It's the end of the world!

[andrewducker]

Following years of waiting for the next earthquake to hit Japan and reduce the world economy to rubble, one's finally hit!

The quake, which struck shortly after 1900 (1000 GMT), had a magnitude of 6.8 and was centred in a remote area some 50km (30 miles) off the coast of Japan.

The quake made tall buildings in central Tokyo sway, the AP news agency reported, but there were no official reports of injuries or damage.

There are reports of a 50cm (20in) tidal wave off the coast of the Kii peninsula, south of Osaka.

50cm.

"Oh My God!  The tidal wave has dampened my lower trouser legs!"

As trashcanglam just said:

It's hardly 'The Day after Tomorrow' is it?  As this terrifying tsunami laps over your feet. Well, the Japanese are very small, to them it probably looks like it's 12 storeys high. The poor little mites

The whole terrifying story can be found here

Comments

[derumi.livejournal.com]

I wonder if my family is okay.

[andrewducker]

I suspect so. From what was reported there was no serious damage, just swaying.

You can rest assured that if Tokyo had just been destroyed I wouldn't be cracking jokes about it.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Well, actually, some of my family might crack jokes. But that would highly depend on their cities not falling into the earth. 9_9

7's aren't too bad for Japan, depending on where it's centered.

[reposted for spelling]