Tsunami hits Japan, alert released for Philippines east coast

Let's pray that the tsunami that might hit the east coast of the Philippines will be a mild one. It's estimated to hit us at 6pm tonight, after it raged through Japan this afternoon, following a magnitude 8.8 earthquake. The second big one in the two days.

See the live video of the tsunami taken by CNN:

http://edition.cnn.com/video/

Aerial view:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html?hpt=T1

Latest update from CNN:

About 4 million homes in and around Tokyo are without power.

The largest quake recorded was 9.5 magnitude in Chile in 1960.

The 8.9-magnitude quake is 231 miles from Tokyo

The quake rattles buildings and topples cars off bridges into waters underneath.