japanDisaster: Earthquake Tsunami: BBC, Australia Tsunami Research Center, video of tidal wave floods Japan

BBC News (Mar11,2k11)

Japan hit by tsunami 

after massive earthquake

11 March 2011 Last updated at 02:34ETHelp

A massive earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan triggering a tsunami that has caused extensive damage.

Japan's TV showed cars, ships and even buildings being swept away in the Fukushima prefecture, after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake.

Officials said a wave as high as 6m (20ft) could strike the coast.

The quake struck about 250 miles (400km) from Tokyo at a depth of 20 miles, shaking buildings in the capital for several minutes.

Chris Ryan, head of the Australian Tsunami Warning Centre, describes the impact of the Tsunami.

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Associated Press via Bloomberg Businessweek (Feb23,2k11):

Police in Christchurch, New Zealand, say up to 120 bodies may still be inside one of the buildings hardest hit by the country's devastating earthquake. That number is not included in the official death toll of 76, which is based on the bodies recovered and brought to a temporary morgue in the stricken city.  Police Superintendent Dave Cliff told reporters Thursday that "between the late 60s and 120 bodies, at the upper limit" were believed to still be inside the Canterbury Television building. That number includes foreign students at an English language school in the building.


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