Japanese tsunami

"Earthquake caused many injuries, fires and a large wave forcing thousands of residents fled tohigherground to escape," Kyodo reported.

Several nuclear power plants and oil refining center is closed while a major steel producer firms burned. Approximately 4.4 million homes in the northern part of Japan's electricity outages.
Kyodo reported, a hotel in Sendai city collapsed, triggering concern many residents may be trapped.
"It was an extensive, and I fear. I have never experienced this earthquake as strong as the past 20 years, "said a manager of a restaurant in Akasaka, Hidekatsu Hata, 36.Shared his experience in Tokyo Reuters correspondent Linda Sieg Rural District, which also feels a strong tremor in his office.
"Our office building shook hard and long, leaving many employees take motorcycle helmets to protect their heads, while others hide under the table," he said.
NHK television station broadcast images of tsunami waste away buildings, vehicles Sendai coastal areas with a million people while the ship will fall on the beach, seen stranded at the port.
See puffs of black smoke into the air from a building in Odaiba on the outskirts of Tokyo when the Japanese bullet train service to the north, had to be stopped.
Japanese electronics giant, Sony Corp., ceased operations at six factories, as the plane's air force was rushed to the northeast coast to survey the extent of damage occurring.
Bank of Japan are working to improve the economy, said he would make every effort to ensure the stability of financial markets, when the stock market and the yen fell.
Meanwhile, the Red Cross in Geneva said sea levels were reported higher in some Pacific islands and a tsunami warning throughout the region except the U.S. and Canada

Erthquake cause a tsunami of economic lesion 10m Tokyo
TOKYO: The most powerful earthquake in 140 years with a measure of the 8.9 on the Richter scale, struck northeastern Japan yesterday, triggering tsunami waves as high as 10 meters and caused more than 1,000 people were killed.

Kyodo news agency reported, the earthquake caused extensive damage in the northern area of ​​Japan, while the tsunami destroyed almost everything in its path, including farms, buildings, houses, ships, vehicles and cause a fire.