An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit Japan early Friday, triggering tsunami warnings and sending people fleeing out of buildings in the capital.
The quake rattled buildings and toppled cars off bridges and into waters underneath. In Tokyo, crowds huddled together and tried to reach relatives via cell phone.
Its epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) from Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said.
It triggered a tsunami warning for various countries, including Japan and Russia, the National Weather Service said.
"Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region," it said.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
its now 8.9 and was watching news about the tsunamis. seawall there have been couple other earthquakes recently in same area 7. something. could have been talking about a previous quake.
Seawall said:
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
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I saw a movie a few years ago about a weapon that causes earthquakes, so the technology exists.
JonnyF said:
Seawall said:
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
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I saw a movie a few years ago about a weapon that causes earthquakes, so the technology exists.
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Given the recent nonsense in the OT, you may think I'm kidding. I'm not. I got an alert about this quake early yesterday morning. WTF?
Seawall said:
JonnyF said:
Seawall said:
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
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I saw a movie a few years ago about a weapon that causes earthquakes, so the technology exists.
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Given the recent nonsense in the OT, you may think I'm kidding. I'm not. I got an alert about this quake early yesterday morning. WTF?
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Ok, just read this on CNN:
Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday.
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That
must have been the one that triggered the phone news-alert thingy. Cancel my CS.
Seawall said:
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
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it got leaked to you before it reached Japan
damn cant nothing be kept secret anymore
Buford2 said:
Seawall said:
I swear to god I got a pop-up news alert on my phone about that earthquake about 18 hours ago.
Looks like "someone" knew about it ahead of time, and accidentally released the news alert early.
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Thanks for your words. Does that mean HAARP was behind this one also.
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No, it means I was mistaken, and the news-alert I received yesterday was for a different earthquake in Japan.
JonnyF said:
Where the f**k is BJ Penn to give me tsunami updates?
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I'm no BJ, but the cops keep blaring sirens and telling us to evacuate, I do live by the beach though, so I'm probably leaving in a few.