Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake.

[IQ-0]

It has a magnitude of 8.8 and to make it worse it was hit by a 13 ft tsunami. So far, no injuries.

[Krystal]

It's 8.9 that caused the tsunami. The actual quake was 7.9 afaik. Then there was an aftershock. The coast is still under a tsunami warning and there are freakin' cars floating in the middle of the city.
And boats.

So far 2/3 of my friends in Japan are confirmed to be okay D:

I hope our Nico Singers are okay

I wonder how this will play out...

[The Blind Archer]

I just found out about this. Good lord... natural disasters are always scary, but this... holy [parasitic bomb].

[CephiYumi]

Reading what other friends are saying about this, apparently it was the 6th or 7th strongest earthquake ever reported?  Y-Yikes

[The Blind Archer]

Ah crap.  Coastal Cali's on Tsunami Watch. Low level, but this is a chance I don't want to take. I'm packing a duffel of essentials and some irreplaceables.

Anyone on the Pacific coast will want to read this, just to be safe.

[Sniper X]

I think they will be fine because Japan is a developed country.

[Rin]

HOLY... that's horrible. D :

Hope they'll be alright.

Posted on: March 11, 2011, 11:17:46Additionally, I just went to /a/ to see what their reaction is to this news... and I was NOT surprised to see they only give a [parasitic bomb] about anime/mango being delayed.
Sigh...

[Krystal]

The top of Tokyo Tower is bent =O 3/3 friends accounted for.

An oil refinery in the Chiba prefecture caught on fire and exploded...Hmm, apparently death toll atm is 19. As in, only 19.
I think it's the 7th strongest quake ever? Ever recorded at least >_o
Actually I think it's pretty amazing how well Japan took the quake considering it's strength. Granted, most of it is built to be able to withstand moderate quakes (to the point where most people don't even feel the smaller ones).

Reitaisai is delayed/cancelled...for any Touhou fans.

Taiwan is supposed to be due for a tidal wave around...now. And all other pacific circle countries have tidal wave warnings.

Oh and yeah. You'd probably expect your anime to be delayed =w=b

Posted on: March 11, 2011, 09:40:15 PMMiiiiiiight as well update.

Death toll is 32 now. Taiwan was hit with a tsunami but everyone is fine. So yay \o/

[Flame]

I heard the wave was 23 feet actually. Damn, its scary. Especially when you think how a nation that is used to and has systems in place to deal with earthquakes and this type of thing, was still hit horribly.

Seeing that wave carrying houses across the countryside is terrible. And a few Nuclear Power plants issued states of emergency, after one had a cooling system failure, forcing them to cut power. (Apparently some of the others were issued more as preventive measure, although there was no major issues with them.)

Hope they recover. Wish them all the best.

[VirusChris]

Damn... 0_0

I hope everyone is alright there, that's just plain scary something like that happened!

[borockman]

Oh god, it's like 2004 tsunami all over again.

Seeing the water plow through cars and fields is so surreal.

[Blackhook]

Well..atleast not many lives have been lost in this one..though it still hit them hard. I wish them the best of luck so nothing worse happens and that they's soon recover from it.

[Jericho]

Facts for absolute clarifications sake (as of 9:30AM EST):

- The earthquake was registered at 8.9 on the Richter Scale making it the fifth most powerful earthquake registered on Earth between now and the 9.5 scale quake that rocked Chile in 1960
- The tsunami's highest waves were registered as being between 23 - 32 feet high
- Several nuclear power plants that had been unstable as a result of this are now under control. The one at
- Japan has asked the US for aid; U.S has granted it, sending over 8,000 coast guard members with a healthy portion of them headed to stop the burning power plant.
- There are several entire cities being reported as set ablaze with no means of stopping the fires.
- In Hawaii, there have been reports of the coral reef area being dry. Warnings have been issued throughout the world to places like Russia and even the West Coast in response to the magniturde of this quake/tsunami combo.

This was the craziest thing to wake up to this morning. My thoughts go out to all those in Japan.

[slayer]

holy jesusss   D:   i`m from chile...!! the last year was an earthquake and a tsunami >.< many people died, and now probably another tsunami may hit chile again , oh god have mercy >.< hope all yours friends are fine and healthy, if you excuse me i have to watch the news....

[Solar]

Oh god, it's like 2004 tsunami all over again.

Seeing the water plow through cars and fields is so surreal.

No kidding, I said god [tornado fang]ing daaaaamn o____O

[Dexter Dexter]

My father gave me the news this morning and I was like, "WTF". I was hoping that none of the major cities had been hit hard. Have they?

Anyway, get well soon, Japan.

[Dantonumanoa Ongdolota Amycronicon]

God damn. It's always the Far East getting the [parasitic bomb] from natural disasters.
I just hope this doesn't end up being too horrible for everyone there, aside from the death toll.

[IQ-0]

Other countries got hit too by the tsunami and even California as well as the pacific states are under tsunami watch.

[The Great Gonzo]

I can't log into pixiv right now and thus can't contact most of the people I know over there. I hope they're all right...

[Satoryu]

My heart goes out to everyone there.

[Girla PurpleHeart]

I felt depressed when I first heard about this. I hope people over there are OK. =<

[Gaia]

I hope they will have a speedy recovery, I wish them well being. This is terrifying, and I hope for chile and other countries affected the same..

[Align]

I got the news in the morning, felt a little weird to go off to study as if nothing had happened.

[The Blind Archer]

Well, Monterey was safe.  Only got 3-foot high swells over here, tops.

What scared me the most is that I suddenly remembered one of my coworkers was studying abroad over there.  I was relieved to know she was safe, and bamboozled to know that she didn't even feel it. :X

Man... just hearing about this makes me realized how unprepared we all truly are.

[Black Mage J]

I hear that the Easter Island might be hit by the tsunami, hopefully things will turn out well, I'd rather not drown, not when I got a new house.
As for those who have been hit, I wish you a fast and safe recovery.