8.9 Japan Quake Spawns Tsunami
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on March 11th, 2011 5:50 am by HL
8.9 Japan Quake Spawns Tsunami
A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan’s northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast. sunami warnings blanketed the entire Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast.