8.9 Quake hits off coast of Japan! Live Updates.

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Pardon my ignorance, are the sirens for another potential tsunami, or due to the nuclear issues?

Earthquake sirens. But I don't know at which magnitude they go off... probably minimum of 5.5 or something.

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Thank's, I didn't realise they had warnings for earthquakes. Living in the UK we don't have to deal with earthquakes so knowledge is sketchy.

Fuel rods may be exposed again at reactor
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has said fuel rods in the Number Two reactor at its Fukushima Number One nuclear power plant may be exposed again.

www3.nhk.or.jp...
and breaking news on same link...

The Tokyo Electric Power Company says there is a possibility of fuel rods melting in the Number Two reactor at its Fukushima Number One plant.

english.kyodonews.jp...


BREAKING NEWS: Suppression pool may have been damag
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08:16 15 March
BREAKING NEWS: Radiation tops legal limit after blast heard at Fukushima nuke plantNote
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08:11 15 March
URGENT: Blast heard at Fukushima's No.2 reactor: gov't
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08:07 15 March
BREAKING NEWS: Suppression pool may have been damaged at No. 2 reactor: gov't agency

These are fresh

not sounding too good

According to quakes.globalincidentmap.com... they havn't had an earthquake for 3 hours?

Could someone please tell me the time difference between the UK and Japan?

thanks

I believe yes it was for earthquake this is moving so fluidly

Saying radiation level going up and can spread with wind news conference shortly

Originally posted by reg
According to quakes.globalincidentmap.com... they havn't had an earthquake for 3 hours?

Could someone please tell me the time difference between the UK and Japan?

thanks

now is 8:32 a.m in Japan

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I could be wrong, but I believe it's the explosion that triggered the alarms? I read last night the second explosion could have triggered the tsunami and earthquake alarms. I believe this is the case.

this is kinda concerning to me, i'm keeping an eye on all the earthquakes at quakes.globalincidentmap.com... and there hasnt been a peep in japan for 4 hours. i mean its good that they arent shaking anymore, but could this be a sign of a big one on the way?

english.kyodonews.jp...


BREAKING NEWS: Some workers begin to evacuate No. 2 reactor: TEPCO


Workers leaving site, maybe a sign of the worst kind, no one to work the pumps?

You might be right about the explosions setting off the alarms we shall see what they say at the news conference coming up sometime soon

Just got this on cnn.com

An "explosive impact" occurred at the No. 2 reactor at a quake-damaged nuclear power plant in Japan, plant's owner says.

www.cnn.com...

Originally posted by habfan1968
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08:16 15 March
BREAKING NEWS: Radiation tops legal limit after blast heard at Fukushima nuke plantNote
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08:11 15 March
URGENT: Blast heard at Fukushima's No.2 reactor: gov't
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08:07 15 March
BREAKING NEWS: Suppression pool may have been damaged at No. 2 reactor: gov't agency

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not sounding too good

How will that impact the overall situation?

What role does that portion of the unit play in the overall operation of the reactor?

Is it me or is it taking a while for video of the third explosion to get out?

TV news seems to be skirting around the issue.. not much info anywhere except that an explosion was heard..
Getting better info from the net..

I hope my thoughts wont be proved right with this new blast being bad...

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SOME workers. In any case workers leaving is not a good thing, but I'm guessing there are still workers along the area. Also, I'm guessing that the pumps are automatically affiliated, not manually if that's what you're stating. Overall though, that is not good news.

At the same time, earthquake sirens were going off in Tokyo and now another blast to #2 reactor....Could this new aftershock cause the explosion.

Originally posted by xavi1000

now is 8:32 a.m in Japan

Thankyou.

Just read this article that says they have 48 hours to save the plant www.mirror.co.uk...

Originally posted by reg
According to quakes.globalincidentmap.com... they havn't had an earthquake for 3 hours?

Could someone please tell me the time difference between the UK and Japan?

thanks

Sure there has. You can check on usgs.gov but for me, following NewEarthquake on Twitter gets you the info almost as it occurs. Here's the info from USGS:

MAP 5.0 2011/03/14 22:04:08 35.735 141.065 15.3 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.0 2011/03/14 20:41:25 50.995 156.495 133.9 KURIL ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2011/03/14 19:28:28 38.684 141.965 26.2 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.5 2011/03/14 18:41:01 36.594 141.894 22.8 NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP 5.7 2011/03/14 17:59:41 37.212 142.413 18.9 OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Edit to add: Just received new tweet of 5.0 occuring 17 min ago

Fox just said radiation may be leaking