Massive 8.8-magnitude quake strikes Japan

[hembo]

More than £400bn has now been wiped off the stock market value of Japan's bigger companies since the quake and tsunami hit on Friday, says the BBC's business editor Robert Peston. On one measure, Japanese shares have fall more over two days than since the crash of October 1987

 

[shaktiman2010]

Some reactions from americans on facebook - Celebration after tsunami in Japan!

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/236/godblessamerica.jpg

 

[hembo]

Some reactions from americans on facebook - Celebration after tsunami in Japan!

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/236/godblessamerica.jpg

Mr Shaktiman, there is a separate thread for this BS, care to use that one instead of spoiling this thread please?

 

[hembo]

1005 GMT (19:05 Japan time): The BBC's Piers Scholfield tweets: "very strong aftershock happening right now in yamagata - on 6th floor and wobbling bigtime."

 

[ejaz007]

Strong quake shakes Tokyo region
Updated at 2000 PST Tuesday, March 15, 2011

TOKYO: A strong quake was felt late Tuesday in Tokyo, shaking buildings in Japan's capital four days after a massive tremor sparked a devastating tsunami that ravaged the country's northeast coast.

The Japan Meteorological Agency put the magnitude of the quake at 6.0.

The epicentre was located in Shizuoka prefecture, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southwest of the capital, and near Mount Fuji, which is prone to earthquakes.

The quake occured at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres.

The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.1 and said it had been preceded a few minutes earlier by another 5.8-magnitude tremor. The epicentre of that aftershock was located 315 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.

Strong quake shakes Tokyo region

 

[ejaz007]

 

[below_freezing]

Strong quake shakes Tokyo region
Updated at 2000 PST Tuesday, March 15, 2011

TOKYO: A strong quake was felt late Tuesday in Tokyo, shaking buildings in Japan's capital four days after a massive tremor sparked a devastating tsunami that ravaged the country's northeast coast.

The Japan Meteorological Agency put the magnitude of the quake at 6.0.

The epicentre was located in Shizuoka prefecture, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) southwest of the capital, and near Mount Fuji, which is prone to earthquakes.

The quake occured at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometres.

The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.1 and said it had been preceded a few minutes earlier by another 5.8-magnitude tremor. The epicentre of that aftershock was located 315 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.

Strong quake shakes Tokyo region

There might be another large earthquake that occurs on land. If so, expect huge devastation.

 

[Unbeliever]

Visualizes the destruction in a very powerful way:

Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Might have been posted before, but anyway, thought would be interesting to see.

 

[hembo]

5.15am GMT (2.15pm JST): A quick update on casualties from the earthquake and tsunami: the national police agency is saying that 3,676 deaths are confirmed and 7,845 people are registered as unaccounted for. But Japanese media have pointed out that many bodies have been found but not identified. The Guardian's Jonathan Watts has reported from Ishinomaki on how authorities are struggling to deal with the dead and are now contemplating mass burials.

Link for Guardian article

 

[no_name]

China's first casualty in Japan quake found.

China's first casualty in Japan quake

more than 12 thousand casualties feared
Japan earthquake, more than 12 thousand casualties feared

 

[hembo]

Chinese agency says unable to reach 126 trainees in Japan
English.news.cn 2011-03-17 20:25:43

BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China International Contractors Association said Thursday that 126 Chinese trainees were unable to be reached in Japan's quake-hit regions as of 10:00 a.m. Thursday Beijing Time.

These trainees are located in the quake-stricken regions including Miyagi and Iwate Prefectures. Most of them come from Beijing, Shandong and Jiangsu provinces, said Zhang Xiang, spokesperson of the association, which is under the Ministry of Commerce.

A total of 22,497 Chinese trainees were confirmed to be in Japan's quake-hit regions and the association has managed to contact most of them, said Zhang.

The association will continue trying to contact the remaining 126 trainees with the help of Japanese agencies and China's representative offices in Japan, said Diao Chunhe, head of the association.

Japan is a major destination for Chinese trainees. Latest figures from the association show that there are 171,800 Chinese trainees in Japan. ' The Chinese embassy in Tokyo said Thursday that one Chinese national died in Japan following Friday's great quake.

The Chinese victim died in Ishinomaki city, Miyagi Prefecture, when the quake-triggered tsunami hit the area, according to the embassy's working groups in quake-hit areas.

The detailed information of the victim will not be released on the embassy's website at the request of the bereaved family.