Threat of Japanese tsunami apparently potential to spread to other countries at least 20 countries and many Pacific islands after an earthquake measuring 8.9 struck Japan on Friday.
Countries considered is including Russia and Indonesia, the Central American countries like Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica and the U.S. state of Hawaii. Based on the source of the weather service bulletin.
The quake that struck near the coast of Honshu on Friday afternoon, devastating lantakkan house and car.
In the Philippines, the government had evacuated coastal areas 20. Tsunamis can be exposed to 18:00 (05:00 ET), he said.
Meanwhile, the local government in eastern Taiwan's Taitung area canceled classes and jobs, but did not immediately begin evacuation.
Russia's emergency situations ministry said more than 11,000 people living in dangerous areas have been evacuated after a tsunami warning issued for the Kuril Islands. The ship docked at the port open is heading back to sea to avoid the tsunami waves, the ministry said.
Chip McCreary of the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said officials estimate that the quake had caused a wave with a magnitude of up to 2 meters above normal sea level.
"This is a very large earthquake. We have been evaluated as about the same size as last year's earthquake in Chile. However, it's closer to the Hawaiian islands of Chile earthquake," he said.
List of National Weather Service include Japan, Russia, Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Fiji, Mexico, New Zealand, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and the United States.
Many Pacific islands, including some U.S. regions, also in the list.
Earthquake measuring 8.9 on Friday in Japan is the biggest quake since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck the region of Banda Aceh, Indonesia on December 26, 2004, causing a large tsunami waves that killed about 250,000 people in 14 countries and eliminate the entire community. Tsunamis caused nearly $ 10 billion in damage and claiming more than any other tsunami in history, according to the UN.
Tsunami waves can travel with a speed of 800 kilometers per hour. Earthquakes, originally reported as a 7.8 earthquake, was upgraded to a 8.9 earthquake.
"If you jump the size of a 7-8, it is not 10 times stronger, it is 1000 times more powerful," according to CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera International. "With ... a shallow earthquake, which is close to the beach, there will be more than a
tsunami."
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