BREAKING: Tsunami WATCH for Hawaii due to 8.8 quake off the coast of Japan.

[QuangX]

It like 3 ft waves, Like JJ said it blown out. Like 12 people died so far.

[stc1709]

quakes are pretty insane stuff

[rocky502]

The power of water is just breathtaking. Japan is probably the best prepared for such a quake with their building construction but there is no way this will not be absolutely deadly when you factor in Tsunami. The wave should be hitting Hawaii any minute now. Very sad. Let's hope for the best possible outcome for all involved.

[jwbama23]

This thing seems horrible, what a way to wake up this morning and start hearing about this. Hopefully the effects on the U.S. are minimal.

[shari91]

Shari no erthquake is beneficial to society but this quake was 160 more powerful than christchurch so in terms of sheer destructive force JJ has a point....Just confirmed that a ship carrying 100 people off the Japan coast has been swpet away in the tsunami...What a way to go

That's my whole point. While the losses of life in Oz and NZ were small in comparison numerically, to call any of those events 'over blown' is ridiculous. Look at the population of Christchurch and the loss of life per capita. Not small. Japan is a heavily overpopulated country where the density of people per square km is out of control. There will be a lot of lives lost because of this tragedy and whether it's 100 or 1000, no matter what part of the world it's in, it's just downright horrendous. My heart goes out to everyone there and to those who have friends and/or family members anywhere close to the affected area.

[Skidcom]

Does this have any bearing on the SBR Costa Rica Bash?

[jjgold]

Hawaii has 3 ft waves

STOP Media

[unusialsusp5]

a few people might get their feet wet. beachcombers mostly. another overblown out of proportion disaster warning. officials have to stop interfering with the natural order of things. no one listens to them anyway because they know nothing about what will happen. how could they? just wait until 12/21/12. all these officals will be in hiding not warning anyone about anything.

[pennsylvania209]

Wow!

[Wiggums5]

dude jj 3 ft waves can still cause alot of damage...

to the people saying this is overblown are stupid, your just saying that because it's not happening where your at.

[gimme2dollars]

Did anyone see that whirlpool that they were showing on tv? That thing looked freaky!

[Metalspined]

Let's all hope and pray for minimal casualties everywhere that tsunami has hit/hits...mother nature can indeed be a though parent...

[pavyracer]

This is the biggie they've been preparing for - they knew sometime this century a gigantic quake would hit eastern Japan. That's the one good thing I guess, all that earthquake tech seems to have resulted in buildings surviving.

It looks like the buildings survived the earthquake shaking but what is going to be a killer is the 30 ft tsunami. Buildings are not designed, especially houses, to withstand a 30 ft wall of water travelling at 100 mph or more hitting them and are basically swept off from their foundations.

[COYLO]

The Illuminatie have created this earthqwake to make the public forget about LIBYA.

HAARP ??

i also heard that yellowstone park has been showing some signs of activity since this earthquake you gotta admit since the start of the year this shit has been non stop.

[RubberKettle]

What a terrible tradgey. My heart goes out to them.

I thought there would be more end of the world freaks signing in proclaiming 2012 this and that.

[RudyRuetigger]

i first heard about it on espn

[GettingScrilla]

Poor Japaneses people...living on an over crowded island full of technology...

[AlphaOmega]

Not that it's related or not but 3 days ago millions of sardines Turned up dead at Redondo Beach harbor ... Maybe a precursor of what to come?

[floridagolfer]

The video is incredible and I'm afraid we haven't begun to realize the total devastation. If we can take a moment to send prayers and good wishes to those who need it, this would be a good time to do it.

[AlphaOmega]

pray for me, i live in hawaii. live a few blocks from the evacuation zone... i will prob evac just to be safe

How are you doing bro? I hope everything is good with you and your loved ones. Just check in if you can to keep us posted on what's happening in Hawaii

[Lion4Life]

Wow, that is terrible.

[xxxvince]

Earthquake 8.9 and tsunami in japan

mother nature unleashing her fury

[blackbeSSt]

no way. this just happened now?

[chemicalbrother]

that's a big one, turning on cnn as i wake up now..

[spurginobili]

Amazing video of this on CNN and Fox. Tsunami sweeping cars and houses off their foundation.

[EaglesPhan36]

I would just shit my pants if I ever saw this in person. Cannot imagine watching something like this coming right at you.

[golfrulz]

this is really bad

[bbsc]

very horrible. Poor Japan!

[doublej95]

Sad day for Japan.

[Boscoe]

scary stuff....can't imagine.

[wtf]

ouch, they just had one the same size twelve hours ago

[Cap dat 4ss]

I hope these don't continue every 12 hours

[sanchez985]

it is crazy man. I turned on tv and saw it.

[Landscaper]

Damn hope not to many people were hurt or died

[Melkiavez]

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/indonesian-volcano-erupts-hours-after-japan-earthquake-91063