8.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Japan, Tsunami warnings have been issued

[masakiton]

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kadtong gi bombahan ang Nagasaki ug Hiroshima mas grabe baya tong radiation level ato nga mga incident .. pero karon leak rana nya ang mga japanese nangita pa jud paagi aron ma contain/resolve ang issue

too much information is bad for the health
basin kanang mga gi pang take (medical stuff) for precautions mao pa maka cause ug sakit

[Sand Man]

I like how the people na pataka ra ug post are getting called out in here

We don't need uninformed opinions right now so whatever you post better have facts behind it that you can come up once someone asks for it.

[nightzlayer]

The powerful tsunami that today slammed into Japan's eastern coast comes just two days after warnings that the movement of the moon could trigger unpredictable events on Earth.
Astrologers predicted that on March 19 - a week tomorrow - the so-called 'supermoon' will be closer to Earth than at any time since 1992, just 221,567 miles away, and that its gravitational pull will bring chaos to Earth.
Others on the Internet have predicted it will cause further catastrophes such as volcanic eruptions and earthquakes.
Coming just three weeks after the quake which devastated Christchurch in New Zealand killing hundreds, this latest disaster will only add fuel to their fire.
However the 'supermoon' date is still eight days away. But those that adhere to this particular belief could claim that this was still close enough for there to be some kind of effect.

Two days ago, in an interview with ABC radio discussing the potential impact of the March 19 supermoon, astrologer Richard Nolle, who first coined the term in 1979, said he was convinced that lunar perigees cause natural disasters on Earth.

'Supermoons have a historical association with strong storms, very high tides, extreme tides and also earthquakes,' he said.

However, scientists dismiss this as utter nonsense and that although it makes a good photo opportunity for astronomers it has no impact on Earth.

Dr David Harland, space historian and author, said: 'It's possible that the moon may be a kilometre or two closer to Earth than normal at a perigee, but it's an utterly insignificant event.'

Professor George Helffrich, a seismologist at the University of Bristol was equally dismissive.

'Complete nonsense. The moon has no significant effect on earthquake triggering.

'If the moon triggers "big" earthquakes, it would trigger the many of millions of times more "small" earthquakes that happen daily. There is no time dependence of those; hence no moon effect.'

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer.

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer
WHAT CAUSED THE EARTHQUAKE?

Dr Roger Musson, of the British Geological Survey (BGS), explained that the devastating earthquake occurred because the Pacific Plate is plunging underneath Japan.

He said: 'The cause of this earthquake is that the Pacific Plate, which is one of the largest of the tectonic plates that makes up the crust of the Earth, is plunging deep underneath Japan.

'It's being pushed down and it can't slide down smoothly so it sticks.

'It sticks for tens of years and then eventually it breaks and moves very suddenly down and as it does so it buckles and gives the seabed a sudden kick over areas of hundreds of square kilometres and that displaces an enormous volume of water.

'That water just races away in the form of this enormous wave in all directions.'

Last month's New Zealand quake was caused by the Pacific Plate being forced under the Indo-Australian Plate.

A lunar perigee occurs once a month. However, next week's perigee coincides with a full moon - a combination of events that happen just once every two or three years.

John S Whalley, geoscience programme manager at the University of Portsmouth, agreed there was no correlation.

'There is no established correlation between variations in the orbit of the moon and either the number or magnitude of earthquakes.

'It is all too easy, with hindsight, to link major earthquakes to variations in all sort of parameters.

'The real test is to look at the vast numbers of earthquakes of all magnitudes that occur on a daily basis worldwide.

'Any correlation with the lunar orbit would have to be established on the basis of this population of earthquakes, not on individual high magnitude events. In need hardly add that no such correlation has been established.'

However, despite this wall of doubt there is a small and vocal minority of astrologers that insist a supermoon or 'lunar perigee' does exist.

In his ABC interview Mr Nolle added: 'Supermoons are like eclipses. We have roughly five to six per year and so it can be very close to Earth but we don't have to have one at the maximum close approach to have a notable effect.'

[PaYaSo]

^^ the thread with the same content was already closed. i dont know if this is true or just to spread panic around the world. but its better safe than sorry.

[Sand Man]

Here's an interactive that we can all learn from... Just click on the tabs

[nightzlayer]

be cautious lng and updated on the news guys kay dli jud ni normal having 3 eclipse in almost 1month period... i hope this wl not bring another calamity to us.... this sort of information lng to keep u informed...

[Sand Man]

^^ the thread with the same content was already closed. i dont know if this is true or just to spread panic around the world. but its better safe than sorry.

It's rubbish.

Zlayer, naa man lang ka sa internet. Read more about what you are posting. Kita ka sa mga comments below ani na article??

Here's a sample: Japan earthquake and tsunami: Did 'supermoon' cause today's natural disaster? - Capitalbay News

Niinom na ka tubig wa?

be cautious lng and updated on the news guys kay dli jud ni normal having 3 eclipse in almost 1month period... i hope this wl not bring another calamity to us.... this sort of information lng to keep u informed...

Pag-abli lagi ug Doomsday thread then we will contribute there.

[nightzlayer]

It's rubbish.

Zlayer, naa man lang ka sa internet. Read more about what you are posting. Kita ka sa mga comments below ani na article??

Here's a sample: Japan earthquake and tsunami: Did 'supermoon' cause today's natural disaster? - Capitalbay News

Niinom na ka tubig wa?



Pag-abli lagi ug Doomsday thread then we will contribute there.

Actually if you know the galaxy, milkyway and you know about science brod Sand Man. This so called Super Moon is normal rah.... Moon's axis around the earth is not round but ellipse. Try to read sa gi post nako. Now, if you go to college i'm sure kabalu ka unsay ellipse? Normally if ang Moon mo travel na in the center of the earth so obviously it looks like big. Reason is he is much nearer compared to other side of his rotation and thats explain why they called it " Super Moon" or big moon... Now tell me where in that part you did not understand and i will explain further especially Gravitational pull between the Moon and Earth or Stars...

The moon's orbit around Earth is not a circle, but an ellipse. At its closest approach - the perigee - the moon appears brighter and larger in the sky. When it is furthest away - the apogee - it is smaller and dimmer

[isaac95]

If I were you noh.. I would re sked nalang the flight and wait for at least a month siguro.. that is if I were you.. naa ra nimo..

Air Force to fly Filipinos out of Japan

Agence France-Presse
Posted at 03/16/2011 10:43 PM | Updated as of 03/16/2011 10:58 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government said Wednesday an Air Force plane would help some Filipinos escape the nuclear and quake crisis in Japan, but that there was no mass evacuation plan for all 300,000 Filipinos there.

basin dili kaabot dinhi sa Japan ang Air Force plane... We know na nga pila na kabuok helicopter nahagsa sa Cebu..

[Undone23]

basin dili kaabot dinhi sa Japan ang Air Force plane... We know na nga pila na kabuok helicopter nahagsa sa Cebu..

mao jud bro.. bisan pa moabot na sa japan.. walay mga pinoy mo volunteer ug sakay.. hadlok mao ra ila kamatyan ang ma hagsa ang eroplano.. palabad pa raba na ilaha gamit... jet engines na sa uban. hahha