Quake and tsunami cause death, destruction and humanitarian crises and nuclear.
The U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. agency that studies earthquakes, raised on Monday (14) from 8.9 to 9 the magnitude of the quake that struck the coast of Japan on Friday. Now, the earthquake has risen from seventh to fourth in the intensity scale of the agency, tied with shivering 1952 in Russia, the region of 1700 in California (USA) and 1868 in Peru.
The quake triggered a tsunami with waves up to 10 meters that devastated coastal regions of the country's northeast, causing many deaths.
The earthquake struck at 14h46 local (2:46 a.m. GMT) at a depth of 32 km, 178 km from the city of Fukushima and 373 km from the capital, Tokyo.
The Japanese Meteorological Agency also had reviewed and increased to a magnitude 9 quake. Until now, Japanese experts had reported that the magnitude of the quake was of 8.8.
The official death toll from the earthquake reached 1,833, according to Police National. There are 2,361 missing, according to statement released late on Monday (14) by local time. But, according to authorities and the press, the figure should rise significantly, as rescue work, still very difficult in several regions, continue.
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