@AP: BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, tsunami warning issued

[Hissyspit]

Source: Associated Press

@AP: BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, tsunami warning issued.

@Reuters: RT @ReutersWorld: MORE: Tsunami to strike Fukushima coast within minutes - Japan broadcaster NHK

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Will update.

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[Stuart G]

1. awful...

[Fast Walker 52]

2. oh SHIT

I hope they're prepared

[2naSalit]

3. Geeze!

and I was just looking at the USGS world site not five minutes ago thinking there was something big going on.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/

[marybourg]

4. Watching live view of Pacific

on NHK. No visible tsunami yet.

[ShakeWell]

9. linky

NHK live feed covering sea level:

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/live/

[yallerdawg]

18. The live feed has caught the backwash.

It's a serious warning.

[yallerdawg]

24. Water went into bay.

Now it's going back out.

Guaranteed it can wash back and forth at higher levels repetitively.

[PearliePoo2]

5. Fukushima is a fragile clusterfuck already!

This is bad!!

[eggplant]

6. What could possibly go wrong.

[democrank]

7. Terrible news

I`m hoping for the best.

[marybourg]

8. Still no tsunami observed.

Expected height - 3 meters. ETA for immediate coast has already passed.

No reported effects at nuclear power plant.

[marybourg]

10. Some movement visible in Pacific now.

It will hit "repeatedly".

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. damn...says my browsers cannot support the live streaming

pls. keep telling what you see if you can..

[suffragette]

21. I found this link on YouTube

https://m.

It says it is live NHK.

I couldn't get the official one to work either.

[suffragette]

28. Also, if you have a Roku, you can add it for free.

Just did that. Had to go to Settings and update afterward, then it was added and working.

[yuiyoshida]

36. What is Roku?

I may want to add this, thank you.

[suffragette]

37. Roku is a streaming device. You connect it to your tv, then can add streaming channels.

Some are free. Some you have to pay.

You have to buy the Roku, but that's a one-time purchase. There should be good sales prices for it this week.

However, if you want to use something like Netflix on it, you need to pay their monthly fee.

https://www.roku.com/index

[yuiyoshida]

40. oh yes!

I have heard of that... well unfortunately I do not really have a TV, so I guess I will remain on the internet. Thank you for the information. どうも ありがとう ございました

[suffragette]

41. Glad to help!

[marybourg]

11. Yes. Now wave movement being observed offshore.

20 km. offshore.

[lamp_shade]

12. Sydney Morning Herald...

http://www.smh.com.au/world/tsunami-warning-issued-after-earthquake-off-fukushima-japan-20161121-gsuh5y.html

[brooklynite]

14. Details...

A tsunami warning is in effect for Japan's Fukushima Prefecture after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Honshu at 5:59 a.m. Tuesday (3:59 p.m. Monday ET), according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

A tsunami wave of 1-3 meters (3-10 feet) is possible, according to the agency. The US Geological Survey put the magnitude at 6.9, striking 37 kilometers (23 miles) east-southeast of Namie off the country's east coast at a depth of 11.4 kilometers (7 miles).

Japan's public broadcaster NHK urged the public to evacuate.

"Please do not think that you are safe. Please evacuate to high grounds," the network said. "Even if you live inland please go and evacuate."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/21/asia/japan-earthquake/index.html?adkey=bn

[marybourg]

15. Backwash observed off city I can't even try to spell. nt

[marybourg]

16. OH, now I see the backwash in Itawa Harbor. Scary. nt.

Iwaki.

[yuiyoshida]

17. damn

神様もう一度！ 誰もが高いところに行ってください。 くそー！

https://twitter.com/search?q=Fukushima&src=tren&data_id=tweet%3A800811732927029248

[marybourg]

19. Water still rushing out,

emptying harbor. Sirens heard in background.

[marybourg]

20. Now it looks like water is rushing

back in. But it doesn't look like what I saw in the previous terrible tsunami, at least not yet.

[marybourg]

22. 2nd backwash. Next wave (based on last time)

could be higher.

[marybourg]

23. This backwash (riptide) Is much larger!

[marybourg]

25. 30 - 90 cm.

9 meters? observed at other ports 9/10 of a meter? that sounds better.

[itsrobert]

26. Water coolant system may have stopped working at Fukushima nuclear plant.

TWITTER CHATTER

[itsrobert]

27. TEPCO now reporting that #Fukushima #Daiichi reactor two cooling systems have stopped functioning.

more Twitter chatter

[PearliePoo2]

30. Oh fuck.

It's already an out of control mess. They don't even know where the cores are.

[marybourg]

31. NHK is now confirming this

as to 3rd reactor, I believe. But "no danger", of course.

[marybourg]

29. Nothing bigger than 90 cm.

reported yet.

Camera is on a very open harbor; nothing very dramatic to be seen. Just water rushing out, then in, but no big difference in height noticeable.

Last time there were webcams on rivers and small harbors.

[brooklynite]

38. Now reporting up to 1.4 m / 4 ft.

[marybourg]

32. Helicopter view of a different port.

No tsunami changes visible, All looks normal so far.

[marybourg]

33. Reports of minor injuries.

From e.q. not tsunami.

Going to give my kitty his daily brushing now.

[Judi Lynn]

35. Don't forget los dientes!

[center]

[Judi Lynn]

34. The reading on the earthquake has been revised to a 7.4 magnitude.

Epicenter measured at 25 kilometers depth.

[Sunlei]

39. I read the quake was shallow 'side to side' type & those types don't make a large wave.