Edit: Not sure why but this post was not preserved in the transition to the new FG. It said something about feeling a weird sort of quake in Osaka and wondering where it was.

Jesus! That was a huge one in Tokyo, all building's alarms went off, even car alarms on the street.

Not limited to Osaka.....dizzy

7.9! (Where?)
My building moved off level, but nothing broke.

DAMN IT, one corner of my building sank.

You know it's bad when the locals are screaming and evacuating all the building in the neighborhood! I just came back to my desk and our office building is still swaying a little.

Shindo 5 in Tokyo, baby!

Still happening......

Fucking goldbrickers on AFN radio have not said a word.

chokonen888 wrote:Still happening......

Yup. It looked like the cranes on top of a building under construction down the street were about to topple. The operators must have shit their pants.

I ran out of the office building with my briefcase and phone like a scared little baby.

Anyone have any serious damage? Bunch of shit fell over and the office here is a mess but doesn't look like anything is destroyed....yet.

Oh great. There was an aftershock here in Tokyo, at 3:04pm.

MORE!

Office surfing!

jeezuz that was the biggest ive ever felt here. fucking softbank: no service....

AML wrote:jeezuz that was the biggest ive ever felt here. fucking softbank: no service....

AU and Docomo are working just fine ---I getting calls from Mrs. Taro at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Oh shit they're blasting tsunami warnings in Mita.

That last "little" aftershock at 3:20 was a 3Mag!


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We have serious damage in Aomori ken . No power in Hachinohe and fire engines everywhere. Most dishes broken. Damn

US Geological Survey just upgraded the quake to an 8.8. Fuggin' A....

Why isn't the earthquake warning system on our keitais not working when it's supposed to?

UGH, not looking forward to going home after work...hope my apartment is still standing. Place shakes like a 3.0 when anything larger than a car rolls by....

IkemenTommy wrote:Why isn't the earthquake warning system on our keitais not working when it's supposed to?

THIS, seriously FUCK SOFTBANK

7.9 quake rocks northeastern Japan, Tokyo
Friday 11th March, 03:00 PM JST
TOKYO ---A powerful earthquake lasting for minutes shook the Pacific coast area of northeastern Japan and the strong tremors were also felt in Tokyo. A tsunami alert has been issued....

Fucking aftershocks are as big as a normal quake, everyone is out on the street, still no service from the IP phones, or Docomo here....

Trains have stopped in Tokyo. Cell phones are down. Landlines working fine thankfully.

Major tsunami damage in northern Japan
By MALCOLM FOSTER, Associated Press

TOKYO-- Japan was struck by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, triggering a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter.

In various locations along Japan's coast, TV footage showed severe flooding, with dozens of cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters. A large ship swept away by the tsunami rammed directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture, according to footage on public broadcaster NHK.

Officials were trying to assess possible damage from the quake but had no immediate details.

The quake that struck 2:46 p.m. was followed by a series of aftershocks, including a 7.4-magnitude one about 30 minutes later. The U.S. Geological Survey upgraded the strength of the first quake to a magnitude 8.8.

The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan. National broadcaster NHK was warning those near the coast to get to safer ground.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii said a tsunami warning was in effect for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas. A tsunami watch has been issued for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. state of Hawaii.

The quake struck at a depth of six miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast, the agency said. The area is 240 miles (380 kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.

In downtown Tokyo, large buildings shook violently and workers poured into the street for safety. TV footage showed a large building on fire and bellowing smoke in the Odaiba district of Tokyo.

In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms.

Footage on NHK from their Sendai office showed employees stumbling around and books and papers crashing from desks.

Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday.

Thirty minutes after the quake, tall buildings were still swaying in Tokyo and mobile phone networks were not working. Japan's Coast Guard has set up task force and officials are standing by for emergency contingencies, Coast Guard official Yosuke Oi said.

"I'm afraid we'll soon find out about damages, since the quake was so strong," he said

Now that quake has been upgraded to an 8.9.

Little aftershocks are still going on (3:58pm).

I hope wuchan is okay. We haven't had a "first" report yet.