Japan at Risk !

A huge 8.8 earthquake hit off the coast of Japan at 2:46 PM, March 10, 2011 triggering a huge tsunami that's sweeping away everything in its path.


"I thought I was going to die, it was enormous," a Japan resident said on TV.

A Reuters reporter in Japan described the quake as, "the worst I have felt since I came to Japan more than 20 years ago."

Buildings that have been hit:


1. An oil refinery in Chiba (a city close to Tokyo) prefecture is battling a major fire.
2.The roof collapsed in the Tokyo Kudan Kaikan, where 600 people were gathering for a college graduation. 25 people were injured, 5 seriously.
3.A ceiling collapsed in a bookstore in Sendai, northeastern Japan.
4.More than 8.4 million buildings in Japan have been hit by a power failure, 4 million are households.
5.A nuclear power plant is facing an "emergency situation".