Jesus H, head over to Sky News, 8.8 earthquake in Japan (11 March)

[98tls]

Unbelievable footage,very very sad.

[Gone Burger]

It's terrifying news. I'm watching the footage too. It breaks your heart to think of all they are about to go through. Thoughts are with Japan, may you all be safe, and find your loved ones.

Crazy times in the world at the moment.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Pacific plate and the ring of fire is on the move or its twisting and resettling or something... I don't think its over yet... hold on we are in for a bumpy ride...

Kia Kaha Japan stay strong... you are not alone...

[98tls]

It's terrifying news. I'm watching the footage too. It breaks your heart to think of all they are about to go through. Thoughts are with Japan, may you all be safe, and find your loved ones.

Crazy times in the world at the moment.

Indeed,have to say i switched back to the rugby,watching the helicopter footage of the wave and the town/buildings/roads it was running over had me mesmerized (spell) then i thought wtf am i doing watching people going through hell.As you say thoughts to them.

[Mental Trousers]

News is saying it's 7.9, not 8.8. But they're not sure.

The pics they were showing were from a live webcam. You could see lots of shit moving left to right. A few minutes later it was all moving right to left. That was the tsunami pushing into the harbour in Senhai. I missed the bit where a ship hit the bridge.

[98tls]

News is saying it's 7.9, not 8.8. But they're not sure.

The pics they were showing were from a live webcam. You could see lots of shit moving left to right. A few minutes later it was all moving right to left. That was the tsunami pushing into the harbour in Senhai. I missed the bit where a ship hit the bridge.

News i am watching are now saying 8.9,who knows whatever it is its bad.

[James Deuce]

News is saying it's 7.9, not 8.8. But they're not sure.

The pics they were showing were from a live webcam. You could see lots of shit moving left to right. A few minutes later it was all moving right to left. That was the tsunami pushing into the harbour in Senhai. I missed the bit where a ship hit the bridge.

It is an 8.8 - It was upgraded from 7.9 about 30 minutes ago. There was a 7.1 aftershock a little while ago too.

[James Deuce]

It just went to 8.4.

[Mental Trousers]

Guess we won't know the actual magnitude for a while. The different news services are reporting different magnitudes.

[98tls]

Can just see all the media Hyenas frantically rushing to get out of Christchurch and off to feed over there.

[Paul in NZ]

dear god - poor bastards...

sigh - hard times folks

[mashman]

USGS Earthquakes monitoring... look at the size of those after shocks... fack me what a mess

[awa355]

USGS Earthquakes monitoring... look at the size of those after shocks... fack me what a mess

When you see how many have been around Japan, it makes the ChCh quake look minor.

[Toaster]

Terrible news and condolences for the inevitable loss of life. Tragedy just keeps on hitting hard.

China hit the other day, CHCH, Haiti and others.... the fear is not knowing if or when the next big one will hit. Certainly feels like uncertain times.

Scary.....

[SPP]

My brother lives and works in Tokyo. I finally got a call to him... "It was a big bastard!!"

If Tokyo got that much of a shake, the Sendai Prefecture must have been hell.