Japanese television images, reposted by Britain's Telegraph newspaper, captured a whirlpool off the eastcoast of Japan.
7:41 A.M. |Industrial Fires Captured After Quake
Other industrial facilities were also hard hit by the powerful quake. Video captured industrial fires, which appeared to erupt moments after the earthquake. Below, smoke rose over the port of Odaiba, across from central Tokyo.
Video below is said to capture an explosion at a Japanese oil facility. The exact location was not immediately clear.
7:25 A.M. |Japan Earthquake is Fifth Largest Since 1900
1. 1960 -- 9.5 -- Chile
2. 1964 -- 9.2 -- Prince William Sound, Alaska
3. 2004 -- 9.1 -- Sumatra
4. 1952 -- 9.0 -- Kamchatka, Russia
5. 2011 -- 8.9 -- Friday in Japan
6. 2010 -- 8.8 -- Offshore Maule, Chile
7:10 A.M. |Early Video of the Japan Tsunami and Earthquake
A YouTube user FullGoals1000 posted video that appeared to show a store in Japan where employees, customers and goods on the racks were violently rattled by the earthquake.
A YouTube user gakiAkanji3, evidently a fan of Japanese animation, posted a claustrophobic video of the earthquake rattling his shelves of books and videotapes.
6:51 A.M. |Television Networks Show Images of Destruction
The Associated Press posted videos from the Japanese broadcaster NHK on their YouTube channel, the first of which shows the tsunami sweeping away buildings as it carries debris across a vast swath of farmland:
Another shows boats and cars being washed under a bridge as the water rushed inland:
One YouTube user in Tokyo posted video from the beginning of the earthquake. "I stopped filming when stuff start to fall everywhere in the office, so I ran outside," wrote MrLifeYou.
Al Jazeera English's report included footage from inside the newsroom of a Japanese broadcaster when the earthquake hit:
7:55 A.M. |Whirlpool Seen After Quake
7:41 A.M. |Industrial Fires Captured After Quake
Other industrial facilities were also hard hit by the powerful quake. Video captured industrial fires, which appeared to erupt moments after the earthquake. Below, smoke rose over the port of Odaiba, across from central Tokyo.
Video below is said to capture an explosion at a Japanese oil facility. The exact location was not immediately clear.
7:25 A.M. |Japan Earthquake is Fifth Largest Since 1900
1. 1960 -- 9.5 -- Chile
2. 1964 -- 9.2 -- Prince William Sound, Alaska
3. 2004 -- 9.1 -- Sumatra
4. 1952 -- 9.0 -- Kamchatka, Russia
5. 2011 -- 8.9 -- Friday in Japan
6. 2010 -- 8.8 -- Offshore Maule, Chile
7:10 A.M. |Early Video of the Japan Tsunami and Earthquake
A YouTube user FullGoals1000 posted video that appeared to show a store in Japan where employees, customers and goods on the racks were violently rattled by the earthquake.
A YouTube user gakiAkanji3, evidently a fan of Japanese animation, posted a claustrophobic video of the earthquake rattling his shelves of books and videotapes.
6:51 A.M. |Television Networks Show Images of Destruction
The Associated Press posted videos from the Japanese broadcaster NHK on their YouTube channel, the first of which shows the tsunami sweeping away buildings as it carries debris across a vast swath of farmland:
Another shows boats and cars being washed under a bridge as the water rushed inland:
One YouTube user in Tokyo posted video from the beginning of the earthquake. "I stopped filming when stuff start to fall everywhere in the office, so I ran outside," wrote MrLifeYou.
Al Jazeera English's report included footage from inside the newsroom of a Japanese broadcaster when the earthquake hit:
More info can be found here.....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110311/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_earthquake
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Huge-Japan-quake-causes-tsunami-fires-landslide/ss/events/wl/031111japanquake
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