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08-10-2009, 02:40 PM
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#1 | | God of Unce
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| Earthquakes hit near Japan, Andaman Islands
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The Japan Meteorological Agency says a 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck near the south coast of Honshu, Japan, just 12 minutes after a 7.6 tremor hit near India's Andaman Islands.
The quake near Japan hit just after 4 p.m. ET, about 31 kilometres from land. The epicentre was 170 km from Tokyo.
While the quake rattled windows in Tokyo, there were no immediate reports of damage.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for southwest of Tokyo. The Central Japan Railway Co. has shut down its Shinkansen bullet trains in response.
The government has set up a task force in the prime minister's office.
The quake had a depth of about 26 km, which appears to have triggered a light tsunami. Public broadcaster NHK said 30-centimetre waves were seen along the coastline of Yaizu City.
There have been no reports of injuries or any damage to buildings.
About 12 minutes earlier, the 7.6 quake hit north of the Andaman Islands, south of Myanmar, triggering a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS has cautioned that it is not known if a tsunami has occurred.
The epicentre was about 260 km north of Port Blair, the Andaman capital.
It had a depth of 33 km. Matched with the severity of the tremor, it was expected to trigger a tsunami.
The quake was nowhere near as powerful as the devastating tremors that struck in the same region in 2004, causing the tsunamis that killed more than 190,000 people.
Those quakes were between 9.2 and 9.3.
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08-10-2009, 03:32 PM
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#2 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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08-10-2009, 06:26 PM
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^what did it break?
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08-10-2009, 06:33 PM
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#4 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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AHHAHA I GET IT
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08-10-2009, 06:38 PM
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#5 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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fuck. i'm going to tokyo tomorrow
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08-10-2009, 06:55 PM
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#6 | | Hacked RS to become a mod
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Originally Posted by TRDood  fuck. i'm going to tokyo tomorrow | Too bad for you, it's under water now
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08-10-2009, 07:47 PM
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#7 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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we still have richmond though~~
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08-10-2009, 08:08 PM
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#8 | | I answer every Emotion with an emoticon
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Too bad for you, it's under water now | im not really afraid of the earthquake..
more like the storm/typhoon that's killing people right now........
earthquake = ground
storm = air = airplane turbulance...................
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08-10-2009, 10:33 PM
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#9 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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08-11-2009, 06:46 AM
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#10 | | Witness protection
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looks like more used JDM parts from flood damaged cars are going to hit the internet soon...
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08-11-2009, 07:19 AM
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#11 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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buddy of mines lives in japan, said that he didnt feel anything in the area he lives in
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08-11-2009, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by hotjoint buddy of mines lives in japan, said that he didnt feel anything in the area he lives in | aint that so cool!...
its the same principal.. if u shout.. i dont hear shit.... (kinda)
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08-11-2009, 10:29 AM
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#13 | | Lomac owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by hotjoint buddy of mines lives in japan, said that he didnt feel anything in the area he lives in | where does he live?
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08-12-2009, 06:14 PM
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#14 | | Banned (ABWS)
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Originally Posted by TRDood fuck. i'm going to tokyo tomorrow |
lol.. same.. i went to tokyo on the 11th as well.. The airport was still fine.
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08-12-2009, 07:08 PM
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#15 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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I was in Osaka at the time of the earthquake and woke up at 5am when I felt the room shaking and rattling... nothing out of the ordinary for Japan.
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08-12-2009, 09:52 PM
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#16 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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the typhoon that struck taiwan over the weekend was the most devasting storm in 50 years
2m of rain fell down over 48 hours in southern Taiwan...putting that in perspective it would take on average of almost 2 years to collect up in Vancouver (annual avg percip 121mm)
~100 dead...they're assuming another ~400 missing in mountainous villages
RIP to victims
you guys have no idea how lucky we are living in Vancouver..other than the fact that we're overdue for a massive earthquake.
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08-12-2009, 10:09 PM
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#17 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero you guys have no idea how lucky we are living in Vancouver..other than the fact that we're overdue for a massive earthquake. | They say that at every region with litte-to-no earthquake activity, it's freakin' ridiculous.
If it happens, it happens, but not because scientists predicted it. You can't call it a prediction when you pretty much bet on all the horses on the race track.
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08-12-2009, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by twitchyzero the typhoon that struck taiwan over the weekend was the most devasting storm in 50 years
2m of rain fell down over 48 hours in southern Taiwan...putting that in perspective it would take on average of almost 2 years to collect up in Vancouver (annual avg percip 121mm)
~100 dead...they're assuming another ~400 missing in mountainous villages
RIP to victims
you guys have no idea how lucky we are living in Vancouver..other than the fact that we're overdue for a massive earthquake. | ^ actually, over 600 they think now.
The worst in 50 years, and not far from the same date either, August 9th I think?
It's so brutal, roads, entire villages, are all washed out. One hotel completely collapsed, all the foundation was gone.
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08-13-2009, 01:32 AM
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#19 | | SardaukarMod
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damn. i left tokyo just in time. left on the 7th.. just ahead of the typhoon and the following earthquake.
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08-13-2009, 12:39 PM
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#20 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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its japans new weapon, man made quakes
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08-14-2009, 04:36 AM
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#21 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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although the earthquake in Japan is pretty scary but the typhoon in taiwan is more devastating yet only a few of us talked about it. i don't think there was a thread dedicated to the typhoon was there?
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08-14-2009, 09:30 AM
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#22 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Originally Posted by ac87 although the earthquake in Japan is pretty scary but the typhoon in taiwan is more devastating yet only a few of us talked about it. i don't think there was a thread dedicated to the typhoon was there? | thats because japanese girls are hotter than Taiwanese girls... 
jk, rip all who died, in japan - taiwan..
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