7.9 magnitude quake strikes Japan
AP – Fri, Mar 11, 2011 2:03 PM MYTA 7.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast, shaking buildings in Tokyo for several minutes and sending people out into the streets.
Japan's meteorological agency warns that a tsunami as high as 20 feet (6 meters) could strike the coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicenter.
The agency says the quake struck at 2:46 p.m. Friday at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers), about 80 miles (125 kilometers) off the eastern coast.
Several quakes had hit the same region in recent days, including a 7.3 magnitude one on Wednesday
Lebih 1,000 dikhuatiri mangsa tsunami
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TOKYO 12 Mac - Lebih 1,000 orang dikhuatiri terbunuh di Jepun ekoran kejadian tsunami setinggi 10 meter selepas gempa bumi sekuat 8.9 pada skala Richter, dengan kebanyakan kematian akibat lemas, lapor media tempatan.
Kira-kira 3,000 penduduk yang tinggal berdekatan loji nuklear di Wilayah Fukushima, utara Tokyo dipindahkan daripada kawasan tersebut.
Kerajaan menyatakan tiada kebocoran berlaku di loji berkenaan namun tahap radiasi semakin meningkat. - Reuters
REUTERS - The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeast Japan could top 10,000, national broadcaster NHK quoted a police official as saying.
ReplyDelete"The death toll is almost certain to rise above 10,000," said Naoto Takeuchi, chief of Miyagi prefecture's policy force, according to NHK.
Miyagi is one of the areas worst hit by the disaster, with many of its towns and cities along the Pacific coast ravaged by the quake and the tsunami in addition to the fires that followed.
Estimates so far have been for more than 1,800 people likely to have been killed or missing, according to Kyodo news agency.