Strongest Earthquakes Ever Recorded Hit Japan

The devastating earthquake of 8.9 magnitude, left many people injured in the coastal areas of the main island of Honshu and Tokyo, the police said, while television footage showed wide flooding in the area. Nineteen people were dead.
monster 10-meter wall of water was registered in the city of Sendai in northeastern Miyagi prefecture, the media, said after the four-meter waves hit the coast earlier. The Government said the earthquake caused "huge damage".
Helicopter footage showed massive flooding in the northern coastal cities, where streams of black water shipped containers, cars and debris crashing through the streets. Refinery burned near Tokyo.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a warning for a wide area as far away as South America, New Zealand and Hawaii, where evacuations were ordered.An earthquake of this size has the potential to generate destructive tsunami that can strike the coast near the epicenter within minutes and more distant coast for several hours, the center said in a statement.
Swells up to one meter reported impact on the Russian Far East, with big waves expected later.
Television footage showed a wide, muddy stream moves rapidly through a residential area near the River Natori in Sendai, the alignment of all in its path.
The tsunami also reached the Sendai Airport, plunging while the runway is a process known as liquefaction, caused by intensive shaking tremors, turned parts of the ground state to a liquid.
tsunami roared over the embankment in the city of Sendai, washing machines, houses and farm equipment inland before reversing direction and holding them in the sea. Flame shot out of some houses, probably due to pipe gas explosion.