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Houses burn at night following an earthquake in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan in 140 years struck the northeast coast on Friday, triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings on fire. A tsunami warning has been issued for the entire Pacific basin except for the mainland United States and Canada following a huge earthquake that hit Japan on Friday, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said

Whirlpools are seen following a tsunami and earthquake in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture, March 11, 2011. The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began 140 years ago 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

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Streets are flooded after a tsunami and earthquake in Kesennuma city, Miyagi 

•  the latest is that the first signs of a tsunami have begun to wash up on the shores of Hawaii and local TV is showing waves reaching the beaches.
• Kyodo reports that 8,000 defense force troops have been dispatched for quake relief.
• Live TV coverage coming out of Hawaii, here: www.hawaiinewsnow.com
• that's an interesting point and one that has been put forward before by scientists. Apparently (and of course we're no experts) previous so-called 'supermoons' have accompanied severe weather events, such as the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami. Next Saturday the moon will come within 221,567 miles of the earth, the closest since 1992. Again we stress that this is scientific theory, but we'll try and look into it.
• The Joint Australian Tsunami Warning Centre (JATWC) said at 7:07 PM EDT that there is "no tsunami threat to Australia": www.bom.gov.au
• Jiji reporting that Miyagi Prefecture police say 200-300 bodies found in north-east Japan's Sendai city.Water could reach 2 metres high when it hits parts of the northern Californian coast, and could force some evacuations, says California Emergency Management Agency spokesman Jordan Scott.
• First signs of tsunami appear on Hawaii beaches, according to local television.
• Fukushima update: Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano says a cooling system for a nuclear reactor was not working
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