A large tsunami exceeding 10 meters could also hit a wide area along the Pacific coast from the Kanto region to the Kyushu region. Newsweek reached out to Japan's meteorological agency via email.

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The U.S. Geological Survey said the 2:46 p.m. quake was magnitude 8.9, the biggest to hit Japan since record-keeping began in the late 1800s and one of the biggest ever recorded in the world.

Japan Earthquakes Tsunami A computer model for the tsunami created by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck 80 miles east of Honshu, Japan on March 11, 2011. Credit: NOAA/PMEL/Center for Tsunami ...

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The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan's main island, Honshu. It was unclear how many people might have been ...

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The quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 7.6, started a fire and collapsed buildings on the west coast of Japan’s main island.

A large tsunami exceeding 10 meters could also hit a wide area along the Pacific coast from the Kanto region to the Kyushu region. Newsweek reached out to Japan's meteorological agency via email.