Tsunami devastates northeast Japan after massive earthquake
11 2011, 11:58 hrs Updated: Fri Mar 11 2011, 15:31 hrs -->Tokyo:
A tsunami carries boats across waters in Kamaishi city port in this still image taken from video footage.
A powerful tsunami spawned by the largest earthquake in Japan's history slammed the eastern coast Friday, sweeping away boats, cars, homes and people as widespread fires burned out of control. A local news report said at least 32 people were killed.
The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake was followed by at least 19 aftershocks, most of them of more than magnitude 6.0. Dozens of cities and villages along the 2,100-kilometre stretch of the country's eastern shore were shaken by violent tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of kilometers from the epicentre in the sea off the northeastern coast.
A tsunami warning was issued for dozens of Pacific countries, as far away as Chile.
Kyodo news agency said 22 people were killed. The government confirmed only five deaths.
“The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan,'' Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference.
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