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Living anywhere close to the coastal areas of russia, marcus island, northern marianas, guam, wake island and taiwan, please do not go near the waters. move to higher ground as soon as possible. you're watching nhk world and a major earthquake hit japan friday afternoon. this happened about an hour and 15, 20 minutes ago. japan's meteorological agency says the earthquake measured 8.4. the agency issued a tsunami warning for japan's pacific coast. in northern japan tsunami waves of up to 4 meters were observed soon after the quake. the agency is warning the tsunami could be between 6 and 10 met...

Cars floating down in the water that was tsunami water that overtook the area. we do have a correspondent in tokyo who said she felt the earthquake, of course, and many people evacuated. >> and she was live. i mean, she was in that building and felt the aftershocks, one of which was a 7.4. pictures of live downtown tokyo right now. again, this earthquake happened a few hours north of tokyo, but they said they even felt the shaking in that part of the country, to give you some sense of just what a massive earthquake this was. >> other parts of the country and world are concerned about a follow-...

Heartbreaking footage coming in where the tsunami has struck? can you tell us anything about that particular part of the country, how populated it is or any main national resources or plants happen to be in that area? >> reporter: you know, again, it's a few hours north of tokyo by bullet train. sendai city is the largest city in that area. you know, the significant amount of people that live there, obviously it's a decent size city. and the hardest hit is obviously where the tsunami is happening, northern coast. this is the extent of what we can give you at this point. >> i understand details...

Obviously more than one tsunami is capable of striking with such a strongth quake? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, you know, the government is warning people to stay at higher ground, which this kind of shaking you can imagine. we're seeing the tsunami, the waves coming in right now, but, i mean, you know, people aren't safe to head back out. i mean, there's really -- the simple message is, you know, seek higher ground. do not go back to your homes. and stay there until we assess the damage and assess everyone's safety. >> one more question. some of the most incredible footage that we're seeing is ...

Countryside there. this is a rural area. mainly known for fishing, agriculture. however, the damage has been intense, taking out anything in its path as enormous wave rolls through the countryside. >> an 8.8 or perhaps 8.9 quake struck at 2:46 local time in japan. a story we've been following for you all morning. details, as you can imagine, are pouring in, the extent of the damage, perhaps death toll on this are still unknown. we understand in some parts of japan right now people are literally on their homes, waving for help, scenes similar to hurricane katrina back in august of 2005 in new o...