JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



DAMAGES OF MASSIVE PROPORTION

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast on Friday.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Houses are in flame while the Natori river is flooded over the surrounding area by tsunami tidal waves in Natori city, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



In central Tokyo, trains were stopped and passengers walked along the tracks to platforms. NHK said more than 4 million buildings without power in Tokyo and its suburbs.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



An entire bridge was uprooted due to the sheer force of the devastating earthquake. This was massive.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



The meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for the entire Pacific coast of Japan. National broadcaster NHK was warning those near the coast to get to safer ground.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE

VIDEO: tsunami waves battering ships, homes, cars

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, ships and boats are washed ashore in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefectur, Japan Friday March 11, 2011.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Traders watch developments of the earthquake in Japan on a television screen in their on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, March 11, 2011.

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A frantic scramble for survivors of Japan's strongest-ever earthquake -- which unleashed a wall of seawater that decimated entire neighborhoods -- stretched into a third day Sunday as rescuers dug through mud and rubble to find the buried, both alive and dead.

On Saturday, dazed survivors were plucked from collapsed homes, muddy water and burning debris. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said more than 3,000 people were rescued, according to the country's Kyodo News Agency.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



A small boat gets stuck in a tsunami whirlpool.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Houses are swept by a tsunami in Natori City.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Houses swallowed by the tsunami burn in Sendai, Miyagi.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



People watch the aftermath of the tsunami tides from a bridge.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Light planes and vehicles smashed together.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Houses, cars and other debris are washed away by tsunami tidal waves in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Houses are swept out to burn at sea.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Sludge from the tsunami creeps inland.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Vehicles are crushed by a collapsed wall at a carpark in Mito City.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Sludge came in from the Tsunami and encompassed the Airport

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



A collapsed pedestrian road.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



This sidewalk used to be level.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



A whirlpool swirls offshore.

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JAPAN: EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI SHOCKWAVE



Sendai Airport with sludges from the Tusnami.

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Another strong quake rattles Japan

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck the coast of Honshu in eastern Japan.

The quake struck at 8:24 a.m. local time on Sunday (2324 GMT on Saturday), according to the US Geological Survey.

The epicenter was monitored at 37.9813 degrees north latitude and 141.8492 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 24.8 kilometers (14 miles), the Xinhua news agency reported.

The quake was followed by a 6.6-magnitude aftershock two minutes later.

Japan is still conducting rescue operations in the aftermath of Friday's 8.9-magnitude earthquake, which triggered a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and over 50 aftershocks, with many measuring more than 6.0 on the Richter scale.

There are concerns that the death toll from the catastrophic earthquake could exceed 1,800.

The strong tremor has left millions of people in the quake-stricken area without water, gas, and electricity.

The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. local time (0546 GMT) on Friday and its epicenter was monitored at about 373 kilometers (231 miles) from the capital Tokyo, with a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles).

The temblor triggered a seven-meter (23-foot) tsunami and was followed by over 50 aftershocks over the next few hours, with many measuring more than 6.0 on the Richter scale.

On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged that the government would do all it can to rescue the survivors of the disaster.

The Japanese islands are located in an area that is the convergence point for several continental and oceanic plates. Because of Japan's location on an active plate zone, the country has had a long history of serious quakes.

The worst earthquake to hit Japan was the 8.3-magnitude Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which killed 100,000 people.

In 1995, the city of Kobe was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed 6,000 and injured nearly half a million residents.

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its really a big big destroyness for the japan and these pics are also very amazing.so that i think japan suffer this big earth quake