Japan Earthquake - Major tsunami damage in N Japan after 8.9 quakes

Japan Earthquakes: Japan Earthquakes, TOKYO – A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that sweep boats, cars, buildings and tons of remains miles inland. Japan Earthquakes Fires triggered by the quake burned out of manage up and down the coast, counting one at an oil refinery.

Japan Earthquakes one person was killed and there were reports in Japan Earthquake of some injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed. A tsunami warning was issued for dozens of Pacific countries, as far away as Chile.

Japan's meteorological agency said that within two hours, large tsunamis washed ashore into dozens of cities along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) stretch of the country's eastern shore from the northern island of Hokkaido to central Wakayama prefecture.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan said the quake caused "major damage in broad areas" but nuclear power plants in the area were not affected. The government prepared to send troops to the quake-hit areas.