Friday, March 11, 2011

updates Tsunami Hit Japan situation - Massive Japan earthquake triggers

updates Tsunami Hit Japan situation - Massive Japan earthquake triggers : 3.10 pm: A tsunami may hit New Zealand following the 8.9 magnitude quake that struck Japan, nearly 8,800 km away, authorities said.

2.55 pm: The massive earthquake that hit Japan on Friday has caused extensive damage, said Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Read the full story here

2.39 pm: The last major quake to hit Tokyo was in 1923, when the Great Kanto Earthquake claimed more than 140,000 lives, many of them in fires.
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2.11 pm: There is no threat of tsunami along the Indian coast and people should not panic, says Shailesh Nayak, ministry of earth sciences secretary.

1.42 pm: The US Geological Survey said the quake was a magnitude 8.9, while Japan's meteorological agency measured it at 8.4.

Images: Japan hit by Tsunami

1.28 pm: Tokyo's main airport has been closed. A large section of the ceiling at the 1-year-old airport at Ibaraki, about 80 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, fell to the floor with a powerful crash.

1.17 pm: In Tokyo, hundreds of people were evacuated from Shinjuku train station, the world's busiest, to a nearby park. Trains were halted.

1.04 pm: A tsunami warning was extended to a number of Pacific, Southeast Asian and Latin American nations, including Japan, Russia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Chile. In the Philippines, authorities said they expect a 3-foot high tsunami.

Richter scale: A 75-year-old system to measure quake

12.45 pm: In various locations along Japan's coast, TV footage showed massive damage from the tsunami, with dozens of cars, boats and even buildings being carried along by waters.

12.30 pm: Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-metre) tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. Read More...
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1 comment:

  1. I was just wondering if the earthquake will affect the companies, especially tv companies and its prices.

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