tsunami All the Craziest Tsunami Videos in Just Two Minutes 
 
 Japanese geologists are calling this “the big one.” Not only was the 8.9 magnitude earthquake the largest on record in the country's history and the fifth-strongest in the world in the past 111 years, according to MSNBC. But even some of its nineteen aftershocks were bigger than the earthquake that devastated Christchurch in New Zealand last month. Video taken from inside Japan during the earthquake shows the impact even on buildings made to withstand major quakes. But it is footage of the tsunami, which was set off by what experts estimate is a 300- to 500-mile undersea fault line, that comes closer to looking apocalyptic. Large ships and buildings are sucked into its path. Cars and trucks are tossed around like toys in a tub. Waves appear slow-moving on camera but "can travel at the speed of a jet engine." In mere seconds, acres of farmland, coastline, and roads are drowned in debris-filled water. ||||| More Japan Video: Wall of Water 
 
 It’s taken a couple of days for some of these video clips from Japan to make their way onto television and the internet. This clip shows the tsunami slamming into the seawall in Miyako City, Japan. The Daily Mail says the video was shot from a high-rise building that proved to be a safe haven from the wall of water. ||||| Scary Japan Video: Street-Level View of Tsunami 
 
 I tweeted a link to this video yesterday when I saw a link while checking Twitter on my phone. It’s so scary and powerful that I wanted to post it here too. The clip is extraordinary because it’s long and well shot, so you get a true sense of the strength that was behind that water as it kept rising and rising. 
 
 
 
 It was shot in Kesennuma City in Miyagi Prefecture. The Telegraph also posted a portion of the video.
– Videos released over the weekend give a better idea of just how terrifying and destructive the Japan tsunami was. Pat’s Papers points to two in particular, one showing a street-level view of the wave in Kesennuma City, another showing the tsunami slamming into and over Miyako City’s seawall. Or the AP has several shot by witnesses in Miyagi Prefecture. Click for the latest on Japan, or check out a compilation of some of the craziest video footage.