What's important to remember though is this,

The Richter scale is a measurement for damage and the severity of a quake cannot really be assessed by using it alone. It's the one that everyone jumps on because it's pretty simple to understand and it makes for good headlines. That's not to say this wasn't a big one, I've just been reading over some of the wave stats and they are powerful but not massively different to many of the quakes that Japan suffers every year. Another thing to note is that at least Japan is one of the most prepared and best placed to deal with an 'event' like that.

My best wishes go out to everyone in Japan right now.

Posted By: Al NCFC4life on March 11th 2011 at 08:29:31

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Japan looking pretty fucked (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 07:30:41
- rascist (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Mar 11, 10:06:53
- Its only the start I tell you (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 08:25:21
  - My fence has blown over, and the felt has blown off my shed roof. (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 11, 09:13:03
    - nice little project for the weekend (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 11, 09:54:08
    - blame the moon (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 09:38:12
- looks very bad doesn't it (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 11, 07:33:40
  - 8.9 has got to be one of the biggest ever (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 07:37:14
    - What's important to remember though is this, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Mar 11, 08:29:31
      - they dunt use Richter anymore (General Chat) - Monty Peculiar, Mar 11, 09:00:40
      - not much prep for the tsunami that hit tho (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 08:32:02
        
        Nope, (General Chat) - Al NCFC4life, Mar 11, 08:35:26
        
        warnings all along the Pacific coastline - russia, Hawaii, Australia (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 11, 08:51:20
        
        I second that (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Mar 11, 09:04:50
        
        the tsunami warnings sound really bad now (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 08:53:48
        
        yep - just warned all of the west coast of the USA too (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 11, 10:03:48
    - 7th largest according to Wikipedia (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 11, 08:02:31
      - god knows how they calced it in the 16th century (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 11, 08:04:59

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