Major Earthquake Hits Japan

[Azrael]

US officials said the 8.8-magnitude quake struck about 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo at a depth of 20 miles.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12709598

[Sparky]

I hope the good Colonel is not caught up in this tragic occurrence...

[YMix]

[Endovelico]

[Demon of Undoing]

Condolences and hopes for well being .

Surf's up, Hawaii !

[monster_gardener]

[Joao Paulo]

Japan has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami, the number odf dead aproach 90.
Are you ok, Col Sun? ( that´s it, if you live in Japan1

[Joao Paulo]

OOOps, Ymix, please move my post.

[YMix]

Done.

[Mattmovies]

Colonel Sun was the first one I thought of when I heard about this. I hope he and anyone else in the forum that are in Japan are safe.

[Locke]

I certainly hope this isn't as bad as it looks, and share everyone's sentiments on the Colonel and look forward to hearing from him.

IIRC, the Colonel is in or near Kyoto, isn't he? It this quake hit much further north.

[jerryberry]

Colonel, Hope you and your family are all safe. Thoughts and prayers.

[AzariLoveIran]

[CgDs]

I hope his silence is because the internet is down or he has more important things to attend to.

Stay well.

[Alexis]

Heartful condolences to your nation, Colonel.

I hope none of your family nor friends was wounded.

[Demon of Undoing]

You know , if this had been done by a lizard 30 stories high , we'd at least have something to attack with our Tommy guns and Sherman tanks .

[Endovelico]

From the descriptions I have been hearing of this earthquake, I get the awful feeling that if anything likes this ever hits Lisbon (and we have had serious earthquakes before), nothing will be left standing. I very much doubt that our anti-seismic building rules are up to such a devastating and prolonged quake. That Japanese buildings have been able to withstand such a quake is certainly due to very high engineering standards.

[Caskhades]

It looks like the epicenter was about 100 miles out to the sea. Make no mistake, casualties will be heavy, and mostly from the tsunami and the ensuing fires. Let's hope they manage to contain the situation at their #1 reactor at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima.

[Azrael]

Here's more about the earthquake and tsunami in

[Demon of Undoing]

You will note that Iran was the first one to offer aid .

[Torchwood]

[Azrael]

[Azrael]

Tsunami destroys harbor at , California.

[AzariLoveIran]

[ansuchin]