Japan tsunami and earthquake (8.9 magnitude earthquake)
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• 8.9 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks hit Japan
• Tsunami engulfs northern port of Sendai and islands
• Emergency at nuclear plant, fears of radiation leak
• Tsunami warnings for many other countries
• Death toll said to be more than 1,000 so far
Burning houses and debris after the tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Photograph:
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• 8.9 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks hit Japan
• Tsunami engulfs northern port of Sendai and islands
• Emergency at nuclear plant, fears of radiation leak
• Tsunami warnings for many other countries
• Death toll said to be more than 1,000 so far
Burning houses and debris after the tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. Photograph:
But see how they get controlled on the situation with the help of a technology, and saved them self from forecasting :
Watch the following Report:
TOKYO —
Government officials issued a tsunami warning Sunday for several small islands after a strong earthquake shook an area off the country’s southern coast.
The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit at 3:10 p.m. and registered magnitude 6.6. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 6.4.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The agency said the tsunami was expected to be about 50 centimeters high.
The quake hit 110 kilometers off the southern coast of Miyakojima island, in southern Japan, at a depth of 10 kilometers, it said. The small island is about 1,800 kilometers southwest of Tokyo.
Latest Updates on : march 14 -2011
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says a number of people have been killed in a massive, magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami. The 13-foot tsunami swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake are burning out of control up and down the coast, including one at an oil refinery.
Government officials issued a tsunami warning Sunday for several small islands after a strong earthquake shook an area off the country’s southern coast.
The Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit at 3:10 p.m. and registered magnitude 6.6. The U.S. Geological Survey measured it at 6.4.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
The agency said the tsunami was expected to be about 50 centimeters high.
The quake hit 110 kilometers off the southern coast of Miyakojima island, in southern Japan, at a depth of 10 kilometers, it said. The small island is about 1,800 kilometers southwest of Tokyo.
Latest Updates on : march 14 -2011
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says a number of people have been killed in a massive, magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami. The 13-foot tsunami swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake are burning out of control up and down the coast, including one at an oil refinery.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan says a number of people have been killed in a massive, magnitude 8.9 earthquake and resulting tsunami. The 13-foot tsunami swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake are burning out of control up and down the coast, including one at an oil refinery.
Even in a nation accustomed to tremors, yesterday's massive earthquake in Japan, and the tsunami it triggered, were terrifyingly different.
Coming only 17 days after the devastating quake in Christchurch, people in Japan were petrified.
Asagi Machida, a 27-year-old web designer in Tokyo, was walking near a coffee shop when the earthquake hit.
"The images from the New Zealand earthquake are still fresh in my mind so I was really scared. I couldn't believe such a big earthquake was happening."
The quake rattled skyscrapers in Tokyo where the streets around the main train station were packed with commuters stranded after buses and trains were halted.
"It was probably the worst I've felt since I came to Japan more than 20 years ago," said Reuters journalist Linda Sieg.
"The building shook for what seemed a long time and many people in the newsroom grabbed their helmets and some got under their desks," she said.
- WE put this new here , Because we want you people To comment On it . That with the high scale earth quack they still have low casualties Rate: How and what are the reason Behind It????
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