Japan: Major Tsunami Damage After 8.9 Quake - TIME
A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast.
At least one person was killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed. (See a photo gallery of the effects of the Asian Tsunami five years later.)Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2058368,00.html#ixzz1GIDPCAKt
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