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See Footage of the Moment the 8.9 Quake hit Japan
- Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:33am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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The footage coming out of Japan is breathtaking. The Associated Press is reporting at least 60 dead and another 56* missing after a magnitude 8.9 quake rocked Japan on Friday. The death toll is expected to rise considering the 23 ft. tsunami that accompanied the rattling.
Japan even issued a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant after its cooling system had a mechanical failure. Trouble was reported at two other nuclear plants as well, but there was no radiation leak at any.
Below is footage compiled by the Associated Press showing the moment the quake hit Japan:
*The death toll as well as the number of missing have been updated.
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Comments (58)
mrwinter
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:11pmJust like the moon landings this was all faked in a warehouse in Arizona
Report Post »Shewolf135
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:36pmThis is terrible. Thoughts and prayers going out for these poor people. And may those whos lives were taken rest in peace.
Report Post »LOD
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:52pmI wish the people of Japan who are going through this a speedy recovery and minimal damage to clean up. What a tragedy.
Report Post »kathydel
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:50pmPraying for the people of Japan….this is so tragic. I just cannot imagine the pain, fear and devestation these people must be feeling, Lord have mercy!
Report Post »integrican
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:18pmLook on the bright side………..won‘t that wave and it’s horrific destruction, “create” jobs?
sarcasm: ON …turbo
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:04pmAt 1:36 in the first film above… you can see a very touching moment in a scene of chaos.
A man appears to have his arm around an older man, apparently protecting the elder, while simultaneously appearing to support himself or support some object nearby from falling.
People helping people. Respect for elders. Very nice.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:12pmYes indeed. The Japanese people do respect their elders.
Report Post »caprica
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 2:05pmhartbraking ! God be with all those who die and those who lost love ones! God be with the children !
Report Post »this a a real tragedy ……and the stupid arrogant All Gore thinks he can control the nature ! the globe! the atmosphere, the weather! the iceberg…….he just purchased a mansion for 9 million dollars ! for talking about the weather .and how he is in control of the global natural NATURAL events !
Bernard
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 1:31pm‘See Footage of the Moment the 8.9 Quake hit Japan” reads this headline but with this earthquake on Japan there looms another crisis that will directly impact the US.At around 850 Billion dollars, Japan is the world’s second largest holder of US debt. With this enormous crisis hitting Japan costing life and putting pressure on a tepid economy, I fear the worst that Japan may call for some if not most of the US dept be paid.
Report Post »If this happens, along with the Middle Eastern crisis, then any minuscule hope of a recovery will vanish, only to be replaced with a further rapid deceleration into a full fledged crash of our economy. The headlines could easily be translated to “The moment the earthquake hit Japan and the US economy”
commonsenseguy
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 1:11pmmay god be with those who have lost a love one and everything . my family and i got down on our knees and prayed that god will protect those in harms way and all of those effected. please pray for all involved and ask god to guide and protect everyone effected.
Report Post »john.laperuta@us.ngrid.com
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:17pmPeople need to pray..these are the signs of an angry God..laugh it off but most of this stuff has been foretold..it’s going to happen more and more with more intensity..we are on the brink of Chastisement..there are many out there who already know what i’m talking about..the rest will find out the hard way..but pray and return to your faiths and live them out honestly.
Report Post »moegro
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:42pmThe loveing God, who gave his son, who became man so he could undrstand us, and died to save us, dose not “do things to punish us” he is a loveing father. this is just the earth, doing what it was made to do. God bless the people of Japan, Hawii, and every one else in the way.
Report Post »glennfan1
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:26pmApparently you have never read the Bible.
Report Post »bannie
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:08pmSilly question, maybe…but does anyone here know the Japanese word for “earthquake”?
Report Post »camshot2
Posted on March 14, 2011 at 9:52pmt’s “Jishin”. “ji” means the ground, “shin” means shaking. Pronounced, I believe, Jee sheen’, but not positive on pronunciation.
Report Post »alexegz30
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:02pmIf only this could act as a wake up call for our leaders to see what real emergencies are and stop making up conflicts to pit us against one another. My heart goes out to those people and I truly hope the worst of it passes quickly.
Report Post »Tmwatz
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 11:08amScary!
Report Post »sbenard
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:50amThat first image reminds me of a song: “Shake, shake, shake! Shake, shake, shake! Shake your booty!”
That shaking brings back memories of two earthquakes I experienced in Ecuador and Colombia. We were literally shaken from our beds one morning at 3 am. It was so strong we couldn’t stand on our feet. When it calmed down, we went outside and the telephone poles continued shaking like reeds in the wind. It destroyed an entire coastal town in Columbia called Tumbaco. The other one, we were on the 7th floor of an apartment building. Someone told us to all kneel down and pray. I thought, “Wouldn’t it be better to seek cover or ESCAPE while we pray?”
Report Post »Helldogger
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:40amThis is all causedby planet earth getting warmer because you people insist on using underarm spray & air conditioning while driving your gas guzzlers.
alexegz30
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 12:06pmOh, quit making stuff up. We all know this is Bush’s fault.
bigmomma
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:53pmThe planet heating.. I doubt it.. just another Gore idea.. in the ‘70’s we were going to have an ice age.
Report Post »Wake up.. politicians will fake anything to cause a commotion… just like going green now. We should do things that we can now to save power ect. Just more hype for more government regulations.
timej31
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:34amThey sure know how to build a building to withstand an earthquake well. Good job!!!!
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:16amPrayers to everyone in Japan and in the paths of the tsunamis. One thing that impressed me, The buildings sure seem built better in Japan than other parts of the world. If that quake hit in in the usa it would have leveled a lot of buildings.
Report Post »obama_binpharteen
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:05amI read a story yesterday where scientists say that on March 18th Moon will be the closest to Earth than it has been in 18 years. The scientist say being so close can cause great earthquakes, tidal waves and bad weather due to the gravitational pull.
blazebird
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:56amEnd of Days?
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:04amParanoid much?
Report Post »mikeshawtv
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:54amWhen I was 8 years old I was in the 6.6 magnitude Sylmar Quake in L.A. 50+ people died. Most of those when a veterans hospital collapsed along with some freeway overpasses. Even though our house was in south-central L.A. and the quake was centered in the San Fernando Valley the shaking was quite strong. I will never forget the dimension of sound. Shaking and rattling in my bedroom and rumbling as far as my ear could hear. Very surreal.
I say all that to say this. An 8.9 quake is more than 100 times stronger than a 6.6! Japan not only suffered devastating damage from the main quake, but 15 aftershocks were greater than magnitude 6.0. The 30 foot Tsunami seems to have claimed the most victims, much like the 1964 quake that hit Anchorage.
Prayers for the people of Japan.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:38amWhat is it those sick progressives say? “Never let a good tragedy go to waste”
Report Post »WATCH THE LEFT, THE UNIONS, and OBAMA!
delusionhunter
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:10amKEEP your eye on the ball!! I know this is a horrific tragedy but — KEEP your eye on the left — NO shady magician tricks while this is going on! Hut Hut Hut…. Split up – Team Alpha go help the Japanese – Team Beta stay focused!
Report Post »middleclassprophet
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:03amYou simply cannot comment on a tragedy without plugging in some ridiculous b.s. about how the “left” will use this for their advantage. You disrespect the victims AND 1/2 the population with idiocy like that. But it’s what should be expected on this forum. Pathetic.
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 1:15pmBut the Left will exploit it. Everything is exploited for political purposes by the left. It’s simply what people who use government to take from their neighbors are wired to do: All disasters are an opportunity to expand government diminish individual liberty. Just watch and listen. The day will not be over before someone blames this on petroleum production or global warming or something, anything, that calls for higher taxes and more government oversight.
Never let a good crisis go to waste.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:45amThey all look pretty calm to me, amazing.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:11am@GONZO ~~ Japan above all other countries is well built to withstand serious earthquakes. It this is doing that much damage there, you can know for certain that anywhere else in the world would already be flattened. GOD BLESS the people and the animals and the fish and the birds. I cannot fathom this level of destruction.
Report Post »Phantom2487
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:15amKinda like Californians, its always shaking in the Pacific Rim, other than the ones that break stuff, like this one they just keep on going…
Report Post »N37BU6
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:40amIt must be a bizarre sensation.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:48amI’ve been in couple (nothing like that one) and it is VERY bizzare, feels like a train is running through your house. Both times my dog went nuts BEFORE it happened, they sense things coming quicker than humans.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:08am@N37BU6 We have experienced a 6.3 quake which was enough! I cannot imagine the horror of one of this magnitude. I am dizzy and seasick just from memories of strong quakes where we lived, and watching these videos. Indeed we are praying for the people and the rescuers.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 9:45amI was in the 1989 7.1 loma prieta earthquake in San Francisco about a mile from the freeway that collapsed. It started out as a little bumping up and down which made us smile and then it cut loose and got extremely violent moving in one direction 4-5 feet and then the other direction. It was 21 seconds of sheer terror. When the one thing you can count on to stay in the same place everyday starts to move and you can no longer count on it to be stable it really messes with your head.
Report Post »In the case of that quake the media made it look like the entire bay area was destroyed which was not even close to the truth. Keep in mind they focus only on the worst damage.
dancermommd
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 7:38amWow, hope everyone is safe after all that.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:09amEven with all the reporting and helicopter video, it’s hard to grasp the enormity of this. The scenes are only bits and bites of the damage. The scope is the entire coast line that’s exposed to the wave, not to mention other islands and even continents. This looks like it could make Katrina look like Saturday morning in the kiddie pool.
Taquoshi
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:16amIt was amazing how calm the people were and how the lights stayed on despite the quake.
Now, I wonder how long it will take someone to blame Bush, Cheney, the USA and Sarah Palin.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 1:01pmThank God for that Ford F150 commercial before the footage…don’t know what I would have done without it.
Report Post »Enuff Zenuff
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 3:07pm.
@ Ruby Tuesday
Are you sure you want to be advertising your “Seafood Festival” commercials at the start of these Tsunami videos? I’m just saying…Tacky timing…
rosecityken
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 4:14pm@Taquoshi to late…its already being blamed on global warming… :)
Report Post »but in all seriousness….we should all take a minute out of our “busy” day to say a prayer for the people of japan…hundreds are now homeless, missing or dead. the video is heartbreaking.
m7491
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 5:45pmRE this comment:
“Taquoshi
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 8:16am
It was amazing how calm the people were and how the lights stayed on despite the quake.
Now, I wonder how long it will take someone to blame Bush, Cheney, the USA and Sarah Palin.”
The answer to the last sentence is, NOT LONG! I’ve already seen accusations of another HAARP-caused event! However unlikely that may be, given what HAARP actually can do, such accusations are not entirely out of the question. We have reached levels of technology combined with such a low point in and human political perfidy, that it’s difficult for even sane, level-headed people to totally ignore such possibilities. God help us!
jcldwl
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 6:30pmokay haven’t read everything here so someone might of brought this up. Why are we talking about the possible hundreds that may have been killed, instead of the millions that weren’t killed by this 8.9 quake, the biggest since 1900 because Japan had built there infra structure to sustain it. Looks like there is something to be learned here.
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