A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes
ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of
people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires
burned out of control. Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings
blanketed the Pacific, as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and
the entire U.S. West Coast. (30 total photos)
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Residents walk through the rubles of
residents collapsed by a powerful earthquake in Iwaki, Fukushima
prefecture (state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest
earthquake in Japan's recorded history slammed the eastern coast Friday.
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Trucks sit overturned and boats are cast on
a pier in a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after tsunami
ebbed away as Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its
northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN
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Waves of tsunami hit residences after a
powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, Friday,
March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded history
slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT,
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CORRECT YEAR - A tsumani triggered by a
powerful earthquake makes its way to sweep part of Sendai airport in
northern Japan on Friday March 11, 2011. The magnitude 8.9 earthquake
slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter)
tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles
inland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR
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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK
TV, a wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture on
the north east coast of Japan Friday March 11, 2011 following a massive
earth quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern
coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats,
cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the
quake burned out of control up and down the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
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Shores are submerged in Natori city, Miyagi
prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of
the largest earthquakes ever recorded, slammed Japan's eastern coasts
Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY
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CORRECT YEAR - Light planes and vehicles
sit among the debris after they were swept by a tsumani that struck
Sendai airport in northern Japan on Friday March 11, 2011. A magnitude
8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, unleashing a
13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of
debris miles inland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT,
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Fishing boats get stranded on shore at
Oarai town, Ibaraki prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami
spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's
eastern coasts Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT,
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An earthquake-triggered tsunami washes away
a warehouse and vehicles in Kesennuma, Miyagi prefecture (state),
Japan, Friday March 11, 2011. The ferocious tsunami spawned by one of
the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coasts.
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In this image made off NHK TV video footage
originally released by Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, houses and
others burn in kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Friday night, March 11,
2011 after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan slammed
its eastern coast earlier in the day. Superimposed words read,
"Self-Defense Force Tohoku Regional Unit", right top, "Kesennuma City",
left bottom. (AP Photo/Japan Ground Self-Defense Force via NHK TV) JAPAN
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Earthquake-triggered tsunami sweeps the
shore as Sendai Airport is surrounded by waters in Miyagi prefecture
(state), Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The ferocious tsunami spawned by
one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern
coasts. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR
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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK
TV, a tsunami surge sweeps boats, cars and other debris over a highway
in the Sendai City area, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Friday March 11, 2011
following a massive earth quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed
Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter)
tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles
inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down
the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV) MANDATORY CREDIT, JAPAN OUT, TV OUT, NO
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People at a book store react as the store's
ceiling falls in Sendai, northern Japan Friday, March 11, 2011. Japan
was struck by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake off its northeastern coast
Friday, triggering a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that washed away cars and
tore away buildings along the coast near the epicenter. (AP Photo/Kyodo
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In this photo released by Nexco East Japan,
a worker inspects a caved-in section of the Joban Motorway near Mito,
Ibaraki Prefecture, after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded
in Japan slammed its eastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP
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A helmeted man walks past the rubbles and a
burning building after a powerful earthquake, the largest in Japan's
recorded history, slammed the eastern coasts in Iwaki city, Fukushima
prefecture, Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN
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An aerial view shows houses burning and the
Natori River flooded over the surrounding area in Natori, northern
Japan, Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's
recorded history slammed the eastern coasts Friday. (AP Photo/Yasushi
Kanno, The Yomiuri Shimbun) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY
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People gather outside Sendai station after a
powerful earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday March 11, 2011. The
ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever
recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing scores of people
as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out
of control. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR
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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK
TV, a tsunami surge sweeps cars, boats and other debris against a
building in Miyaku City, Iwate Prefecture Japan Friday March 11, 2011
following a massive earth quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed
Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter)
tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles
inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down
the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV) MANDATORY CREDIT, JAPAN OUT, TV OUT, NO
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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK
TV, a tsunami surge carrying debris sweeps between houses to reach poly
tunnels on farmland near Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture Japan Friday March
11, 2011 following a massive earth quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake
slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot
(4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris
miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and
down the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV) MANDATORY CREDIT, JAPAN OUT, TV OUT,
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In this video image taken from Japan's NHK
TV, a tsunami surge throws boats against a building in Hachinoche,
Aomori Prefecture, Japan Friday March 11, 2011 following a massive earth
quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast
Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars,
buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake
burned out of control up and down the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
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Flames rise from an oil refinery after a
powerful earthquake in Ichihara, Chiba prefecture (state), Japan,
Friday, March 11, 2011. The largest earthquake in Japan's recorded
history slammed the eastern coast Friday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN
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CORRECT YEAR - Earthquake-triggered
tsumanis sweep shores along Iwanuma in northern Japan on Friday March
11, 2011. The magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's eastern coast
Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars,
buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN
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In this image made off Japan's NHK TV video
footage, vehicles are washed away by tsunami in coastal area in eastern
Japan after Japan was struck by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake off its
northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/NHK TV) MANDATORY
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Sendai Airport is surrounded by waters in
Miyagi prefecture (state), Japan, after a ferocious tsunami spawned by
one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern
coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT,
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