TOKYO, Iapana - He ōlaʻi 8.9-magnitude i paʻi iā Iapana i ka Pōʻalima mua, e hoʻomaka ana i nā ʻōlelo aʻo kai eʻe a hoʻouna i nā poʻe e holo i waho o nā hale ma ke kapikala.
He 373 mau mile (231 mile) kona epicenter mai Tokyo mai, wahi a ka United States Geological Survey.
Na ke ōlaʻi nā hale a hoʻohiolo i nā kaʻa mai nā alahaka a i loko o nā wai ma lalo. Ma Tokyo, ʻākoakoa ka lehulehu ma nā alanui a hoʻāʻo e hōʻea i nā ʻohana ma ke kelepona.
Hōʻike nā hiʻohiʻona i loko o nā hale keʻena i nā pepa i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma ka papahele a me nā poʻe e pili ana i nā noho a me nā pākaukau.
ʻO kēlā ōlaʻi nui i kahi hohonu pāpaʻu e hana i ka ikehu nui, wahi a Shenza Chen o ka US Geological Survey.
Ke ʻōlelo nei kekahi mau hōʻike ʻē aʻe ua hōʻike ʻia kahi wikiō mai ka mea hoʻolaha aupuni NHK he mau kakini o nā kaʻa, nā ferries nui a me kekahi mau hale i kahili ʻia i ke kai ma ke kūlanakauhale awa o Kamaishi ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Iwai.
E neʻe kokoke ana ke kai eʻe ma ka Pākīpika i nā kahakai ʻē aʻe ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Wahi a ka Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, ua hana pū ʻia kahi ʻōlelo aʻo kai eʻe no Rūsia, Marcus Island a me Northern Marianas. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hoʻopuka ʻia kahi wati kai eʻe no Guam, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia a me Hawaii.
"Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻōlaʻi o kēia nui e hoʻoulu i nā kai eʻe e hiki ke pōʻino i nā kahakai ma waho o ka ʻāina kumu," wahi a ia.
"Ma muli o nā ʻikepili āpau i loaʻa, ua hana ʻia paha kahi kai eʻe e kēia ōlaʻi e hiki ke hoʻopau i nā wahi kahakai a mamao loa mai ke kikowaena."
ʻO ke ōlaʻi ka mea hou loa i ka moʻo o ka ʻāina i kēia pule.
Ma ke kakahiaka Poaha, ua hahau ke olai me ka nui mua o 6.3 ma kahakai o Honshu.
I kekahi lā ma mua, ua hoʻōla ʻia kahi ōlaʻi 7.2-magnitude ma Honshu, wahi a ka ʻoihana meteorological o ka ʻāina.
He ʻekolu mau minuke ka lōʻihi o ka haʻalulu ʻana o ka Pōʻakolu, ʻaʻole naʻe i pōʻino nui. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia ma Tokyo, 267 mile (429 kilomita) ma ke komohana hema o kona kikowaena.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Such a large earthquake at such a shallow depth creates a lot of energy, said Shenza Chen of the U.
- Ke ʻōlelo nei kekahi mau hōʻike ʻē aʻe ua hōʻike ʻia kahi wikiō mai ka mea hoʻolaha aupuni NHK he mau kakini o nā kaʻa, nā ferries nui a me kekahi mau hale i kahili ʻia i ke kai ma ke kūlanakauhale awa o Kamaishi ma ka panalāʻau ʻo Iwai.
- ʻO ke ōlaʻi ka mea hou loa i ka moʻo o ka ʻāina i kēia pule.
