An earthquake of magnitude 8.9 struck the northeastern coast of Japan at least 26 dead and causing "many casualties", both in the capital Tokyo and in the northern prefecture of Miyagi, large fires and a tsunami of 10 meters. It 's the strongest earthquake of the last 140 years. The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, gave orders to strutturadiplomatica to accept international aid. Tsunami of 10 meters on the Port of Sendai - capital of the port of Sendai, eyewitnesses have reported seeing a fall 'tsunami' well ten feet high, exactly as they had warned the authorities, but in a time much faster than even pessimistic forecasts. The wave has swept away all that he has found his path, including buildings, boats and cars. The quake - According to the Control Center U.S. Geological Survey, the quake has reached an intensity of 8.9 degrees even on the open Richter scale. The telluric waves were felt distinctly up to Beijing. So afraid in the streets of Tokyo (see video), many people were injured following the collapse of the roof of a school, where he was being a graduation ceremony at which about six hundred students were involved. Blocked the bullet trains, closed nuclear power plants and refineries, on that of Iichihara close the capital of Japan, has developed a fire, as had already happened in the harbor, where they were triggered at least six outbreaks. Also closed the airport in Tokyo. All Japanese ports were closed and business suspended, referring agents. "It 's a disaster. All operations were suspended in the exhaust area," said a shipping agent.
The Stock Exchange has extended losses after news of the earthquake.
alert around the Pacific Ocean - The Centre for Monitoring Use of 'tsunami' has extended the warning to the entire Pacific Ocean, after it launched for the Western U.S., Alaska and Hawaii, warning that they are at risk also Australia and South America. In Asia, similar alarms have been branched from Russia to Siberia and the Kuril Islands, Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia. The same has happened in Oceania, particularly where mass evacuations have been undertaken to Marianne.
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