TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police say 200 to 300 bodies have been found in a northeastern coastal area where a massive earthquake spawned a tsunami.
The magnitude 9.1 offshore quake (revised from 8.9 ) unleashed a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0. Earlier, police confirmed at least 60 people had been killed and 56 were missing. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of Friday's disaster.
Photos of the disaster as it unfolded begin on the next page.
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, a wave from the tsunami heads to the coast in Miyagi Prefecture on the north east coast of Japan Friday March 11, 2011 following a massive earth quake. A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. Fires triggered by the quake burned out of control up and down the coast. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, houses, cars,and debris half submerged is swept towards a highway, unseen, by a tsunami in the Sendai city area, Miyagi Prefecture (state) in Japan on Friday March 11, 2011 following a massive earth quake. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
A magnitude 8.9 earthquake slammed Japan's northeastern coast Friday, unleashing a 13-foot (4-meter) tsunami that swept boats, cars, buildings and tons of debris miles inland. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, a tsunami surge sweeps boats, cars and other debris over a highway in the Sendai City area. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, cars are washed away in a coastal area of Kamaishi, Iwate prefecture Japan Friday March 11, 2011 following a massive earthquake. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
In this image taken from NHK television, a flame rises from petrochemical complex in Ichikawa, near Tokyo Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/NHK)
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, ships and boats are washed ashore in Hachinohe, Aomori Prefectur, Japan, following a masive earthquake. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
People walk past a ruined bus stop which was crushed by part of fallen outer wall of a nearby building in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state). (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
Tarmac, parking lot and surrounding area are covered with mud and debris carried by tsunami at Sendai Airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state). (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
In this video image taken from Japan's NHK TV, an oil refinery burns in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. (AP PHOTO/NHK TV)
Flames rise from houses and debris half submerged in tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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