Forum:8.9 Japan earthquake

For anyone who may have missed news on this (and I don't see how you could have, to be completely honest), a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck several miles off the coast of Japan near Sendai on March 11 at about 05:46 UTC (14:46 local time). The earthquake triggered a tsunami that reached 10 meters (23 feet) in some places in Japan, and as much as 7-10 feet in Hawaii. It has also been followed up by a number of aftershocks, with more than a dozen stronger than 6.0 (a few of them stronger than 7.0). There are about 500 confirmed dead and over 700 missing so far. Wikipedia article

There have been a number of people in the anime, manga, and related industries who have checked in in some fashion since the quake to confirm that they are all right; ANN is keeping a list of them (as of the time of writing, Kazuki Takahashi isn't on the list). 「 ダイノ ガイ 千？！ 」? · ☎ Dinoguy1000 08:21, March 12, 2011 (UTC)