A huge tsunami is making its way across the Pacific after a mega earthquake struck off the coast of Japan.
The Red Cross estimates that the waves making their way across the ocean are higher than some Pacific islands.
The quake with a magnitude of 8.9 struck off the northeast coast of Japan at 2.46pm local time.
Reports say that there were 12 powerful aftershocks, seven of them at least 6.3 (the size of the recent New Zealand earthquake last month).
Tokyo, 240 miles away from the epicentre, felt the quake as buildings shook violently.
Worker Osamu Akiya, 46, was in his office in Tokyo when the quake hit.
'I've been through many earthquakes, but I've never felt anything like this,' he said.
Dramatic pictures of vast bodies of water washing away cars and boats show the force of the tremors.
A fire broke out at a nuclear plant in northeast of the country.
The country's bullet train service has been suspended and motorway networks have been affected.
It will be a tense 24 hours in Japan and countries around the Pacific as the tsunami moves across the ocean.
Live news feed from BBC News here.
Pictures of the quake aftermath here.
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