Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

Tsunami reaches Japan's Pacific side

KESENNUMA, Japan - Local fish market workers retrieve plastic containers at a fish market in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated with seawater on Feb. 28, 2010, after tsunami waves triggered by a massive earthquake in Chile reached wide coastal areas of Japan's Pacific side. Japan observed waves as high as 1.45 meters. (Kyodo)

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