Friday released this animation of how the tsunami waves was forecast to propagate throughout the Pacific Ocean, after the 8.9-magnitude quake off the coast of Japan.
March 11, 2011 - The graphics display forecast results, showing qualitative and quantitative information about the tsunami, including tsunami wave interaction with ocean floor bathymetric features, and neighboring coastlines. Tsunami model amplitude information is shown color-coded according the scale bar.
The death toll of Friday's earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, according to agency Kjodó climbed a thousand. Expected to increase the number of victims, missing up to 88,000 people. Were affected coastline 2100 km.
The force of the tsunami shows that some cars took the wool from the coast up to a mile inland. The wave hit the coastline 2100 km. Over four million households are without power.
The wave hit dozens of towns and villages. It seats up to seven meters, tossing the big ships. It bore the burning building. Underwater there are tens of square kilometers of the east coast of Honshu Island.
A 8.9 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami along north-eastern coastline of Japan
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