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Japan the land of rising sun has got a massive hit by the 8.9 Earthquake on Richter magnitude scale triggering Tsunami Alert. This is the kind of earthquake that hits once every 100 years. US Geological Survey has measured it at 8.9, it struck at 1446 local time (0546 GMT) at a depth of about 24km. The tsunami has caused to move in a particular direction across the Pacific at the speed of 800km/h  as fast as a jetliner - before hitting the US West Coast and Hawaii.

Key details:

• Police said 200-300 bodies were found in Sendai after tsunami
• More than 90 fires in north-east of Japan.
• Dam destroyed in Fukushima prefecture, throwing away homes
• Coast Guard searching for ship carrying 80.
• Train went Untraceable carrying large number of passengers.
• Tokyo area - 4 million lost power.
• At Nuclear plant Pressure raised caused vapor to be released.
• Above 6.0 magnitude have experienced 100 aftershocks.
• Along West Coast, Boats were damaged
• Hawaii engulfed with Tsunami
• Train services were suspended.

Ships, Cars and buildings were swept apart by the wall of water aftershocks of  8.9 magnitude tremor. It struck about 250 miles (400km) north-east of Tokyo. Pressure exceeded above the normal levels forcing a nuclear power plant to declare a state of emergency.

Strong waves attacked Japan's Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, damaging groups of coastal communities. 300 to 400 bodies were found alone in one ward in Sendai, a port city in Miyagi prefecture. Japan's ground self-defense forces have been positioned and the government has requested the US military based in the country for the help.

This earthquake was the 5th largest in the world since 1900 and approximately 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated last month Christchurch, New Zealand

1000 of people have been ordered to vacate coastal areas in the states of Oregon, Washington and California, though there were no reports of any major damage.

The tsunami warning has been extended across the Pacific to North and South America, and many other coastal regions were vacated. The alert has been lifted in most parts including the Australia, Philippines and China.

Just See Some of the Images How JAPAN is Devastated-