【新唐人2011年3月12日訊】日本3月11日發生歷來最猛烈的8.9級地震。《共同社》表示，估計超過1千人死亡。這次地震還引發了至少5波大海嘯，其中最嚴重的一次高達10米。電視畫面顯示海浪摧毀農舍、農田、公路和車輛等。海嘯的場景像是電影《2012》的真實版，讓人感覺人類在大自然面前，顯得倉白無力。
Japan’s 8.9 magnitude quake triggers tsunami.
A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday (March 11), triggering a 10-metre tsunami that swept away everything in its path, including houses, cars, boats and farm buildings which were on fire, media and witnesses said.
At least one person was killed in Fukushima prefecture, north of Tokyo, where four million homes were without power. The quake caused many injuries, fires and a wall of water across the coast, prompting warnings for people to move to higher ground.
There were several strong aftershocks. In the capital Tokyo, buildings shook violently.
TV pictures showed a vast wall of water carrying the debris and even fires across a large swathe of coastal farmland near the city of Sendai, which has a population of one million.
Public broadcaster NHK showed flames and black smoke billowing from a building in Odaiba, a Tokyo suburb, and bullet trains to the north of the country were halted.
Black smoke was also pouring out of an industrial area in Yokohama’s Isogo area. TV footage showed boats, cars and trucks floating in water after a small tsunami hit the town of Kamaichi in northern Japan. An overpass, location unknown, appeared to have collapsed into the water.
Kyodo news agency said there were reports of fires in Sendai where waves carried cars across the runway at the airport.
The western prefecture of Wakayama ordered 20,000 people to evacuate after further tsunami warnings.
Taiwan later issued a tsunami alert for its north and eastern coasts.
