After living 4 years in Japan, I have lots of friends there. Have sent emails to some of them, but no replies. However, it's a little after midnight there right now, so maybe in a few hours....
Luckily [if there's anything lucky about an 8.9 earthquake], it was far enough north of the Tokyo area, as to not have a major impact to the city. Everyone, in Tokyo, knows they are due for the big one. This will provide them another wake-up call...
An 8.9 in the Tokyo area would have had massive devastation.
I was living in Kobe, Japan, just after the 7.6 earthquake in 1995. 20 second quake, >5,000 dead, thousands and thousands displaced [ie. homeless] and unbelievable destruction... From what I understand, this quake lasted more than a minute and 10 times more powerful than the Kobe quake.
Lets all hope for the best.....
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