Tsunami visuals from Japan

Watch the visuals of Tsunami that hit Japan following a massive earth quake bringing widespread destruction to life and property

Massive earthquake triggers Tsunami in Japan

An 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and caused Tsunami sweeping across farmlands and roads wiping away homes, crops and vehicles on its way.

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A magnitude-8.9 earthquake hit northeastern Japan Friday, generating a tsunami as high as 10 metres that hit the coast of Miyagi prefecture, officials said. At least 18 people were killed.

The Meteorological Agency said the quake was the biggest on record in Japan.

The dead were reported in northeastern Japan and the Kanto region. More than 100 people were injured and many were missing, including a number of children who were sucked into the sea, the public broadcaster NHK reported.

Six deaths were reported at a welfare facility that collapsed in Minami Soma in Fukushima prefecture, and the Kyodo News agency said eight people were missing in a landslide in Soma, Fukushima prefecture. A tsunami seven metres high hit the city at 3.50 p.m. (0650 GMT), NHK said.

Waves swamped buildings and swept away cars, boats, crops and even buildings. People gathered on the roofs of inundated buildings and houses. Women waved white handkerchiefs from windows, seeking help.

Television footage showed vehicles submerged in Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture, as a 4.2-metre tsunami hit the city's coast and many houses being washed away in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture, by quake-generated waves.

High waves also hit Hiroo on Hokkaido, Japan's northern island.

The agency warned more waves up to 10 metres high would hit the coast of eastern Japan.

The agency issued more tsunami warnings in southern Japan, forecasting waves as high as two metres on the southern island of Kyushu and the southwestern island of Okinawa, 1,600 km southwest of Tokyo. A tsunami three metres high would hit Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo, the agency said.

Tsunami advisories were issued for wide swathes of the eastern coast and around the Pacific.

The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.9 on the Richter scale while Japan's Meteorological Agency recorded it at a magnitude of 8.8.

The quake, which hit at 2.45 p.m. (0545 GMT) at a depth of 24.4 km, shook buildings in Tokyo violently, and some caught fire.

The US Geological Survey said the initial quake was followed by at least 23 large aftershocks, the strongest measuring magnitude 7.1 and striking 40 minutes after the first tremor.

Media reported extensive damage to buildings in and around Tokyo and the collapse of roofs on Tokyo buildings.

NHK showed footage of blazes at petrochemical complexes in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture, east of Tokyo and city officials in Sendai said 14 fires were reported there.

Narita International Airport and airports in Senda, Iwate Hanamaki, Aomori and Yamagata were closed, the Jiji Press agency said. NHK showed footage of the Sendai Airport submerged.

Nuclear power stations on the Pacific coast in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures shut down operations automatically after the quake hit.

More than four million households experienced power outages in the metropolitan area, Tokyo Electric Power Co said. About 4.4 million households in eastern Japan suffered power failures, NHK said.

Japanese train service, including bullet trains, were suspended in northeastern and central Japan. All trains were suspended in the Tokyo area.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued tsunami warnings for Japan, Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas and tsunami watches for Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hawaii, Guam and other Pacific islands.

The centre forecast arrival times for Russia's Urup Island at 0714 GMT, initial times for Taiwan at 0932 GMT, the Philippines at 0955 GMT and Indonesia at 1049 GMT.

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