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Mar

by: Brian Cohen

The news is still breaking at this point, but discussions pertaining to the major earthquake which struck Japan — with a reported magnitude of 8.9 on the Richter scale — is sending tremors throughout FlyerTalk and the frequent traveler community:

The 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Off Coast of Japan, reported earlier this week by The Gate, apparently was only a precursor to this most recent earthquake, whose epicenter was 231 miles or 373 kilometres away from Tokyo and caused extensive damage, the reported closing of major airports in Japan, and power outages, as well as flash flooding caused by the resulting tsunamis.

Tsunami warnings have been issued for other countries in the Pacific Rim.

There is no word yet on any casualties at this time.

7 Comments

  1. Ric Garrido said,

    Hawaii tsunami expected to hit in next few minutes in Hawaii at 5am California time at 3 to 6 ft.

    Monterey has tsunami warning for 7:55 am with estimate about 1 foot wave.

    Footage from Japan is incredible devastation from tsunamis, let alone quake structural damage.

  2. Andrew said,

    I live outside tokyo in Saitama, and it was a surprisingly strong quake. The damage in this area is pretty minimal, just some broken windows and such.

    I hope people north of here are ok.

  3. Andrew said,

    NHK just reported that 95 people are confirmed dead, but reports that an estimated 300 drown bodies are floating in the waters in Sendai city.

    For the latest this is NHK english:
    http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/index.html

  4. Ric Garrido said,

    I just received 7am phone call at my home in Monterey with Emergency Broadcast System tsunami warning for all of Monterey County coastal areas. All beaches closed as of 7:30 am.

    Time is 7:44 am for first waves. Most warning notices state 2 feet, but I read in last hour warning for 3.3 ft Santa Cruz and 4.3 ft in Rio Del Mar in Santa Cruz County between Monterey and Santa Cruz.

  5. Ric Garrido said,

    Tsunami a nonevent in Monterey, but Santa Cruz on the other side of Monterey Bay 40 miles away had a couple of dozen boats damaged by small surge.

    Crescent City in northern California had a big surge that damaged a number of boats and docks in harbor. That is over 400 miles from Monterey.

  6. tripgirl6 said,

    This is very shocking news! People I know were near panic at tsunami warnings raised. We could only hope and pray for the people affected by this catastrophe…

  7. Breaking News: 7.1 Earthquake Hits Japan; Tsunami Warning Issued - The Gate said,

    [...] the area of Japan that was most affected by the massive earthquake in March earlier this year — as reported by The Gate — was just hit with an earthquake hours ago that measured 7.1 on the Richter [...]

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