Replica from 7.8, panic in Tokyo. Premier: Destruction devastating
TOKYO - Japan and 'this morning was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 8.9, among the ten most violent of the last 150 years: according to initial estimates of the Japanese media, there are at least 26 dead and there 'a tsunami alert that is spreading in the Pacific Ocean. The victims would be targeted in Fukushima Prefecture, north of Tokyo, where four million homes are without electricity and where five people died in the collapse of a nursing home. The damage has now been defined''significant "by the Japanese government which nevertheless ensure that there were no leaks of radioactivity 'from nuclear power stations. Among other things, a huge fire broke out in an oil refinery in Iichihara. The first shock, followed by other settling, and 'was recorded at 14:46 local time (6:46 in Italy) and a tsunami warning has been declared throughout the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. Waves of 10 feet and beyond have hit the Japanese island of Honshu and the other at least seven feet of Fukushima Prefecture. Evacuations of coastal areas were ordered, among other Hawaiian islands, the Marianas, in the northern Philippines and southern Kuril Islands of Russia. In Indonesia - where the tsunami of December 2004 caused at least 130 000 deaths - a tsunami warning has been issued for various provinces. The emergency unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised the Italians that are located in southern Japan to stay informed on the evolving situation through local media and international or your travel agent. Even several hours after the earthquake, the fixed and mobile telephony and 'almost impossible in the Tokyo area, instead it has withstood the Internet. "Here in Tokyo, the quake was frightening both in intensity and duration,''said Mauro Politi, an assistant professor of Mitaka, at the outskirts of Tokyo. Although the Japanese are accustomed to earthquakes, he said,''the feeling was different from the usual'':''now seemed you're on a ship at sea.'' The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, has instructed the diplomatic structure to accept international aid and France has already 'answered the call.
VIRTUALLY ALL PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING - The tsunami alert was declared in the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. The countries in which an alert is in effect are especially Russia, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. For the moment there is no news serious tsunami also outside of Japan.
TOKYO - Japan and 'this morning was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 8.9, among the ten most violent of the last 150 years: according to initial estimates of the Japanese media, there are at least 26 dead and there 'a tsunami alert that is spreading in the Pacific Ocean. The victims would be targeted in Fukushima Prefecture, north of Tokyo, where four million homes are without electricity and where five people died in the collapse of a nursing home. The damage has now been defined''significant "by the Japanese government which nevertheless ensure that there were no leaks of radioactivity 'from nuclear power stations. Among other things, a huge fire broke out in an oil refinery in Iichihara. The first shock, followed by other settling, and 'was recorded at 14:46 local time (6:46 in Italy) and a tsunami warning has been declared throughout the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. Waves of 10 feet and beyond have hit the Japanese island of Honshu and the other at least seven feet of Fukushima Prefecture. Evacuations of coastal areas were ordered, among other Hawaiian islands, the Marianas, in the northern Philippines and southern Kuril Islands of Russia. In Indonesia - where the tsunami of December 2004 caused at least 130 000 deaths - a tsunami warning has been issued for various provinces. The emergency unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised the Italians that are located in southern Japan to stay informed on the evolving situation through local media and international or your travel agent. Even several hours after the earthquake, the fixed and mobile telephony and 'almost impossible in the Tokyo area, instead it has withstood the Internet. "Here in Tokyo, the quake was frightening both in intensity and duration,''said Mauro Politi, an assistant professor of Mitaka, at the outskirts of Tokyo. Although the Japanese are accustomed to earthquakes, he said,''the feeling was different from the usual'':''now seemed you're on a ship at sea.'' The Japanese Foreign Minister, Takeaki Matsumoto, has instructed the diplomatic structure to accept international aid and France has already 'answered the call.
VIRTUALLY ALL PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING - The tsunami alert was declared in the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. The countries in which an alert is in effect are especially Russia, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. For the moment there is no news serious tsunami also outside of Japan.
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