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8.9 Earthquake struck Japan triggering a Tsunami Alert
An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Japan early morning on 11 March 2011. This earthquake, probably one of the 5 biggest earthquakes in thousand years, triggered a tsunami that sweeping all cars, houses and killing hundreds. Click on the pictures below to enlarge.
Latest Wikipedia official page (prior 10:47A.M. GMT+8) states that more than 637 has been found dead, and more than 10,000 are currently missing (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake). An aftershock happens to infect some of the East Asian countries and Hawaii, followed by volcano eruption in Indonesia after 8.9 magnitude quake in Japan.
Latest Wikipedia official page (prior 10:47A.M. GMT+8) states that more than 637 has been found dead, and more than 10,000 are currently missing (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake). An aftershock happens to infect some of the East Asian countries and Hawaii, followed by volcano eruption in Indonesia after 8.9 magnitude quake in Japan.
Current disaster: 東北地方太平洋沖地震 -- Tōhoku Chihō Taiheiyō-oki Jishin -- Tōhoku region Pacific Ocean offshore earthquake -- Magnitude 8.9 to 9.1
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