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Tsunami smashes Japan after 8.8 quake

An earthquake of the magnitude 8.8 on Richter Scale rocked Japan today morning, leading to buildings in capital Tokyo shaking in the impact and people rushing out to the streets.

Japanese television showed heavy damage caused by a tsunami that followed the massive quake.

National broadcaster NHK Television showed images of people getting medical treatment and footage of a tsunami engulfing a warehouse in Kamaishi in Iwate prefecture, with cars and trucks submerged. Ships were shown smashing into harbour walls on NHK.

Is the Andaman & Nicobar Admin. well prepared in case of another Tsunami ? Is the disaster preparedness enough ? Is the Tsunami warning system fool-proof ?

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Permalink Reply by Victoria Pannir on March 13, 2011 at 18:26

but Iam talking about tsunami not earth quake. tsunami will cause more damage in the plain area than the hilly. we already witnessed the last tsunami. u can understand which place caused more damage.

S.S.VENKATESHWAR said:

Madam,

first of all sorry in addressing-- you are mam--see whether it is plain area or hilly --both areas will affect as per magnitude of the earth quake and the epicentre- please add your photo-

Victoria Pannir said:

ok, Sir, but, Nicobar is a plain area, unfortunately if any thing happens like tsunami then Nicobar will affect lot. is,nt it. thanks for upgrading my GK.

Mrs.Victoria Pannir

S.S.VENKATESHWAR said:

Sir,

very close to indonesia is great nicobar, campbell bay , from indira point it is only 96 k.m.

Victoria Pannir said:

When Indonesia has given tsunami alert, is Nicobar safe I think it is close to Indonesia.

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Permalink Reply by Shibu Varghese on March 15, 2011 at 11:13

what will hapen if tsunami caused by that magnitude of earthquake hits near andamans . our admin have destroyed all the high mountain ranges.. especially the area behind carbynscove ( brookshbad in particular.........the den of quarry operators.......... this hill use to protect of land from the strong storm winds/rains and ofcourse water from the sea...............at this rate next time the water will surely destroy schooline, lambaline, austinabad, prothrapore,bird line and phataggudda....................the dc should pause the renewl of quarry lisence and leave like this ..so that what is remaining is left for the protection of the specified area............

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Permalink Reply by Shibu Varghese on March 15, 2011 at 11:52

the entire low lying which was protected by the hill is being destroyed.............in the interest of general public this should be given a pause............. the renewal of quarry licence will surely benefit a few but by large its the people who are sufferers..... hope everybody learns a lesson from what happened in japan............against nature's fury we can only watch like mute specatators. hope the entire bandwagon of folks so called guardians of the admin give a thought in this regard also other than increasing the thickness of their bank account.

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Permalink Reply by Shibu Varghese on March 16, 2011 at 7:14

this can be true to some extent...........we had rainfall in the month of jan, feb even till date we are receving rainfall.this could trigerred by the global warming. this fact cannot be denied...............folks are also relating this to the super moon...but somewere down the line these are sudden changes which we have observed since 2004. after the devastating tsunami which hit banda ache.

even in the islands since then the const work also gained momentum in the name of tsunami and development. all efforts failed to reclaim the sea encroached land .. in this case a proper study should be carried out about the construction also..........everywhere its the rcc construction the municipal has extended the const from 2 to 4 storyes.

90% of the buildings including the schools dosen't have escape route in case of emergency. when will our admin think on these lines also....................

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Permalink Reply by Victoria Pannir on March 17, 2011 at 23:11

That is what I am telling since I joined this forum (andamani.com) If we destroy the nature then the nature will destroy us and that is what happening. Man can overcome by the natures destruction but wht about man made one ( nuclear destruction) which will effect for generation.