Evans Liberal Politics, March 11, 2011, news summary by CLG news, news summary quoted verbatim:

"Breaking: Tsunami Hits Japan After 8.9 Earthquake 11 Mar 2011 A major tsunami has struck northern Japan after a large earthquake rocked the capital of Tokyo. Cars, trucks, houses and buildings have been swept away by a 13ft wave in Onahama city, in Fukushima prefecture. And it is feared a tsunami of up to 32ft could strike the country’s north eastern coast near Miyagi prefecture, closest to the epicentre of the 8.8 8.9 magnitude quake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii also said a tsunami warning was in effect for Russia, Marcus Island and the Northern Marianas."

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See BREAKING: 8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan, Followed by Tsunami, Time newsfeed, March 11, 2011, by Erica Ho.

Also See Major tsunami damage in N Japan after 8.9 quake, AP on Yahoo News, March 11, 2011, by Malcolm Foster, excerpt quoted verbatim:

TOKYO – 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.

At least one person was killed and there were reports of several injuries in Tokyo, hundreds of kilometers (miles) away, where buildings shook violently through the main quake and the wave of massive aftershocks that followed.

TV footage showed waves of muddy waters sweeping over farmland near the city of Sendai, carrying buildings, some on fire, inland as cars attempted to drive away.

“This is a rare major quake, and damages could quickly rise by the minute,” said Junichi Sawada, an official with Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency. ….

See LIVE VIDEO: 8.9 Earthquake hits Japan; tsunami watch issued across US west coast, The Raw Story, March 11, 2011, by Raw Story.

See TSUNAMI WATCH/WARNING for the entire U.S. west coast, NOAA Weather Service Forecast Office, March 11, 2011: TSUNAMI DUE in SAN FRANCISCO 8:08 a.m. – just one example, times on NOAA site.

Watch Japan tsunami heads toward U.S. as at least 60 are dead, CBS news video, March 11, 2011 — 1:42.

Watch Earthquake scientist on Japan quake and tsunami, CBS news video, March 11, 2011 — 3:21.

Watch Tsunami – Japanese airport engulfed in less than a minute, Russia Today on YouTube — 0:57.

Watch Reuters Footage of Devastation in Tokyo, Raw Story, March 11, 2011 — 1:08.

Raw Footage: Japan Earthquake
Generates Major Tsunami