Japan Hit by 8.9 Earthquake

Japan was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.9 on Friday March 11,2011. The earthquake caused a tsunami to occur and that hit Japan and other islands in the Pacific including Hawaii. The official death toll is 686 as of now ,but many more people are missing 9,500 in one city alone so the death toll is expected to rise. There is damage to a nuclear plant in Japan and there is a fear that a meltdown may be occurring at the Fukushima Daichii nuclear facility. The meltdown could bring up a big problem in the rescue efforts ,and so far the rescue efforts have been successful according to Japan's Prime Minister over 3,000 people have been rescued from the destruction of the earthquake.

Brian Campbell

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.quake/index.html