Earthquake In Tokyo,Jepang 11-03-2011

Tokyo - Japan hit
earthquake measuring 8.8 on the Richter
scale
off the northeast coast Friday, the
triggered a tsunami as high as 10 meters.
The tsunami waves that washed away
car and tore the building in
along the coast near the epicenter.
At various locations along the coast
Japanese television show
flood, with dozens of cars, ships and
even buildings carried away by water.
A large ship was swept by the tsunami
direct hit to the breakwater at
Kesennuma city in Miyagi Prefecture,
according to the recording on NHK.
Officials are trying to assess damage
by the quake but had no details
directly.
The quake which struck at 14:46 it
followed by a series of aftershocks,
including a 7.4 quake on the Richter scale
about 30 minutes later. U.S. Geological
Survey to update the strength of an
earthquake
The first magnitude scale 8.8
Richter.
Meteorological Agency issued a
tsunami warning for the entire coast
Pacific in Japan. NHK warn
people close to the beach to go to
a safer location.
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii
said the tsunami warning applies
for Japan, Russia, Marcus Islands,
and the Northern Marianas. Tsunami
warning
has been issued for Guam, Taiwan,
Philippines, Indonesia and the U.S. states
Hawaii.
The quake struck at a depth of six miles
(10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125
kilometers) off the east coast, said
agency. This area is 240 miles (380
kilometers) northeast of Tokyo.
In downtown Tokyo, buildings
large vibrating hard and the workers
running into the street to look for
survivors.
Television footage showed buildings
major burns in Tokyo's Odaiba district.
In central Tokyo, trains halted and
passengers walking along the tracks.
NHK recording from their offices, Sendai,
shows the employees who
tripped and books and papers
scattered from the table.
Several earthquakes have hit
same region in recent days,
including one measuring 7.3 scale
Richter on Wednesday.
Thirty minutes after the quake,
tall buildings still
swayed in Tokyo and the phone network
mobile does not work. Coast guard
Japan has established a task force and
officials prepare contingency plans
emergency, said Coast Guard officials
Yosuke Oi.
"I do not worry, we will immediately seek
know about the damage because the quake
so strong, "he said.
Bureau of Meteorology and Climatology
Geophysical estimates of tsunami
hit parts of northern
Indonesia at 18.00 pm or
20:00 CEST.
Some areas which according to estimates
Bureau of Meteorology and Climatology
Geophysics will be affected by the tsunami
posts
from Japan, among others, Manokwari,
Sorong, Jayapura in Papua, and Sulawesi
North and North Maluku.
According to Chief Information subfields
Early
Earthquake BMKG, Rahmat Triyono,
prior to Indonesia, the tsunami
expected to hit Taiwan and
Philippines.
Later afternoon, hit Predicted the Tsunami
Eastern Indonesia
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