Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake today measuring a huge 8.9 on the richter scale.
This is the sixth largest earthquake the modern world has ever seen.
Following the initial 8.9 event at 1446 local time (0546 GMT), a sequence of major tremors was initiated - six of them within an hour-and-a-quarter that were all bigger than or all equal to last month's quake in Christchurch, New Zealand (6.3). The largest of the aftershocks so far was a 7.1.
check out the BBC site it has amazing footage :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12716870
Watch how the news changes over the weekend as more information comes in.
Years 7,8 and 9 and 10 geographers will be looking at this event in lessons next week - make sure you have some facts about the earthquake and tsunami.
Look at the image below it shows the awesome energy of the tsunami as it travels away from the focus of the earthquake :
