Tsunami Melanda Jepun Akibat Dari Gempa Bumi 8.9 Richter

         

Gempa bumi buruk yang melanda Jepun hari ini menggegarkan bangunan dan turut menyebabkan kenderaan tercampak daripada jambatan, lapor rangkaian berita CNN.

Laporan langsung siaran televisyen itu pada petang ini turut menunjukkan kebakaran turut berlaku di kawasan tertentu di negara tersebut akibat gempa bumi pada skala 8.9 richter itu. 

Gempa bumi berkenaan adalah yang paling buruk melanda Jepun dalam tempoh 140 tahun.

Dilaporkan, serpihan daripada runtuhan rumah dan juga kapal laut turut dihanyutkan ombak ke arah lebuhraya akibat tsunami yang melanda, ekoran gempa bumi tersebut.

Sekurang-kurangnya sebanyak empat juta rumah di Tokyo dan kawasan sekitarnya pula terjejas apabila bekalan elektrik terputus, lapor CNN dalam laman webnya.

Orang ramai dilaporkan membanjiri jalan-jalan di kota berkenaan dan cuba menghubungi saudara mara mereka melalui telefon bimbit.

Di dalam bangunan pejabat pula kertas-kertas bertaburan dan para pekerja terpaksa bergantung kepada kerusi dan meja mereka, lapor CNN.

Lapangan terbang, stesen tren ditutupTsunami yang berpusat di Laut Pasifik itu kini sedang menuju kawasan pesisir di negara-negara lain, lapor laman itu.

Sementara itu, sekurang-kurangnya lapan orang telah disahkan meninggal dunia akibat gempa bumi tersebut, lapor laman rangkaian berita Al-Jazeera.

Kerosakan akibat tsunami itu banyak berlaku di kawasan bandar Onahama di daerah Fukushima, lapor laman tersebut yang memetik laporan stesen TV NHK Jepun.

Turut dilaporkan, satu kebakaran besar berlaku di satu pusat penapisan minyak di Iichihara dekat Tokyo, manaka kepulan asap tebal dilihat di sekurang-kurangnya sepuluh kawasan di bandar itu.

Perdana menteri Jepun Naoto Kan dilaporkan berkata, gempa bumi hari ini menyebabkan kerosakan teruk di kawasan utara Jepun.

Beberapa loji nuklear di kawasan berkenaan telah ditutup secara automatik, namun tiada kebocoran bahan radioaktif berlaku, katanya dalam satu sidang media tergempar berhubung malapetaka itu.

Tsunami dianggarkan setinggi bangunan tiga tingkat itu turut menjejaskan lapangan terbang Sendai di kawasan timur laut Jepun.

Laporan televisyen menunjukkan mangsa yang terpaksa berdiri di bumbung bangunan terminal lapangan terbang berkenaan, lapor Al-Jazeera.

Lapangan terbang lain juga telah ditutup dan perkhidmatan tren dihentikan.

Pesawat tentera pula dilihat terbang di kawasan yang paling teruk terjejas untuk mengenalpasti keperluan menyelamat.

Turut dilaporkan, satu bumbung dewan runtuh di timur Tokyo menyebabkan ramai cedera.

Tsunami warning includes Hawaii

 

Reporting from Oahu, Hawaii and Los Angeles --

A widespread tsunami warning is in effect for much of the Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, where authorities have warned damage could occur along the coasts of all islands.

Warning sirens sounded across Oahu just before 10 p.m. local time. Waves of up to 2 meters above sea level could hit Hawaii just before 3 a.m, or about 5 a.m. Pacific time, Chip McCreary of the the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center told reporters.

"These are not like surf waves," he said. "These waves effectively wrap around islands so all coasts will be affected."

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center officials warned that "urgent action should be taken to protect lives and property. Tsunami waves effectively wrap around islands. All shores are at risk no matter which direction they face."

The massive tsunami, generated in the wake of an 8.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan, appears to be threatening many Pacific rim countries including Russia, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America and Antarctica.

No warning was in effect for the U.S. West Coast, including California.

Tsunamis are a series of long ocean waves, and each wave crest can last five to 15 minutes or more and inundate coastal areas, the warning center said.

"The trough of a tsunami wave may temporarily expose the seafloor but the area will quickly flood again," the warning center said.

Television images have already shown significant tsunami damage in Japan, inundating farmland, structures, and automobiles along the Japanese coast. As the tsunami hit land there, mud-colored water swept cars, roofs and churning debris across fields and flatlands. News footage shot from from the air captured vehicles fleeing ahead of massive sheets of water that carried burning structures along on the surface. The tsunami overtook homes and roads, showing little sign of ebbing.

A list of all countries contained in the tsunami warning are listed below:

Japan, Russia, Marcus Is., N. Marianas, Guam, Wake Is., Taiwan, Philippines, Marshall Is., Belau, Midway Is., Pohnpei, Chuuk, Kosrae, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, Johnston Is., Solomon Is., Kiribati, Howland-baker, Hawaii, Tuvalu, Palmyra Is., Vanuatu, Tokelau, Jarvis Is., Wallis-futuna, Samoa, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, Tonga, Mexico, Kermadec is, Fr. Polynesia New Zealand, Pitcairn, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Antarctica, Panama, Honduras, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru.