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Tsunami hits, one reported dead after Japan quake

Updated: 2011-03-11 16:01

(Agencies)

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Tsunami hits, one reported dead after Japan quake
A tsunami moves across Sendai in this still image taken from video footage March 11, 2011. A massive 8.9 magnitude quake hit northeast Japan on Friday, causing many injuries, fires and a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami along parts of the country's coastline, NHK television and witnesses reported. [Photo/Agencies] 

TOKYO- A 10-metre (30-foot) tsunami hit the port in Sendai in northern Japan on Friday after a huge quake struck off the coast and one person was reported dead, Kyodo news agency reported.

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The US Geological Survey upgraded the magnitude of the quake to 8.9.

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