Tsunami in Japan after 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake – Tsunami Alert for Hawaii
Tsunami in Japan after 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake today on March 11, 2011 and Tsunami warning system were announcing some Tsunami Alert for many others like Hawaii, New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea as Tsunami Waves expected over the next few hours due to 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan. Google activated Person Finder for Tsunami in Japan after 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake today on March 11, 2011. As 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan, triggering a 10 metre tsunami that swept away everything in including houses, cars, farm buildings on fire and boats, media and witnesses said.
According to sources of Tokyo area, 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan causes many injuries to people and the death toll has been reached to 19. There were several strong aftershocks. In the capital Tokyo, buildings shook violently. An oil refinery near Tokyo was on fire, with dozens of storage tanks under threat.
Google activated Person Finder for Tsunami in Japan after 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake today to help people concerned about loved ones, family members in the area affected due to earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Person Finder page can be found at http://japan.person-finder.appspot.com/.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was a magnitude 8.9, while Japan’s meteorological agency measured it at 8.8. It struck at 2:46 p.m. A tsunami warning was issued for the entire Pacific, including areas as far away as South America, the entire U.S. West Coast, Canada and Alaska.
“The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan,” Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference.
“Our initial assessment indicate that there has already been enormous damage,” Chief government spokesman Yukio Edano said. “We will make maximum relief effort based on that assessment.”
A large fire erupted at the Cosmo oil refinery in Ichihara city in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo and was burning out of control with 100-foot (30 meter) -high flames whipping into the sky.
NHK showed footage of a large ship being swept away and ramming directly into a breakwater in Kesennuma city in Miyagi prefecture. Many cities and villages along the 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) eastern shore were shaken by violent tremors by earthquake in japan.
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