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Japan Hit by huge Quake and Tsunami Donate: www.humanitariancoalition.ca and www.oxfam.ca

March 03, 2011

Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture, or state, closest to the epicenter. Another 151 were confirmed killed, with 547 missing. Police also said 798 people were injured. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.

The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 7-meter tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0. One magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck central Japan hours later, causing Tokyo buildings to sway.

Scientists say the massive earthquake ranks as the fifth largest jolt in the world since 1900, shaking after the initial shock lasted for about five minutes. It was nearly 8,000 times stronger than one that devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, last month. Source: The Globe and Mail Newspaper!

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