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Huge whirlpool created after Japan quake
A massive earthquake has hit the north-east of Japan, triggering a tsunami and a huge whirlpool.
The tsunami warning was extended to the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Pacific coast of Russia and Hawaii.
Dramatic footage of the whirlpool was taken by a helicopter, as the BBC's Humphrey Hawksley explains.
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