Massive quake hits Japan; Tsunami in Pacific, nations on alert

A powerful earthquake hit Japan today, unleashing a tsunami that swept debris miles inland. The U.S. and 19 other countries are under a tsunami warning.

At least 50 killed; tsunamis feared as massive quake hits Japan - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1)

Looking at the pictures of the debris looks like someone took a giant pushbroom across the landscape of Japan

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Hawaiians brace for 6-foot tsunami waves - latimes.com (http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-naw-hawaii-warning-20110312,0,5340743.story)

YouTube - Raw Video: Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Japan

once in a while the earth reminds us of how violent nature can really get.
more videos at: Video of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan - NYTimes.com (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/11/video-of-the-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan/?no_interstitial#television-networks-show-images-of-destruction)

the footage is simply amazing, too crazy to wrap your head around.

So terribly sad and tragic. Death toll will likely be much higher than current estimates. May Kannon be there to help them.

Sadness:

BreakingNews
Japan police say 200-300 bodies found on beach near Sendai, closest city to epicenter BBC News - Japan tsunami (http://bbc.in/gsjWCQ)
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There is a nuclear power plant right now in Tokyo that is on fire due to the fact that the generators to cool the reactor failed in the fallout from the quake.

This is very scary due to the fact that it shares a similar situation with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. It was actually a fire in the reactor due to a similar cooling problem that blew the dome off the building, and spewed radiation and poison across the landscape, leading to the city of pripyat being permanently abandoned.

I dont know what steps they are taking to try and stop the fire, and they have not commented yet on if there is any radiation leaking inside or around the building...very scary

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USGS has measured 67 aftershocks with a 5.0 magnitude or above in Japan since the quake Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days (http://1.usa.gov/giDeqa)


SolidSnake - Japanese government reports that no radiation is leaking. Also, I trust Japanese technical experts and nuclear facilities far more than 1970's era Soviet designs. No offense, just don't think the Chernobyl comparison is very relevant.