Footage of earthquake and tsunami show devastation [videos]
News agencies and residents armed with video cameras captured unbelievable footage of the mammoth earthquake and subsequent tsunami, offering an unprecedented glimpse at the natural disaster's widespread destruction. Seismologists at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California have revised their estimation of the quake's magnitude, upgrading it to a 9.0. The massive tremor ranks as Japan's strongest ever and one of the ten strongest in the world since records began.
