can see that Niigata is towards the north west of Honshu (a long way from Sapporo lucky for me). Terrible destruction in Niigata though judging from the pics I've seen.

Richard