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A massive 8.8 magnitude震级 quake hit the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, shaking buildings in the capital Tokyo, causing many injuries, at least one fire and triggering引起 a four-metre (13-ft) tsunami海啸, NHK television and witnesses reported. There was also a warning of a 10-metre tsunami following the quake, Japans biggest in 7 years. The public broadcaster showed flames火焰 and black smoke billowing翻腾 from a building in Odaiba, a Tokyo suburb, and bullet trains干线火车 to the north of the country were halted. Black smoke was also pouring out of an industrial area in Yokohamas横滨 Isogo area. TV footage连续镜头 showed boats, cars and trucks floating in water after a tsunami hit the town of Kamaichi in northern Japan. Tsunami-hit Japan sees rising casualties伤亡, damage TOKYO, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A devastating毁灭性的 earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 jolted使颠簸，使摇动 northeastern and eastern Japan on Friday, which is believed to be one of the largest ever observed in the country. The quake and the tsunami it triggered have caused heavy casualties and inflicted造成，遭受 severe严重的 losses on the country. The figures are expected to increase, considering the large scale of the disaster. HEAVY CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE The latest report of Kyodo日本共同社 said the death toll死亡人数 is expected to exceed 1,000 as about 1,800 houses in Fukushima福岛 Prefecture were found to have been devastated. Police in Miyagi宫城县 prefecture, where the quake stroke, found 200 to 300 bodies in Wakabayashi Ward in the city of Sendai仙台 after a 10- meter tsunami washed the port. Also in Sendai, the authorities evacuated疏散 60,000-70,000 people to around 200 shelters, Kyodo News reported, adding that the local authorities have confirmed 133 deaths and 531 people missing in eight prefectures along the Pacific coast太平洋海岸. In the tsunami-hit area, a train was missing, with unknown number of passengers aboard, and a ship, carrying 100 people, was swept away by the tsunami, according to a Kyodo report. Nearly 3,000 residents居民 liv