E 'dramatic budget of the earthquake followed by tsunami that hit this morning on the northeastern coast of Japan, the Tohoku region. According to preliminary estimates of the Japanese media, there are at least a hundred dead and dozens missing some over a hundred injured. Most of the victims were recorded in Fukushima Prefecture, north of the capital Tokyo. Yes it is the strongest in the history of the Asian country where earthquakes are a routine so much so that in the last 10 years have been those who have less than 29 concerned. However, never had been so violent. The first quake, the initial one was magnitude 8.9, then violent, they are followed by other more minor settling. Fortunately, the earthquake was in fact located at sea about a hundred kilometers from the coast and this has caused substantial damage to coastal cities, but if it had occurred on the mainland would be an unprecedented disaster. This, however, has not saved by the tsunami waves formed with 7 to 10 meters, which moved at an average speed of 600-700 km schedules investing the northeast coast, in particular the prefecture of Fukushima, and penetrating more than 5 km inland. Just before he hit the Japanese island of Honshu. A tsunami warning which then is taken from one side of the Pacific Ocean. In all he is still alive the memory of the 2004 tsunami that struck the coasts of Indonesia and Thailand. The tsunami alert was declared in the Pacific except for the continental United States and Canada. Countries in which the alert was triggered, in particular, are 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's no evidence of serious tsunami also outside of Japan. The violent quake recorded in Japan today has followed other occurred in recent days and had a kind of inkling of what was to happen, but nobody could ever imagine that would be of this magnitude. The signal that this time it was really an earthquake of course different from the fact that although the Japanese are accustomed to earthquakes, this time we are really scared and Nipponese authorities have also allowed. The same Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan said that the earthquake and tsunami caused considerable damage in the Asian country. Even the Japanese cabinet secretary, said Yukio Edan which probably is' is the worst earthquake in the history of Japan. After the earthquake broke out a huge fire at a refinery in Iichihara. While a fire broke out in a building housing a turbine at the power station of Onagawa located in northern Miyagi prefecture. And it is the Japanese nuclear power plants are facing concerns of the international community. The fear is for the four Japanese nuclear power plants located in the areas closest to the area of \u200b\u200bthe country hit by the earthquake. There are fears that are at risk of leaks of radioactivity. These nuclear power stations, near the east coast of Honshu, has been closed. The Tokyo government has also decided to declare a emergency situation of nuclear energy. It is a measure that is adopted in case of radioactive leaks from nuclear plants or failures in the cooling system. To monitor the situation there is the UN International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA. E 'was estimated that the earthquake that struck Japan was several thousand times more violent than the Eagle of April 6, 2009 which was magnitude 6.2.
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