- f6 O: ?( H+ b3 F8 [$ cTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。QUAKE ROCKS JAPAN ) Y* Q* E* E/ ~7 q& Z- vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ P4 L# F9 ]/ b9 v Tokyo (CNN) -- An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward highways.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! e( e# p; ?; W# m
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The epicenter was 373 kilometers (231 miles) away from the capital, Tokyo, the United States Geological Survey said. But residents there felt the tremors.+ M# S! i- ~& C, P! R5 G
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' ?* g; j! ]9 V$ Y公仔箱論壇 In Tokyo, crowds gathered in the streets and tried to reach relatives via cell phone.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- l) |# _: c. s# l8 s
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Scenes inside office buildings showed papers strewn all over the floor and people clinging onto seats and desks.www2.tvboxnow.com% D1 r, u n& _" s3 k- a
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Such a large earthquake at such a shallow depth creates a lot of energy, said Shenza Chen of the U.S. Geological Survey.www2.tvboxnow.com) q( `* Y( @ j0 z* W q
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It caused a power outage in about 4 million homes in Tokyo and surrounding areas. # G+ J* ~8 @% g: qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 h* r( m$ [) H, u# ewww2.tvboxnow.com A tsunami in the Pacific was moving closer to other shorelines in other countries, said CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera. ) F% t( G: U+ s公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 i) C; S5 q, m4 _% A: S; A7 H
It triggered tsunami warnings for various countries, including Japan and Russia, the National Weather Service said. ; q7 L/ ~/ q8 A" @* j owww2.tvboxnow.com 1 t9 }4 A* z1 o- m8 J. O V, s+ p公仔箱論壇 "Earthquakes of this size are known to generate tsunamis potentially dangerous to coasts outside the source region," it said.www2.tvboxnow.com- M, g5 R* }0 `- b; E
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"Based on all available data a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter."2 ^4 ^& J8 z$ |3 a: ]/ C2 k
5 d/ B) e6 Y0 Dwww2.tvboxnow.com The quake was the latest in a series in the region this week. ; o) m9 r8 O8 Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# W, n# p% m! W' y$ v F) o" x
Early Thursday, an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off the coast of Honshu. 0 H) ~8 w! F' C6 K* K0 ~, pTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。5 c S+ C$ b c
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A day earlier, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off of Honshu, the country's meteorological agency said. ) ]! D% G" C9 Q1 Dwww2.tvboxnow.com % m, }- n P) f1 B# o1 |9 k9 p The largest recorded quake took place in Chile on May 22, 1960, with a magnitude of 9.5, the USGS said. 0 C3 T+ S5 ?2 [" Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- {/ l1 h, Z6 i$ \" d
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