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Hissyspit

(45,790 posts) Mon Nov 21, 2016, 04:14 PM Nov 2016

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

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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@AP: BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, tsunami warning issued [View all] Hissyspit Nov 2016 OP

awful... Stuart G Nov 2016 #1

oh SHIT Fast Walker 52 Nov 2016 #2

Geeze! 2naSalit Nov 2016 #3

Watching live view of Pacific marybourg Nov 2016 #4

linky ShakeWell Nov 2016 #9

The live feed has caught the backwash. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #18

Water went into bay. yallerdawg Nov 2016 #24

Fukushima is a fragile clusterfuck already! PearliePoo2 Nov 2016 #5

What could possibly go wrong. eggplant Nov 2016 #6

Terrible news democrank Nov 2016 #7

Still no tsunami observed. marybourg Nov 2016 #8

Some movement visible in Pacific now. marybourg Nov 2016 #10

damn...says my browsers cannot support the live streaming dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #13

I found this link on YouTube suffragette Nov 2016 #21

Also, if you have a Roku, you can add it for free. suffragette Nov 2016 #28

What is Roku? yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #36

Roku is a streaming device. You connect it to your tv, then can add streaming channels. suffragette Nov 2016 #37

oh yes! yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #40

Glad to help! suffragette Nov 2016 #41

Yes. Now wave movement being observed offshore. marybourg Nov 2016 #11

Sydney Morning Herald... lamp_shade Nov 2016 #12

Details... brooklynite Nov 2016 #14

Backwash observed off city I can't even try to spell. nt marybourg Nov 2016 #15

OH, now I see the backwash in Itawa Harbor. Scary. nt. marybourg Nov 2016 #16

damn yuiyoshida Nov 2016 #17

Water still rushing out, marybourg Nov 2016 #19

Now it looks like water is rushing marybourg Nov 2016 #20

2nd backwash. Next wave (based on last time) marybourg Nov 2016 #22

This backwash (riptide) Is much larger! marybourg Nov 2016 #23

30 - 90 cm. marybourg Nov 2016 #25

Water coolant system may have stopped working at Fukushima nuclear plant. itsrobert Nov 2016 #26

TEPCO now reporting that #Fukushima #Daiichi reactor two cooling systems have stopped functioning. itsrobert Nov 2016 #27

Oh fuck. PearliePoo2 Nov 2016 #30

NHK is now confirming this marybourg Nov 2016 #31

Nothing bigger than 90 cm. marybourg Nov 2016 #29

Now reporting up to 1.4 m / 4 ft. brooklynite Nov 2016 #38

Helicopter view of a different port. marybourg Nov 2016 #32

Reports of minor injuries. marybourg Nov 2016 #33

Don't forget los dientes! Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #35

The reading on the earthquake has been revised to a 7.4 magnitude. Judi Lynn Nov 2016 #34

I read the quake was shallow 'side to side' type & those types don't make a large wave. Sunlei Nov 2016 #39