A major earthquake in Japan has triggered a tsunami on the north east coast, sweeping away cars, ships and buildings. Many buildings have collapsed or are on fire, and there are fears many people could be killed or injured. The Cosmos oil refinery outside Tokyo has exploded. You can watch footage of the devastation here, and the 大象传媒 Japan tsunami livepage has live updates on the situation.
We'll be talking about the Japan tsunami today on 大象传媒 World TV at 1500 GMT.
Residents in Tokyo felt the tremors, reporting shaking and rocking buildings, even though the epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from the city. People spilled out into the streets for safety.
Adel emailed us from Tokyo: 鈥淢y house just got hit with the earthquake and I am bleeding all over. My house just fell and I have got three sons and one daughter. PLEASE HELP???鈥
The tsunami warnings have spread to the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Pacific coast of Russia and Hawaii.
Alex emailed us from Tokyo: 鈥淎ll the buildings were shaking heavily and power lines jumping around, there was a large cloud of smoke in the distance from what looked like a explosion. The road outside our hostel was shut due to a gas leak, we evacuated to open spaces were we was hit by several after shocks and still to this moment we are still feeling tremors and aftershocks.鈥
Shashan in Tokyo emailed us: 鈥淚 work in a merchant ship as an engineer and our ship was unloading the cargo at the port. Suddenly in the afternoon our ship starts vibrating heavily. We went to the deck and found the whole city shaking and a building near by caught fire.鈥
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Can you update us on the possibility of the tsunami hitting panama? Jon Zarych, Panama City.
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Oscar in Peru posts:Now the waves are in Hawai, here in Lima will arrive at 7:00 pm aproximatly; but the situation in Japan (Sendai) is alarming.
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@大象传媒_WHYS JAPAN YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS
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Lora from Philippines.
I feel so sorry for the people who happen to experience that hilarious tragedy,i just pray that everything will be back to normal soon.
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Stay calm,avoid the beaches and hope for the best. Sanjay
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Gift in Malawi posted: Hope my friends Masa and Saori are ok. God save the peaceful, lovely people of Japan.
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Our wishes and prayers for all Japanese ppl affected by Tsunami from Mallika Mahajan and Pawan Sinha from India
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Thoughts of Sri Lankans are with the people of Japan. Sincerely and genuinly wish I can volunteer to proceed to Japan immediatly to help in every way possible.
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A truly tragic disaster! But a possible nuclear catastrophe looms and that worries me. Nikolas Mavreas, Cyprus
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I am following the news from mauritius. The pictures are terrible. May God be with japan and the great japanese people-shameem
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My sympathy to all people in Japan. Monza Enoch Ndjamena Chad
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@大象传媒_WHYS Japan in our Prayers tonight
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@大象传媒_WHYS Just a year ago, in Chile, my country, happened something brightly similar. Has geologist made a connection?
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Seema posted: Natural disasters, which cannot be prevented even with technological means or precautionary measures, show just how helpless mankind truly is.
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Japan earthquake triggers tsunami
| Friday, 3 March 2011 | 15:00 - 16:00 GMT
A major earthquake in Japan has triggered a tsunami on the north east coast, sweeping away cars, ships and buildings. Many buildings have collapsed or are on fire, and there are fears many people could be killed or injured. The Cosmos oil refinery outside Tokyo has exploded. You can watch footage of the devastation here, and the 大象传媒 Japan tsunami livepage has live updates on the situation.
We'll be talking about the Japan tsunami today on 大象传媒 World TV at 1500 GMT.
Residents in Tokyo felt the tremors, reporting shaking and rocking buildings, even though the epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from the city. People spilled out into the streets for safety.
Adel emailed us from Tokyo: 鈥淢y house just got hit with the earthquake and I am bleeding all over. My house just fell and I have got three sons and one daughter. PLEASE HELP???鈥
The tsunami warnings have spread to the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Pacific coast of Russia and Hawaii.
Alex emailed us from Tokyo: 鈥淎ll the buildings were shaking heavily and power lines jumping around, there was a large cloud of smoke in the distance from what looked like a explosion. The road outside our hostel was shut due to a gas leak, we evacuated to open spaces were we was hit by several after shocks and still to this moment we are still feeling tremors and aftershocks.鈥
Shashan in Tokyo emailed us: 鈥淚 work in a merchant ship as an engineer and our ship was unloading the cargo at the port. Suddenly in the afternoon our ship starts vibrating heavily. We went to the deck and found the whole city shaking and a building near by caught fire.鈥
Have you been affected by the earthquake ? Post your comments here.
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Can you update us on the possibility of the tsunami hitting panama? Jon Zarych, Panama City.
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Oscar in Peru posts:Now the waves are in Hawai, here in Lima will arrive at 7:00 pm aproximatly; but the situation in Japan (Sendai) is alarming.
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@大象传媒_WHYS JAPAN YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS
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Lora from Philippines. I feel so sorry for the people who happen to experience that hilarious tragedy,i just pray that everything will be back to normal soon.
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Stay calm,avoid the beaches and hope for the best. Sanjay
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Gift in Malawi posted: Hope my friends Masa and Saori are ok. God save the peaceful, lovely people of Japan.
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Our wishes and prayers for all Japanese ppl affected by Tsunami from Mallika Mahajan and Pawan Sinha from India
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Thoughts of Sri Lankans are with the people of Japan. Sincerely and genuinly wish I can volunteer to proceed to Japan immediatly to help in every way possible.
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A truly tragic disaster! But a possible nuclear catastrophe looms and that worries me. Nikolas Mavreas, Cyprus
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I am following the news from mauritius. The pictures are terrible. May God be with japan and the great japanese people-shameem
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My sympathy to all people in Japan. Monza Enoch Ndjamena Chad
Comment sent via Twitter
@大象传媒_WHYS Japan in our Prayers tonight
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@大象传媒_WHYS Just a year ago, in Chile, my country, happened something brightly similar. Has geologist made a connection?
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Seema posted: Natural disasters, which cannot be prevented even with technological means or precautionary measures, show just how helpless mankind truly is.
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