ONE of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded has caused catastrophic damage across Japan, with entire cities engulfed by tsunamis and nations around the Pacific Rim last night bracing for monster waves set off by the 8.9 megaquake.
Aftershocks continued to strike Japan last night as the nation grappled with the scale of the disaster, which brought down buildings in balls of fire across the country and left an unknown number of people killed by the giant waves that swept 5km inland through coastal areas north of Tokyo, tearing up houses, farms and factories.
Following what was immediately deemed the biggest quake to hit the country - and almost certainly its greatest natural disaster - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan last night addressed his people as live television coverage presented an unfolding vision of the catastrophe.
He warned of "major damage in broad areas in northern Japan" and asked people "to act calmly while listening carefully to information from radio and TV".
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