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This morning an unprecedented message appeared on Google’s home page (in every country): “Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.” No link – it is just a bare text message. It immediately clues you into the fact that something huge is happening. This is what the tsunami looked like when it hit the airport:

“Video of cars, ships wrecked by tsunami waves after Japan earthquake”:

From the video’s description: “The government has confirmed 23 deaths, with the number expected to rise. It follows the 8.9-magnitude earthquake which sent a 4-metre (13 feet) wall of water inland across the Miyagi prefecture . There’s considerable destruction – 200 people have been washed away. Buildings, cars and ships were also swept by the raging waters.”

The facts:

1) It was initially reported as a magnitude 7.8 earthquake. Overnight it has been upgraded several times to the 8.9 reported by Google.

2) The earthquake’s epicenter was off the eastern coast of Japan as shown in this map, which also shows tsunami risk all around Japan. In the following map, the epicenter was approximately 80 miles off the coast near