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Magnitude 7.1 Quake Hits Off NE Japan Coast
- Posted on July 9, 2011 at 9:56pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 has hit off the northeast Japan coast, prompting a tsunami warning.
The quake hit at 9:57 local time (0057 GMT) and a warning of a possible tsunami was issued for most of the northeastern coastline. The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu.
Japan’s northeast coastline was devastasted by an earthquake and tsunami on March 11 that left nearly 23,000 dead or missing and touched off a nuclear crisis at a badly damaged facility in Fukushima.
The quake monitoring agency said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kms (6 miles) off the coast and NHK public broadcasters report no immediate injuries or damage.
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Comments (74)
Joshua7
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:26pmWow, what is going one with these earthquakes? This is unbelievable.
I’ll also be preying for Japan.
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:24pmHey blaze… can you get rid of the spam please?
Report Post »endgamer
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:23pmOne acronym, HAARP!! look it up..
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 1:37pmHAARP /Weather modification.How can it create an earthquake? The whole Pacific rim is full of fault lines and volcanoes.Japan is on a fault line.Been to Okinawa and mainland Japan and felt lots of trimmers.
Report Post »cobra two
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:11pmJapan has not seen this much havoc since Godzilla was on the loose!
Report Post »LIVINGTHEDREAM
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:59pm“Do not build your house below this stone.” I hope they saw that and followed the advice.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:47pmWater Proof Bible?
Shortwave Radio?
Solar Cells?
Water Purification Kit?
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:47pmThere’s so many places I wish mother nature would hit if she must than this nation again and again. :(
Report Post »GodsPuppet
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:39pmGod Bless Japan, God Bless America
Report Post »FreedomsSound
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:39pmSomething to think about, God is not the author of this disaster. He’s not willing that any should perish.
Report Post »jim
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:38pmHere we go again… hold onto your life jackets…
Report Post »mossbrain
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:34pmDear Jesus Christ,
Report Post »Good call on a second tsunami, may it light up their nuclear power plants like Roman Candles, showering their countryside with glowing nuclear sparkling particles.
Psychosis
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:41pmgo away troll
havent you figured out your mentally deficient yet ?
Report Post »llotus
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:57pmmossbrain……..you chose an appropriate username mossbrain. A$$ hole. Lotus.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:34pm@Mossbrain
Your statement REEKS of utter hatred!
Report Post »comeANDtakeIT_78629
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:31pmI’m in Japan now.. I felt this one but it didnt seem to bad. Felt just like the past few 6 pointers we have recently.. hopefully all is ok :)
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:37pmStay safe.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:55pmThe one in March was just upgraded to 9.0, which was 100x stronger, and closer than the present one! Hopefully, the tsunami warning will prove for naught–but you never know.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:18pmLord, Have Mercy on the Japanese People !!
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 1:27pmYou at Yakota Air Base or Misawa Air Base? Spent three years at Misawa (1987-1990). felt a few quakes there. Love Japan!
Report Post »zippo
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:26pmAs soon as I read this story, I said a prayer similar to the ones on the posting. Just wanted to let everyone know how good it is to read what real American Christians have to say!! Please don’t stop with all the prayers and support for the Japanese people. Thanks!
Report Post »Alaskasfreedom
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:51pmgood job Zippo….I’m with you!!!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:24pmI hope and will pray that the people are evacuated safely and quickly .. no one can stop the water .. but I pray that more lives are not lost.
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 1:22pmThey will do just fine. They are not in the “Chocolate city.”
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:23pmwhy cant any of them be in california??? if there was a place that needed a good washing it would be that awful state
Report Post »One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:49pmI myself say that every time I hear these reports.Truly do, as you say if there‘s anywhere on earth that needs a biblical cleansing it’s the lower half of most of that state.
Report Post »BallisticBob
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:58pmThanks.
I really appreciate you hoping for Armageddon out here.
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:22pmMaybe it’s just me, but praying on the internet seems kind of tacky, and comes across as more of a pretentious show for one another than an actual appeal to God.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:35pmWhen two or three are gathered…it does not specify how we are gathered.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:37pmYour obsession to react to the Holy Spirit is from your Heart. What else say you?
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:52pmSorry, it just comes across as cheap to me. Especially “Tweeting” to God, which I see all the time in relation to these stories. Cringeworthy. No wonder atheists laugh at Christians.
I’ll just word it another way: You wouldn’t propose to my girlfriend over Twitter or a political website. Why bare your relationship with God there?
Like I said, maybe it’s just me. But what bothers me far more than that is WHY people do it, not how or where. Just read some of these comments to see what I mean. It’s a popularity contest, and it’s embarrassing. Do it in private instead of trivializing your religion for recognition.
But anyway:
http://youtu.be/Otm4RusESNU
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:56pmOops, typo…
If you’re going to propose to my girlfriend, at least do it in person.
Okay?
Okay.
Report Post »nptden
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 12:29am@N37bug It really bothers you that people express their believe in God, doesn’t it? Why? Do you feel left out? Who says you can’t pray on the internet? We hear enough trash, porno and vulgarity. What makes you feel so uncomfortable? Is it that people USE their RIGHTS of ‘freedom of religion and expression’.?
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 12:30amTyping our expressions is something new, it’s communication, God commanded us to speak directly to Him, fellowship with believers, and spread the Gospel. Then internet has evolved so that we’re able to complete those tasks in one single entry.
We’ve always had the church to meet at, sometimes other conversations wern’t appropriate there. There was the Mill, evolved into the Rumor Mill, if seen there while not trading then you were labled. Now we have the internet where we can communicate without leaving home.
If you were to tweet a proposal, your girl friend may not respond, God is always listening.
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 10:44am@N37bu6
“Like I said, maybe it’s just me.”
Your right. It is just you.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:18pmOh, Lord, I pray that you help these folks find a way of surviving through this disaster.
Report Post »Pastor Ray
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:17pmI just called my family and asked them to pray for them!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:27pmCongratulations! You just earned 100 Jesus points, which puts you in first place!
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:30pmI’m not trying to be disrespectful… quite the opposite. I just think praying / faith has become a kind of sick competition, and wanted to illustrate how absurd it is.
Im sure I’ll receive much hate regardless.
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:40pmn37 needs a hug
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 3:35amn37,
Report Post »have you considered how self-involved your comment was? You claim to not want to be disrespectful, but honestly, sarcasm is the epitome of disrespect. Then you claim to want to make some grand point. But what really sticks out is your conclusion that you are sure you will receive “hate” despite your explanation. Oh, what a martyr you are. And it is all about YOU, isn’t it? It’s not about the people of Japan. No, it’s about how others here will not understand your high mindedness in critiquing their calls to prayer for a people suffering from earthquakes.
Love glenn protect glenn
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 9:01amN37
Report Post »You must be a young person, one day you will realize the importance of religion relating to the health of the mind, the society, and the country.
I am not religious but i am trying to learn from christians, for without religion we are all just animals. Society falls apart, country fails, because there are more individuals actively practicing their innate born 7 sins. Look what has happened to America when we walked away from the guiding principles of religions.
CrackerKen
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:15pmGod help and protect the Japanese people from this tsunami.
Report Post »RayOne
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 7:10amAmen
Report Post »frustratedwithgovt
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:12pmMy thoughts are with the people of Japan tonight. I hope the Tsunami turns out to be nothing. The people of Japan have suffered enough.
Report Post »miles from nowhere
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:12pmI am praying for the country of Japan also!
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 3:19amJUST OUT FROM http://WWW.AMERICANPARCHMENT.COM A TSUNAMI HIT JAPAN AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE…
Though small it causes a great stir and concern
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:09pmIf you were to die this evening, would you go to Heaven?
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:33pmThe daughter of a friend of mine is there doing Christian missions work. She has been handing out tracks in Japanese, and they have been snapping them up. Furthermore, many are converting on the spot! There is a local church to disciple them as they grow.
We are in the End of Days! The nations are turning to Him. Look for Ishmael to turn to Him next, followed by Isaac.
Report Post »Veritas
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:57pm@poverty, All I can do is stand on the promises of God, but I will not knock on the gates of Heaven and demand to be let in because of any works I have done!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:58pmI love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live. The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, my feet from falling. I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living.
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 12:34amWe’ll never know, but Hallelujah I’m Ready to Go… (There’s a song in there somewhere)…
Report Post »SouthstanderRSM
Posted on July 10, 2011 at 12:47amYes.
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:05pmOh God, please no! Please, Lord help these people. Show your mercy Father.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:14pmThe Lord thy God will show his might. May the people come to Him.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:00pmOh please God, spare these people, help them, hold them fast in Thine arms.
Report Post »Carl1 Supports Israel
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 9:59pmPrayers headed your way….
Report Post »PrfctlyFrank
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:23pmWho’d the Japanese piss off anyway?? Lord help these poor people..
Report Post »richard the lion-hearted
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 10:51pmStirring up the hearts of the non-believers to remember Him (or know Him) through disasters is one way the Lord uses nature to His advantage, same thing happening here in the states. People who fail to heed God’s word are still loved by Him and He will visit them with natural disasters here in this mortal life that they may rest with Him in an eternal life.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:01pmGod help them, for once again the earth moves and the people run for the safety of higher ground in case another tsunami comes.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on July 9, 2011 at 11:05pmThis is no accident .
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