Japan offers aid to quake of 8.9 and causes tsunami in Japan renewed
Friday, March 11, 2011
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The northeast coast of Japan was rocked on Friday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 generated a tsunami of four meters (13 feet) that dragged vehicles and buildings on the coast near the epicenter.
The earthquake occurred at 14:46 hours and was followed almost half hours later by a series of aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 8.9.
According to the scenes broadcast on the NHK public, a large boat pulled by the tsunami directly impacted with an embankment in the city of Kesennuma, in the prefecture (province) of Miyagi.
Authorities are trying to assess the damage caused by the earthquake, but for now do not have details.
Japan's meteorological agency pegged it at 8.9 strength earthquake. Later, the U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the first quake at 8.9 and issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan.
The Tsunami Warning Center Pacific in Hawaii said that triggered a tsunami warning for Japan, Russia, Marco Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands. He was also issued a tsunami warning for Guam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Hawai.El quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers (six miles), about 125 kilometers (80 miles) from the east coast, the meteorological agency said . The area is 380 kilometers (240 miles) northeast of Tokyo.
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