Friday, March 11, 2011

Powerful earthquake hits Japan, 1 man found dead

8.9 magnitude earthquake rocked Japan. Many people were reportedly injured in northern Japan region following the earthquake followed by tsunami waves.

Even one person was found dead in Sendai, northern Japan hit by tsunami waves as high as 10 meters.

Such as reported by Japanese news agency, Kyodo, and reported by Reuters on Friday (11/03/2011). The quake also caused fires in several places.

As a result of this earthquake, in Tokyo's Narita International Airport was closed. This earthquake was mentioned as a terdahsyat in Japan in 7 years.