BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami 11-Mar-2011

Subject: RE: BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami
From: gnu
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 05:10 AM

BEIJING, China - China's state media is reporting that a moderately strong earthquake in the southwest topped more than 18,000 houses and apartment buildings.

Thursday's temblor left 25 dead in a mountainous area in Yunnan province, near the border with Myanmar.

More than 127,000 of Yingjiang county's 300,000 people have been displaced by the temblor which Chinese authorities measured at a magnitude 5.8.

Subject: RE: BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami
From: bubblyrat
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 04:52 AM

Most powerful earthquake in the world for 140 years , apparently . Many other countries now under threat of tsunami damage.

Subject: RE: BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami
From: open mike
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 04:21 AM

http://www.ktuu.com/news/ktuu-tsunami-watch-for-much-of-alaska-20110311,0,2657130.story

Alaska also under watch/advisory/warning

http://www.ktuu.com/news/sns-rt-news-us-japan-quaketre72a0ss-20110311,0,6781242.story

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/

http://www.weather.gov/ptwc/?region=2&id=hawaii.2011.03.11.083152

Subject: RE: BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami
From: Little Robyn
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 03:40 AM

On the eastern coast near Tokyo.
There's damage on land from the quake and damage from the tsunami on the coast. Also a fire spreading from broken fuel lines.
Early reports say 8 people killed but I reckon that will rise. Many cars have been swept away by the water.
Early TV reports.

Robyn

Subject: BS: 8.9 earthquake off Japan, tsunami
From: Desert Dancer
Date: 11 Mar 11 - 02:39 AM

Huge and awful.

~ Becky in Long Beach