Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Photos

Buildings burn after an earthquake near Sendai Airport, northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO)

A massive tsunami hits the coastal areas of Iwanuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO)

Houses are swept by water following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori City in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011. There were several strong aftershocks and a warning of a 10-meter tsunami following the quake, which also caused buildings to shake violently in the capital Tokyo. (REUTERS/KYODO)

Natural gas storage tanks burn at a facility in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/KYODO)

Seismologist Bernd Weber of Germany's Geoscientific Research Institute GFZ in Potsdam poses for the media as he points on a graph with the magnitude of the earthquake in Japan on a monitor in Potsdam, March 11, 2011. (REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch)

Buildings swept by a tsunami following an earthquake are seen in Miyagi Prefecture March 12, 2011. (REUTERS/Kyodo)