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9.0 Earthquake Hits Japan! Tsunami Triggered!

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So yeah, the title says it all. TV is showing it right now and its crazy how the water just comes along and pwns everything it the way! Check it out on tv now.
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Post March 11th, 2011, 2:33 am
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[lol] They are upgrading the earthquake to an 8.8 now! [ title updated ]
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Post March 11th, 2011, 2:37 am
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Woah! Did anyone else here feel one too? My chandliers are shaking! It was a tiny one here so no biggie.
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Post March 11th, 2011, 3:36 am
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Ring of Fire is really acting up lately.

Volcanoes in Hawaii going off more frequently and now two major earthquakes near Japan (a 6.something and this 8.9 which just happened.)

Our Hawaii members should take note that you have a Tsunami warning in effect.

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I've been wathing the coverage since I got to school. This is insane stuff.
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My brothers is in the area and i havent heard from him. I am freaking out. there was an offical statement that said that all military personal are accounted for though so I'm reletivaly calm right now.

Post March 11th, 2011, 11:22 am
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It honestly disgusts me that people are trolling the live video feed from youtube. :/
There is just some places where trolling shouldn't happen. That is one of them.
Just further proves that humanity is screwed. :l

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yeah, I was reading some of them. some people are just screwed up.

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The world has been desensitized, because of all of the media and crap on the internet. The average child has seen well over 1000 deaths on movies and TV by the time they are 10 years old. People are now conditioned to think that 'as long as it's not happening to me, It's OK, or OK to make fun of'. It's sick. It represents the total lack of respect anyone has for one another.

Get used to it, because it will only get worse.. and ny fiance can't understand why I don't want to bring a child into this world...

Post March 11th, 2011, 11:50 am
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Upgraded to an 8.9 earthquake as more data become available. Pretty sure this is going to be today's topic of discussion in geophysics.
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Post March 11th, 2011, 12:10 pm
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Take newspaper for them to read, that way they read and you just chill [:)]
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Originally posted by ProZach626

The world has been desensitized, because of all of the media and crap on the internet. The average child has seen well over 1000 deaths on movies and TV by the time they are 10 years old. People are now conditioned to think that 'as long as it's not happening to me, It's OK, or OK to make fun of'. It's sick. It represents the total lack of respect anyone has for one another.

Get used to it, because it will only get worse.. and ny fiance can't understand why I don't want to bring a child into this world...

and if you play call of duty, like me, right now i have seen about...
22000 deaths.

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Japan is getting raped. They just had an onland 6.6 earthquake in Tokyo over over 20 - 5+ magnitude offshore earthquakes!
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this is what CBS reporter Serene Branson would refer to as a "very very heavay berdation"

Post March 11th, 2011, 4:52 pm
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Post March 11th, 2011, 4:57 pm

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Originally posted by Tetsu

Ring of Fire is really acting up lately.

Volcanoes in Hawaii going off more frequently and now two major earthquakes near Japan (a 6.something and this 8.9 which just happened.)

Our Hawaii members should take note that you have a Tsunami warning in effect.


I'd just like to point out that increased eruption frequency in Hawaii is most likely a coincidence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Plates_tect2_en.svg

As this map shows, the Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by the Pacific plate and several smaller plates subducting beneath continental plates. Hawaii is sitting smack in the middle of the Pacific plate, and is in fact formed by a Hot Spot, not by subduction.
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Originally posted by gouldy

hold F11.


yes!
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Originally posted by Omnigeek6
As this map shows, the Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by the Pacific plate and several smaller plates subducting beneath continental plates. Hawaii is sitting smack in the middle of the Pacific plate, and is in fact formed by a Hot Spot, not by subduction.


Ehhhhh that's not 100% certain
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ma ... mi-pacific

That video shows the waves coming into the shore line. Acres and acres of farm fields are gone in seconds. About 2/3 way through you can see cars thrown around and houses just picked up and floating.
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^OMG! It seems unreal like it's out of a movie or something, this is terrible! My prayers are with all of the familys over there. I can't watch that again.

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Originally posted by Coasterkidmwm

Originally posted by Omnigeek6
As this map shows, the Pacific Ring of Fire is formed by the Pacific plate and several smaller plates subducting beneath continental plates. Hawaii is sitting smack in the middle of the Pacific plate, and is in fact formed by a Hot Spot, not by subduction.


Ehhhhh that's not 100% certain



Wait, so you're saying that Hawaii isn't formed by a hot spot?

Can I see a link to a recent article stating this?
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Post March 12th, 2011, 12:37 am
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Hawaii was and still is being formed by a large number of volcanoes. The magma/lava is how the islands are and have been formed.

So in that case no, Hawaii was not formed by a "hot spot" but the volcanoes feed by it.

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^I think his point was that it was formed by hotspot volcanoes, and not subdution triggered volcanoes.
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I just heard on the radio that they upgraded the Japan earthquake from 8.9 to 9.1 Only 4 other earthquakes have registered that high or higher. So this was the big one people talk about. This earthquake could trigger other earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean.
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