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A powerful earthquake struck on Friday northeastern Japan, causing a tsunami which has left serious damage.
Japanese television showed images of cars, boats and buildings being washed away in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, after the earthquake of 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale.
The tsunami alert was extended to Indonesia, the Philippines, the Russian Pacific coast and Hawaii, and also covering Australia and the Pacific coast of South America.
Japanese television showed images of cars, boats and buildings being washed away in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures, after the earthquake of 8.9 magnitude on the Richter scale.
The tsunami alert was extended to Indonesia, the Philippines, the Russian Pacific coast and Hawaii, and also covering Australia and the Pacific coast of South America.
