Thoughts go to all the people in Japan for their safety.News so far:• Japan hit by vast 8.9 earthquake, 10m tsunami• At least eight dead, dozens injured• Four million without power• Buildings in Tokyo shook for several minutes • Japanese PM warns of 'major damage'• Nuclear plants shut with 'no material' leaking yet• Japan quake's 8.9 magnitude makes it the 5th-strongest in the world since 1900, says the US Geological society. A major earthquake hit Japan on Friday afternoon. Japan's Meteorological Agency says the quake had a magnitude of 7-point-9.The agency has issued a tsunami warning for Japan's Pacific coast, saying tsunami waves as high as 6 meters can be expected in some areas.At ports in Miyagi Prefecture, tsunami waves as high as 4 meters were observed soon after the quake.People near the coast are advised to evacuate to higher ground immediately. In Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, quake intensity of 7 was recorded. AFP reports: The car park at Tokyo Disneyland was drenched with water-logged segments from the ground. It was earlier reported that a tsunami might have caused the inundation but police said the phenomenon was due to liquefaction of soil caused by the intense shaking of the tremor. There were 69,000 people at the Disneyland and the adjacent Tokyo Disney Sea, built on a landfill in Tokyo Bay, when the quake occurred, a spokesman at the local Urawa police station said. There were no injuries or property damage reported at the theme parks. Another earthquake is heading its way as we speak.Sources:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... -live.html http://www.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/11_90.htmlYouTube VideosJapanese Family Experience of the Earthquake atm<object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j3fUqdGXLbM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"/></param><param name="wmode" value="window"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j3fUqdGXLbM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="opaque" height="417" width="500"></embed></object> Japanese Tokyo Supermarket<object height="417" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x9QNzGY0qxw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"/></param><param name="wmode" value="window"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x9QNzGY0qxw&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="opaque" height="417" width="500"></embed></object> See the full gallery on Posterous Permalink | Leave a comment  »
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