- An 8.9 quake triggers tsunami up to 10 meters (30 feet), with waves sweeping away homes, crops, vehicles and submerging farmland.
- Police confirm 402 dead, toll expected to exceed 1,000, with most people feared drowned.
- Japan is still experiencing some very moderate aftershocks. 5.1, 5.2, 5.2, 6.0, 6.8 hit within a just in 15 minutes.
- Strong quakes also hitting northwestern Japan.
- Some 3,000 residents living near a nuclear plant in Fukushima evacuated after warning of a radiation leak.
- A nuclear safety panel says radiation levels are 1000 times above normal in a reactor control room.
- Tokyo Electric Power has lost its ability to control pressure in some of the reactors of a second nuclear power plant.
- Contact lost with four trains along the coast area of northeastern Japan, Kyodo news agency says.
- A ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami, media reported.
- Tsunami alerts lifted from Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the Philippines.
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"Dan kami tidak membinasakan suatu negeri, melainkan sudah ada ketentuan yang tetap baginya" ayat ke 4 dari surah AL Hijir.
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