The initial waves of a tsunami generated by a huge Japanese earthquake have hit the U.S. mainland along the Oregon coast, according to Associated Press.
President Barack Obama offered assistance to Japan on Friday after an 8.9 earthquake hit just off the coast of the northeastern city of Sendai, triggering a tsunami which has so far caused up to 300 deaths, according to local officials.
Reports are coming in of thousands of people trapped in Tokyo’s Disneyland following the devastating 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan on Friday.
A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern coasts of California and Oregon, the National Weather Service said.
Gold-buying prices held at two-week lows vs. the Dollar in London on Friday, as the US currency jumped and world stock markets sank after a powerful tsunami hits the Japanese coast 190 miles north-east of Tokyo.
The devastating earthquake measuring 8.9 on Richter scale went rampaging through Japan and triggered a massive tsunami with 12-foot waves inundating the northern coastal region.
The British government has offered Japan any assistance it may need after the massive earthquake and tsunami that smashed into the country, according to UK foreign secretary, William Hague.
While Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms have been flooded with Japan earthquake photos, YouTube users have uploaded video footage giving viewers across the globe a glimpse into the first hand experience of the disaster.
The death toll from the massive quake that hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami along the country's Pacific coast, has reached 26, local media reported.
Companies across Japan are in emergency mode and assessing the immediate physical and economic damage caused by the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake.
European shares hit a three-month low in early trade and Asian stocks too dropped on Friday, while U.S. futures headed lower, after a powerful 8.9-magnitude earthquake has struck off Japan's northeastern coast, triggering a tsunami as high as 10 metres.
The world is reacting to the catastrophic earthquake that struck Japan Friday through social media as platforms like Facebook and Twitter come alive with reactions, prayers and timely updates of the disaster.
A tsunami warning has been issued by NOAA's National Weather Service to the following countries with the estimated time of arrival at forecast points.
Oil prices dropped to near $101 a barrel in Asia on Friday, after a powerful earthquake measuring 8.9 magnitude on Richter scale hit off Japan.
While residents in Beijing have reported to have felt the tremors of the massive earthquake that hit Japan Pacific coast, top Chinese seismology expert is confident that the Chinese mainland is not in the danger zone.
A powerful earthquake measuring 8.8 on Richter scale hitting off Japan
Shares of RC2 Corp. (RCRC) touched a new more than 3-year high of $27.59 on Thursday, shortly after the Nikkei business daily first reported that Japan's Tomy Co. Ltd. and RC2 were in merger talks.
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Japan has launched a next-generation high-speed bullet train dubbed Hayabusa, which can reach 300 km in six minutes flat.
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Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan on Wednesday appointed Takeaki Matsumoto as the country’s new foreign minister, in a bid to restore confidence in his government.
