Thoughts and prayers for sure.  I'm a geologist and am fascinated by this type of event, but watching the Skynews video this morning brought tear to my eyes and a prayer from my heart.  
 
Stephen

Very pleased to hear that our friends Eiji and Toshiaki are safe.

Ditto -
Glad to hear our friends are ok.
Positive vibes to the Land of the Rising Sun.
As today ends, so shall tomorrow begin.
Go with grace.

Another bit of good news among bad.

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Definitely good to hear from Eiji and Toshiaki. Just heard from my cousin in Tokyo that she and her brothers are safe, also their mom and dad (my aunt and uncle) who live in Iwate prefecture, which is near the epicenter. Still waiting to hear about my father-in-law - he is in the tsunami zone in Hokkaido...
 
And Mica, thank you for starting this thread - I learned about the earthquake here first!

Harry, It is good to learn of the safety of your relatives , I hope that you will receive a positive report concerning your father in law as well.  
        Best regards ,
                                 Wolf.

Eiji and Toshiaki and all our Japan friends...in my thoughts and prayers!
Harry, prayers out for your extended family also my friend!
Steve

Harry, I hope your father-in-law is safe. There are many big aftershocks still and the tsunami alert isn't cancelled yet. Though the situation does not allow much room for optimism, I can find few casualties in Hokkaido on TV news.

Very pleased to hear that our friends Eiji and Toshiaki are safe.

Heart filled prayers for you and your families in Japan.

Just heard from my mother in law this morning - everyone on her side of the family is ok! But watching the footage is heartbreaking - there are still so many people missing and unaccounted for.

My prayers go out to all that are either directly or indirectly affected by this disaster.
 
slawie

Harry,  
It's good to hear your family is safe !
 
The aftershocks are still contnued and hypocenters are spreaded and multiple arround east area.
Uncounted people are missing (a half of some commune are floated !?).
Atomic power plants have serious damage on cooling systems.
But we started to recover from this calamity.
 
Thank you for all prayers and help of the world.
We will be rising like the sun.
 
Eiji

My thoughts are with you, Eiji and your fellow citizens. We're still trying to locate some of our friends. We're hoping they didn't choose this time to visit family in the tsunami zone and that their families are OK.