A massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Japan, just hours after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck. Tokyo’s two main airports, Narita and Haneda, are closed to flights.<\/p>\n
Strong aftershocks are also being reported from the Tokyo area, and a 6-metre tsunami is reported to have hit port and coastal areas, including the city of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture. <\/p>\n
Passengers in airplanes on the ground at Narita Airport reported that the earthquake “felt like really bad turbulence, but [the plane was] not moving”.<\/p>\n
Inside the airport, a passenger reported Terminal 1 “halls shaking like crazy”. <\/p>\n
Narita Airport — the destination for most international flights — is some 60 km east of Tokyo’s centre. That’s in the direction of the epicentre of the earthquake, reported to be in Miyagi Prefecture according to Japan’s Daily Yomiuri newspaper.<\/p>\n
Smaller Haneda airport, some 15 km south of the city, is also closed.<\/p>\n
Social media messages from passengers on the ground say, all tweets or updates verbatim:<\/p>\n
@serkantoto: At Tokyo Narita airport Terminal 1. Big, HUGE earthquake, halls shaking like crazy. #kowai<\/p>\n
@JoelGabrielMA Just sat through an earthquake while on 747 at Narita Airport in Tokyo. Felt like really bad turbulence, but not moving<\/p>\n
@JeansNow Wow, big earthquake while on the Narita Express, they had to stop the train. Still swaying from side-to-side.<\/p>\n
@elche571 Cabin crew at Narita airport just called me, 7.9 magnitude earthquake, the airport shook like a leave, a lot of panic<\/p>\n
@Vera308 wow Id never had sucha big earthquake!! D: and I was at the bathroom of the airport!! but am still alive!!<\/p>\n
@er7rookie I’m in the limo to the airport. Really huge earthquake on the bridge!!!! I’m worry about everything and Japan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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