A screen grab taken from news footage by Japanese public broadcaster NHK on March 11, 2011 shows capsized ships at a port of Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture. A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake shook Japan, unleashing a powerful tsunami. People living along the Kenyan Coast have been asked to be on the lookout for some waves that are expected to occur in the Indian Ocean. AFP
Posted Friday, March 11 2011 at 15:18
People living along the Kenyan Coast have been asked to be on the lookout for some waves that are expected to occur in the Indian Ocean Saturday.
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Deputy director of Meteorological Services Peter Ambenje said the waves, which are an impact of a Tsunami that rocked some parts of Japan, are expected to occur in the Indian Ocean at around 4am.
“The major adverse impacts of this Tsunami are projected to be confined to the Pacific Ocean.
“However, some waves will penetrate through Indonesia into the Indian Ocean,” Mr Ambenje said in a statement Friday.
"By tomorrow (Saturday, 12 March 2011), at around 4 am, the waves are projected to reach the coast of the western Indian Ocean but they will be weak. People along the Kenyan coast are hence advised to be on the lookout."
A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Japan Friday, setting a nuclear plant ablaze, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami that tossed ships inland and leaving at least 32 people reported dead.
It was the strongest earthquake ever to hit Japan. Police said many others were injured in Tokyo and coastal areas of the main Honshu island while television footage showed scenes of utter devastation and flooding.
A monster 10-metre (33 feet) tsunami wave hit near Sendai city where a tide of black water sent shipping containers, cars and debris crashing through streets and across open farmland destroying everything in its path.
The National Police Agency said at least 40 were dead and 39 missing with 244 others injured.
The public broadcaster NHK put the death toll at 44.
"The damage is so enormous that it will take us much time to gather data," an official at the agency said.
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