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8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Live stream: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm Or direct 256k: mms://nhk-world.gekimedia.net/nhkw-highm They have revised the earthquake to 8.4 as of 11:08PM PST.

other live stream: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/

watching the 3-meter tsunami roll over land is surreal

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Live stream: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm Or direct 256k: mms://nhk-world.gekimedia.net/nhkw-highm They have revised the earthquake to 8.4 as of 11:08PM PST.

other live stream: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ watching the 3-meter tsunami roll over land is surreal

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Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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I just talked to my parents in Hawaii, there's a tsunami warning for 3 am HST. I reminded my dad to sandbag the doors of his restaurant in Waikiki (Vit's Hawaiian Steakhouse) before he closes for the night.

It's just outside of the "tsunami zone" in Waikiki, so I know my dad will probably be working until the police make him evacuate. He did that on the last tsunami warning, and Vit's was pretty much the only restaurant open for several blocks. There was a line out of the door, haha.

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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It was crazy scary, and I was all the way down in Nagoya. There doesn't seem to be too much damage in Miyagi (where the earthquake was) but some fires broke out apparently.

Luckily, it seemed to be a long, hard earthquake rather than a short hard earthquake, which means that buildings are able to withstand the shaking better. The shaking went on for about 3 minutes here, and there were some after shocks that lasted for about a minute.

The Great Hanshin Earthquake was only a 7.2, and it was much more destructive.

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Live stream: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm Or direct 256k: mms://nhk-world.gekimedia.net/nhkw-highm They have revised the earthquake to 8.4 as of 11:08PM PST.

other live stream: http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ watching the 3-meter tsunami roll over land is surreal

For some reason I'm getting the audio but no video. Anyone else having that problem?

Re: 8.9 earthquake hits Japan

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Live stream: http://wwitv.com/tv_channels/6810.htm Or direct 256k: mms://nhk-world.gekimedia.net/nhkw-highm They have revised the earthquake to 8.4 as of 11:08PM PST.

The earthquake seems to be being revised upwards, not downwards. At least according to aljazeera.
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