Showing posts with label earthquake tsunami tsunami. Show all posts
Showing posts with label earthquake tsunami tsunami. Show all posts

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Japan, NHK: "Possible other tsunami" Naoto Kan, "unprecedented disaster"

After yesterday's magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Japan, there were at least 100 aftershocks of magnitude 6 and over, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency. Today, however, were at least 16 shocks of magnitude 5 to 6.8 on the east coast. The death toll grows by the hour. The state broadcaster NHK is about 10 thousand people scattered in the area of \u200b\u200bthe port of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, northeast of the country, one of the areas hardest hit by the devastating tsunami following the earthquake yesterday.