A powerful 8.9 Richter scale earthquake took place on Friday morning, in the North Eastern coast of Japan, the American center for earthquakes supervision announced. Several buildings in Tokyo were shaken real bad and a tsunami alert was instated in several countries.
The quake hit at local time 14:46 PM, when most of the people were at work. In Japan's capital city, 380 km away from the epicenter, several buildings were shaken for at least two minutes and most people, scared, were out in the streets, AFP informs.
The initial magnitude announced was 7.9 on a Richter scale and was revised twice.
Romania’s Foreign Affairs ministry spokesperson Doris Mircea said that there were no cases of Romanians hurt in the quake based on the preliminary information.
6:25 AM The latest death toll exceeds 1,400 people, AFP reports. Kyodo news reports 433 dead and 784 missing
6:05 AM The latest toll shows over 1,200 people dead
6 AM More than 215,000 people were evacuated in shelters in the North and East of Japan in the wake of the tremor and the tsunami that hit Japan on Friday.
4:30 AM There were 124 aftershocks with magnitudes over 5 degrees, US Geological Survey reads.
2:20 AM 81 people on board of a Japanese ship survived the tsunami.
1:24 AM Death toll: 402 dead, 991 injured, 547 missing
7:25 PM A second train is missing after a tsunami hit d’Iwate, North West of the country, Jiji news agency reports. There is no information whether the train held passengers or merchandise.
6:30 PM The toll exceeds 330 dead
6 PM A dam in Fukushima region where the nuclear plant is, broke. Several houses were taken by the waters.
5:10 PM 88,000 people are missing, Kyodo news agency reports.
4:40 PM A passengers train with an unkno
