to 184 the number of fatalities earthquake that struck on Friday north-eastern Japan. Shock strength of 8.9 on the Richter scale caused more than 10-meter-high tsunami, which - significantly weakened - Reached the coast of the Philippines, Indonesia and the USA.
tsunami warning was announced throughout the Pacific Basin with the exception of Canada.
As reported by the Japanese police, relied upon by the agency Jiji, an earthquake and tsunami killed or disappeared more than 1,000 people.
Polish embassy in Tokyo, told PAP that if there is no information on possible casualties among the Poles. According to counsel and the Polish Embassy Miroslaw Principles, Poles, with whom the embassy staff was able to make contact, nothing happened.
earthquake strength estimated at 8.9 on the Richter scale. It came to him for hours. 14.46 local time (6.46 Warsaw time). He was accompanied by a series of aftershocks, including the strength of 7.4, which took about 30 minutes after the main quake. The epicenter was located about 130 km off the east coast of the island of Honshu, and the hypocentre, which is located deep in the Earth's source of seismic waves - at a depth of about 24 km.
On Saturday at approx. 4 am local time (Friday around 20 Polish time), the earth shook with the force of 6.7 on the Richter scale in the provinces of Nagano and Niigata in central Japan. Buildings in the capital, Tokyo, shook. There was no warning before the tsunami.
Friday's shock caused many fires. The flames came up among others at the refinery near Tokyo, in a factory of steel and building a nuclear power plant in the prefecture of Miyagi Onagawa. A fire at a power plant failed to extinguish, and there was no radioactive leakage there. In the Tokyo has been more than a dozen fires. In total, 80 fires broke out of the country.
preventively for fear of a possible leak were evacuated in the vicinity of nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture, about two thousand. people. The Minister of Economy Banri Kaieda, warned that the Fukushima-Daiichi plant may be ejected, but if that happened, the leak would be small. Kaieda, who planned visit to the plant, explained that the decision of the authorities to consider the release of excess radioactive steam from the reactor No. 1 at the gym. Earlier, Tokyo power company Tokyo Electric Power Co.. reported that increasing pressure in the reactor and the radiation level in the building where it is.
In Fukushima prefecture by the earthquake destroyed 1 800 homes.
In northern Japan, no electricity There are about 4.4 million homes. In the city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture, the region most affected by the disaster , collapsed hotel. According to Japanese self-defense forces, 60-70 thousand. people were evacuated to makeshift shelters in the city.
Tsunamis kidnapped vessel on which there were 80 people. Their fate is unknown, search and rescue operation continues.
How Kyodo agency said, lost contact with four moving trains in the areas along the Japanese coast. There are how many people could be in those trains.
tsunami wave reached to the north-eastern coast of Indonesia. The waves had a height of only 10 cm, and no damage. The waves that reach the largest island in the Philippines, Luzon, had a height of about one meter. There is no information on casualties and damage.
Hundreds were evacuated in the U.S. state of California, also recommended evacuations in neighboring Oregon, after announcing an alarm about a possible tsunami triggered earthquake in Japan. Previously advised to evacuate all the beaches and areas adjacent to them in Hawaii, where the tsunami reached soon. The wave was not high and caused no damage.
Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan said that "the government will do everything to ensure the safety of people and minimize damage caused by the earthquake." The rescue operation will continue around the clock.
According to the ministry of defense, has been prepared to assist 300 aircraft and 40 ships.
Japanese government sent 8,000 troops to the zone most affected by the earthquake. As foreign minister said Takeaki Matsumoto, the Japanese armed forces have asked the U.S. to help soldiers stationed in various U.S. bases in Japan. In this country there are about 50 thousand. U.S. soldiers.
Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki reported that self-defense forces and U.S. forces stationed in Japan set up a liaison group which will be organized after the disaster relief operations. Help
have consecrated many countries: USA, Russia, South Korea, Germany and Poland.
United Nations said that a state of emergency erected 30 international rescue teams. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon assured that the organization will do everything you can, to help Japan. From the EU's readiness to come to the assured by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy and Head of European Commission Jose Barroso.
Source: gazeta.pl
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