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March 2011 Earthquakes and Tsunami in Japan
From Mefi Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to searchOn March 10, 2011, there was a large earthquake off the coast of Japan. The first estimation was that it was a 7.9 on the Richter magnitude scale, which was then upgraded to 8.8 and later 8.9. Word of the tsunami came before the video clips.
MeFites checked in from Japan, telling everyone how they were doing and how things were on the ground.
Key Resources
General Information
USGS Information
- USGS: detailed listing for the biggest earthquake (8.9 magnitude)
- USGS: 5.0+ magnitude earthquakes around the world within the last 7 days -- currently listing a lot of activity around Japan, but this listing won't last long (find another source for longevity)
- USGS: Average Number of 5.0+ Magnitude Earthquakes per Year (world-wide)
- NOAA: Map of tsunami travel time
- Pacific Tsunami Warning Center -- part of Weather.GOV
- National Data Bouy Center
News Coverage
Live Streams
Archived Coverage
- Al Jazeera English YouTube channel
- Japanese newsroom during the quake (YT, 0:32)
- Video from unknown Japanese TV Station (YT, 7:09), primarily showing tsunami action at sea and on land, with some distant fires
How to Help
Key Thread Posts
Key posts in order of appearance:
- widespread tsunami warning to areas within and bordering the Pacific (posted by Punkey, source unknown)
- Definitions of Tsunami Watch and Tsunami Warning (posted by Punkey, from the NOAA)
- "there's essentially zero danger to the public here" (comment by Malor)
- Fukushima-1 reactor design (zippy)
- "This one was different" (stringbean)
MeFites posting from Japan
- DoctorFedora (checked in, no location stated, but profile currently states "Northern end of Fukui")
- flapjax at midnite (checked in from home, in Toyko)
- Ghidorah (checked in from just outside of Tokyo)
- gen (first one to check in, 3rd comment over-all)
- gc (checked in from Morioka, Iwate Prefecture)
- jet_manifesto (checked in from Toyko)
- mariokrat (checked in from western Tokyo)
- shii (checked in, no location stated)
- stringbean (checked in from Tokyo and Kanagawa)
- woodblock100 (checked in from home, in Ome City, Tokyo)
- zardoz (checked in from Tokyo)
