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Kennyheart on 11 March 2011

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunamis Slam Japan, Updates on Sony and Other Developers
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/03/11/8-9-magnitude-earthquake-and-tsunamis-slam-japan-updates-on-sony-and-others/

"I just got confirmation that SCEJ and SCEI are fine. WHEW!" - Cade Peterson of Sony Computer Entertainment.

"All our colleagues in Aoyama and Shinagawa are ok. I hope the same is true for everyone else affected" - Warren Keyes of Sony Computer Entertainment.

"Kyoto's fine." - Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games

"I'm alright." - Hideo Kojima of Kojima Productions and Konami

"All of our staff evacuated safely. We want to send our support to all effected in this tragedy." - Suda 51.

"We are safe here at our Osaka and Tokyo offices, but more importantly, our hearts go out to everyone effected by the earthquake in Japan." - Platinum Games.

"Relieved. Plunged at home here somehow." (Rough translation) - Fumito Ueda of Team Ico.

"Thanks for you guys who emailed,tweeted,chat to me. Epicenter is far so I'm okay." - Musician Baiyon of Q-Games and Media Molecule.

I am a bit conferned if SE was hit.



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makingmusic476 on 11 March 2011

Definitely trouble at the Fukushima power station:

BBC 23:10GMT: More from the Tokyo Electric Power Company: It says the ability to control pressure in some of the reactors at Fukushima-Daini has been lost. Pressure is stable inside the reactors, but rising in the containment vessels, a company spokesman says.
10.45pm GMT: Now there are reports from nuclear plant operator Tepco that the Fukushima No 2 plant has lost cooling to three of its reactors.

It was one reactor in the Fukushima No 1 plant that had been the cause for concern earlier – so this news is certainly unwelcome.

And both coastal Japan and the Earth's axis have been shifted:

The US Geological Survey is reporting that the coast of Japan has shifted 8 feet (2.4m) because of the earthquake in Japan. The Earth's axis has reportedly been shifted 10 inches too.
The force of the quake was so strong that it moved the island of Honshu 8 feet to the east, said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut. It sped up the Earth's rotation by 1.6 microseconds, according to NASA

http://ca.gizmodo.com/5781147/the-usgs-says-the-japan-coast-has-shifted-8-feet-because-of-the-earthquake

http://www.kval.com/news/tech/117828293.html



Mr Khan on 11 March 2011
makingmusic476 said:

Definitely trouble at the Fukushima power station:

BBC 23:10GMT: More from the Tokyo Electric Power Company: It says the ability to control pressure in some of the reactors at Fukushima-Daini has been lost. Pressure is stable inside the reactors, but rising in the containment vessels, a company spokesman says.
10.45pm GMT: Now there are reports from nuclear plant operator Tepco that the Fukushima No 2 plant has lost cooling to three of its reactors.

It was one reactor in the Fukushima No 1 plant that had been the cause for concern earlier – so this news is certainly unwelcome.

And both coastal Japan and the Earth's axis have been shifted:

The US Geological Survey is reporting that the coast of Japan has shifted 8 feet (2.4m) because of the earthquake in Japan. The Earth's axis has reportedly been shifted 10 inches too.
The force of the quake was so strong that it moved the island of Honshu 8 feet to the east, said USGS geophysicist Ken Hudnut. It sped up the Earth's rotation by 1.6 microseconds, according to NASA

http://ca.gizmodo.com/5781147/the-usgs-says-the-japan-coast-has-shifted-8-feet-because-of-the-earthquake

http://www.kval.com/news/tech/117828293.html

Yikes. Now they're talking of meltdown danger



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NJ5 on 11 March 2011

Collection of videos:

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/tsunami_japan.html



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NJ5 on 11 March 2011

Pictures:

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/03/earthquake-in-japan/100022/

I think I've had enough for today, I'm really sad with these videos and pictures...



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ssj12 on 11 March 2011

Short Podcast. he has been at it 18 hours now apparently. http://yokosonews.com/live

Covered a lot of news on this.



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Joelcool7 on 11 March 2011
Kennyheart said:

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunamis Slam Japan, Updates on Sony and Other Developers
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/03/11/8-9-magnitude-earthquake-and-tsunamis-slam-japan-updates-on-sony-and-others/


"Kyoto's fine." - Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games

Yes that means Nintendo should be fine, EAD Tokyo is hopefully okay too as Tokyo didn't take the brunt of the waves and Earthquake. That also means GameFreak should be okay.

I can't believe this is happening. Its horrible. I hope that the world works together to bring in aid and help Japan rebuild. I know in Canada , Canadian's have already raised over 100K for relief and the army is on alert. Apparently rescue teams are on stand by for when the airports become open.

I also watched on the news that the US Government is dispatching another Air Carrier and is mobalizing the 40,000 troops in Japan to help with relief efforts.

If our Governments all work together hopefully we can help rebuild and restore Japan to the greatness of a day ago!



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Mr Khan on 11 March 2011
Joelcool7 said:
Kennyheart said:

8.9 Magnitude Earthquake and Tsunamis Slam Japan, Updates on Sony and Other Developers
http://playstationlifestyle.net/2011/03/11/8-9-magnitude-earthquake-and-tsunamis-slam-japan-updates-on-sony-and-others/


"Kyoto's fine." - Dylan Cuthbert of Q-Games

Yes that means Nintendo should be fine, EAD Tokyo is hopefully okay too as Tokyo didn't take the brunt of the waves and Earthquake. That also means GameFreak should be okay.

I can't believe this is happening. Its horrible. I hope that the world works together to bring in aid and help Japan rebuild. I know in Canada , Canadian's have already raised over 100K for relief and the army is on alert. Apparently rescue teams are on stand by for when the airports become open.

I also watched on the news that the US Government is dispatching another Air Carrier and is mobalizing the 40,000 troops in Japan to help with relief efforts.

If our Governments all work together hopefully we can help rebuild and restore Japan to the greatness of a day ago!

Shouldn't take long. The hardest part seems to be the electrical infrastructure, including the nuclear facilities obviously, but their electrical problems in general



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zarx on 11 March 2011
MetalGear_94 said:
zarx said:

Terrible desaster, aparently at 8.9 it's the largest quake ever recorded in Japan.

According to Twitter Kojima is alright


Thank God!!


I think you mean thank Kojima-san...

again terrible desaster especially now that the full extent of the damage is being revealed 



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mantlepiecek on 12 March 2011

I heard a nuclear power plant exploded in Japan, although it doesn't look like as serious as it may sound, its still serious.