Date: 11 Mar 2011
Reporting Period
Friday 11 March, 10.15am
1. Situation Update
1.1 Huge tsunami slams Japan, sweeps across Pacific basin
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan on record struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, ships, cars and farm buildings on fire. The 8.9 magnitude quake, the most powerful since Japan started keeping records 140 years ago, reported until now 59 deaths and many injuries and sparked fires while the tsunami prompted warnings to people to move to higher ground in coastal areas.
Some nuclear power plants and oil refineries were shut down and a refinery was ablaze. Around 4.4 million homes were without power in northern Japan, media said. A hotel collapsed in the city of Sendai and people were buried in the rubble.
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