Massive Earthquake Tsunami strikes Japan

Hundreds are dead after the worst earthquake in generations struck off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday March 11 2011, setting off a devastating tsunami that swallowed swaths of coastal territory and fanned out across the Pacific Ocean, threatening everything in its path. the 8.9-magnitude earthquake—the world’s fifth-largest since 1900 and the biggest in Japan in 140 years—struck at 2:46 p.m. local time, shaking buildings violently in Tokyo for several minutes and sending millions fleeing for higher ground. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a press conference called for people to remain calm and reported that the nation’s nuclear power plants showed no signs of damage.


CCTV video of tsunami wave hitting airport