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A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes on record slammed Japan's eastern coast .

A powerful earthquake with a
magnitude of 8.9 has hit Japan's
north-east coast, injuring at least 40
people. A tsunami alert was issued by Japan's
meteorological agency, but later lifted
after two small waves a few
centimetres high hit the coastline. The quake's epicentre is thought to
have been 20km (12.4 miles) below
the ocean off Miyagi prefecture,
striking at around 1146 (0246GMT). It shook buildings in the capital
Tokyo, some 300km (186 miles)
away. Watch swimmers surrounded by debris after the
quake hits The casualties were largely caused by
the collapse of the roof of a swimming
pool in Sendai city, Miyagi prefecture. Initial reports suggested at least 80
people had been wounded. But state broadcaster NHK later said
one person had been seriously hurt
and 13 were slightly injured. Correspondents say Japan is
extremely well prepared for
earthquakes, and a similar magnitude
quake elsewhere in the world would
have proved deadly. "There was a tremendous boom...
People were screaming and headed
toward the exit. It shook a lot... A lot
of people were crying," a young
woman at the scene told NHK. Bullet trains were suspended, three
nuclear power station were shut
down automatically for safety checks,
and flights at Tokyo's Haneda airport
were temporarily halted as a
precaution. Some 17,000 households were
reported to have lost power. 'Horizontal shakes' Two tsunamis around 10cm high (four
inches) hit the coast about 15 minutes
after the quake but were not thought
to have caused any damage. There were also reports of a landslide
in what is a mainly rural part of Japan. "I was cycling to work and initially
thought I had a loose front wheel,"
Sendai resident Philip Wood told the
BBC. "So I stopped to check. Then I
realised it was an earthquake since
cars were shaking and electric pylons were swaying all around me," he said.
Japan is one of the world's most
earthquake-prone countries, situated
on four tectonic plates. Tokyo was hit by a magnitude 6.0
earthquake last month, which injured
at least 18 people. The country's deadliest quake in
recent memory occurred in the city of
Kobe in 1995, with a magnitude of
7.3, that killed more than 6,400
people. Before then, a 1923 quake, known as
the Great Kanto Earthquake, killed
more than 100,000 people.

Via BBC News.

Happy Women's Day..

A mother , a wife , a sister , a lover , a
friend , a housemaker. All different roles in different
relations but one strong
commitment towards all.
Emotionally strong and
tough , cheerful as ever and
defines beauty in her own way! Thats a 'Woman'! As strong
as rock and as soft as velvet! Happy Women's day to all the
girls who are the future
woman and to all the women
who are actually doing their
bit! Enjoy your Womanhood and
more importantly celebrate
'You' :)

I Am N0t..

I am not what I was some
time ago,
But who cares,
until I am
portraying to be normal!
My smile does not reach my
eyes,
But who cares, until I have an
emotionless curve on my
face!
I don't like to fool around
making people laugh,
But who cares,
until I am
fooling them and my own
self!
People often ask me, "How
are you?",
But who cares to give a
thought to really know how I
am!!
People often ask me, "Are
you happy?",
But who really cares to know
that I havent been sadder
than what I am now! I don't like meeting people,
But who cares, until I am
doing a social formality! I don't like living,
But who cares, until I am
breathing! I don't like pretending to be
what I am not,
But who cares, until I manage
to fake a perfect exterior!! Who really cares!!