BREAKING NEWS: Massive Earthquake Strikes Japan. Massive Damage And Loss Of Life Being Reported

Fears Of Massive Death Toll As 33 Foot Tall Tsunami Races Across Pacific After Sixth Largest Earthquake In History Hits Japan -- The Daily Mail

* At least 60 people reported dead and several people buried in landslide
* State of emergency at nuclear plant after cooling systems fail
* Ship carrying 100 passengers swept away by tsunami
* Physicist describes event as one of history's 'great quakes'
* Buildings rocked in China's capital Beijing, 1,500 miles away
* Tsunami warning for whole of Pacific with Hawaii on standby

The sixth largest earthquake in history today devastated Japan and sent a catastrophic 33 foot tsunami hurtling across the Pacific Ocean.

People were forced to flee for their lives as the massive wave bore down on them, sweeping away everything in its path.

This afternoon, the Japanese declared a state of emergency at a nuclear power plant in Fukushima after the 8.9 quake caused the cooling system to fail.

Meanwhile, a ship carrying 100 people was swept away by the tsunami. Their fate is unknown.

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More News On The Earthquake/Tsunami That Hit Japan

Japan:Live report -- AFP
CNN Live -- CNN
Kyodo News
NHK News
Live Blog: Huge tsunami hits Japan after 8.9 quake -- MSNBC
BBC news feed -- BBC
Japan earthquake and tsunami: live -- The Telegraph

Huge tsunami slams Japan, sweeps across Pacific basin -- Yahoo News/Reuters
32 killed in major tsunami after 8.9 Japan quake -- Yahoo News/AP
Massive quake unleashes tsunami on Japan -- Yahoo News/AFP

Japan earthquake: hundreds feared dead as tsunami spreads across Pacific -- The Guardian
8.9 quake kills hundreds in Japan -- L.A. Times
Tsunami Causes Major Damage in Northern Japan After 8.9 Quake -- ABC News
Tsunami slams Japan after massive earthquake -- CBS News
Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake -- BBC News
2-300 die as, sweeping everything before it, a massive tidal wave rolls across Japan after the sixth biggest earthquake ever recorded -- Daily Mail
Tsunami warning issued for at least 20 countries after quake -- CNN
Taiwan Issues Tsunami Warning -- Wall Street Journal
Tsunami warning issued for northern and central California and Oregon; Southern California on watch -- L.A. Times
Honolulu, other parts of Pacific brace for tsunami -- Yahoo News/AP
Aid groups scramble in face of huge Japan quake -- Reuters

Emergency Declared at Japanese Nuclear Plant -- New York Times
Pressure at Damaged Japanese Nuclear Reactor Rising With Fears -- ABC News
Japan earthquake triggers nuclear shutdown -- BBC
Japan earthquake shuts nuclear power plants, leaves residents in dark -- Christian Science Monitor
Japan Quake Causes Nuclear Emergency -- Time
Earthquakes Put Japan's Nuclear Reactors on Red Alert -- Live Science

US airlines halt most service in Japan after quake -- Reuters
Delta, U.S. Airlines Cancel Tokyo Flights After Earthquake -- Bloomberg
Travelers urged to stay away from Japan -- CNN
US Airlines Divert, Cancel Tokyo Flights -- Wall Street Journal

China Offers Japan Support for Quake Relief -- Wall Street Journal
China offers rescue help, aid to Japan -- UPI
Chinese premier offers condolences to Japan after massive earthquake -- Xinhuanet

The big pictures: The moment Japan's cataclysmic tsunami engulfed a nation -- The Daily Mail
Video of the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan -- The Lede/New York Times
Moment Japan tsunami engulfs Sendai airport -- The Telegraph

The Unfolding Horror in Japan -- John Podhoretz, Commentary
Re: The Unfolding Horror in Japan -- Omri Ceren, Commentary

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