The powerful earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeastern Japan on Friday has left almost 400 dead and thousands missing, according to an update on Saturday by police and it gets worse from hour to hour. At least 613 people died in separate northern and eastern Japan. More than 200 bodies were found on the beach in Sendai (Northeast, Miyagi Prefecture) after the passage of a wave of over 10 meters straight to the earthquake of magnitude 8.9 and some consequences of considerable magnitude.
A thousand 200 homes may have been affected by the tsunami in that area. The current balance on Saturday at 11:30 (02:30 GMT) by the police includes 784 thousand missing and 128 injured. "This earthquake is the most important since the Meiji era (1868 to 1912) and we think over a thousand people have lost their lives, government spokesman confirmed.
The balance is still provisional and police stressed the difficulty of collecting data about the number and extent of the affected areas. A devastating tsunami followed the most violent earthquake ever recorded in Japan of magnitude 8.9, according to the Institute of Geophysics (USGS). There was a 24.4 km deep, at 14:46 (05:46 GMT) on Friday, about 100 km from the Miyagi prefecture.
Strong aftershocks had been ongoing since then in the same area and an earthquake of magnitude 6.7, according to the latest Japanese agency evaluations (6.2 according to USGS) occurred at about 4:00 on Saturday (19:00 GMT Friday) in the Niigata Prefecture, northwest, on the opposite side to the Pacific coast and devastated.
The quake struck just a mile deep, according to the USGS, and caused landslides and avalanches. The tsunami warning remains in effect throughout the east coast of Japan and the other sides which also have been significant tremors. The number of buildings destroyed in whole or in part is three 400 according to Kyodo, quoting the National Fire and Disaster.
In the vast area affected by this immense catastrophe, some 5.57 million households were without electricity and 600 000 without running water, according to Japanese media, present on all fronts. 
A thousand 200 homes may have been affected by the tsunami in that area. The current balance on Saturday at 11:30 (02:30 GMT) by the police includes 784 thousand missing and 128 injured. "This earthquake is the most important since the Meiji era (1868 to 1912) and we think over a thousand people have lost their lives, government spokesman confirmed.
The balance is still provisional and police stressed the difficulty of collecting data about the number and extent of the affected areas. A devastating tsunami followed the most violent earthquake ever recorded in Japan of magnitude 8.9, according to the Institute of Geophysics (USGS). There was a 24.4 km deep, at 14:46 (05:46 GMT) on Friday, about 100 km from the Miyagi prefecture.
Strong aftershocks had been ongoing since then in the same area and an earthquake of magnitude 6.7, according to the latest Japanese agency evaluations (6.2 according to USGS) occurred at about 4:00 on Saturday (19:00 GMT Friday) in the Niigata Prefecture, northwest, on the opposite side to the Pacific coast and devastated.
The quake struck just a mile deep, according to the USGS, and caused landslides and avalanches. The tsunami warning remains in effect throughout the east coast of Japan and the other sides which also have been significant tremors. The number of buildings destroyed in whole or in part is three 400 according to Kyodo, quoting the National Fire and Disaster.
In the vast area affected by this immense catastrophe, some 5.57 million households were without electricity and 600 000 without running water, according to Japanese media, present on all fronts.
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