.- Between 200 and 300 people died in the province of Miyagi (Eastern Japan) because of the tsunami triggered by an earthquake of 8.8 magnitude on the Richter scale rocked Japan, which also caused at least 89 other deaths. According to Japanese media, based on official information, say the quake killed at least 89 dead and 349 missing in Japan.
In addition, local police said Miyagi found between 200 and 300 bodies in the coastal city of Sendai, the capital of the province. According to the local agency Kyodo, among the missing nearly one hundred passengers on a boat that was washed away on the east coast, shortly after leaving the port of Ishinomaki, Miyagi in the province.
This area has been one of the most affected, because the quake's epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 130 miles from its coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers. In addition there are numerous injuries, including about 60 in Tokyo, where the earthquake has shaken buildings long has temporarily halted subway service and blocked mobile phone lines, according to local authorities.
It is feared that the death toll to rise as the count progresses, since there are collapsed buildings in several areas and in some places the tsunami did the waters go deep as five kilometers inland. 
In addition, local police said Miyagi found between 200 and 300 bodies in the coastal city of Sendai, the capital of the province. According to the local agency Kyodo, among the missing nearly one hundred passengers on a boat that was washed away on the east coast, shortly after leaving the port of Ishinomaki, Miyagi in the province.
This area has been one of the most affected, because the quake's epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 130 miles from its coast, at a depth of 20 kilometers. In addition there are numerous injuries, including about 60 in Tokyo, where the earthquake has shaken buildings long has temporarily halted subway service and blocked mobile phone lines, according to local authorities.
It is feared that the death toll to rise as the count progresses, since there are collapsed buildings in several areas and in some places the tsunami did the waters go deep as five kilometers inland.
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