the tsunami is expected to hit taiwan, hualian province in half an hour
but no evacuation there

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Added on March 11, 2011, 5:00 pmseems that way, sabah will be shielded by philipine islands

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Added on March 11, 2011, 5:02 pmtsunami will reach Hawaii in around 4 hours time
red cross claimed the wave is higher than most of the pacific island

This post has been edited by greyshadow: Mar 11 2011, 05:02 PM

I am glad,thankful and proud to be Malaysian.

holy cow~!! the quake and tsunami even created a mega whirlpool/vortex that we though only can be seen in the movie!
how big it is? as big as the one we saw in pirates of carribean, even bigger! with boats pulled to it center!

you guys can see it at bbc live broadcast

MY GOD!!! Besar nyer Tsunami!!!

Sabah, Labuan folk told to avoid the coast
March 11, 2011

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Sabah and Labuan residents have been advised to stay away from the coast due to rough seas and high sea level expected to occur between 6pm and midnight tonight.

The Malaysian Meteorological Department issued the reminder following the strong earthquake which hit northeast Japan this afternoon.

The 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan at 1.46pm, at 4,434km northeast of Kudat, Sabah.

The earthquake triggered a tsunami in Japan.

However, no tsunami warning was issued for Malaysia. — Bernama

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Added on March 11, 2011, 5:21 pmno swimming nakked in the sea today for you, gundam

This post has been edited by greyshadow: Mar 11 2011, 05:21 PM

Eye-opening scenes from the footage on Al-Jazeera feed. Cars lying belly up in a sea of debris like dead fish, lying alongside swept ships while cars driving next to them trying to get away from it all. Very humbling....

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Added on March 11, 2011, 5:25 pmInterview on Al-Jazeera describing chaos in Tokyo streets when the earthquake struck.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Mar 11 2011, 05:25 PM

I saw a truck was pushed by the tsunami like it was nothing.. ANd i did saw a motorcyclist kena swept away...sedih.

The Sendai airport footage is personal to me. I cannot imagine an airport being under water.......

there's no match for forces of mother nature

you screw with nature, nature screw you back

Looking at the Tsunami Travel Times chart, the tsunami wave will hit Sabah and Labuan 6 hours after the earthquake. Which is around 8-9pm.

How do you think the magnitude of the tsunami will be? I only can pray it dissolves.

Hopefully dissipated by the time it reaches our shores. OR expended its force on the Philippines. I know it's not nice to pray havoc on other countries, but the Phillipines may shield it and decreases its power.

I just want my friend to be safe in Tokyo

The list goes on and on and on, on the affected areas/tsunami alert listed out by the Meteorological office personnel, on NHK/Al-Jazeera.

@aiyish,

Me too. I made great friends there. Please be safe.

I just informed he's family, they are worried too. They will call the Malaysian Embassy regarding about the situation there.

From the Japanese Meteorigical personnel report on NHK, this earthquake is the strongest observed earthquake in recent history.

in 140 years. Its creepy.

Eh String. Ada link to the tsunami time chart? Wanna take a look.

Al-Jazeera showing the Sendai Airport footage of the 10m tsunami engulfing the airport. The water nearly reach the aerobridge level! DAMN!

@Bluey, saw the chart from the Al-Jazeera news report.

Ah. Tak apa then. Thanks. This is really bad. Pray for the beloved.