Before you watch the videos below I urge you to head over to Highly Allochthonous. Chris Rowan has two excellent posts explaining the geology behind the earthquake, tsunami and aftershocks of the Sendai earthquake. I also liked the Georneys and AGU Blogosphere posts (hat tip to Chris for pointing me in their direction). You also want to check out these before and after satellite images via ABC News. Videos are below the fold. Hyperlinks on geographic locations link to a Google Map.
Video showing earthquakes in Japan between 9 March and 14 March. 1 hour ~ 1 second
Honshu Tsunami propagation video from NOAA
Videos of the Honshu Tsunmai hitting coastal Japan
At Kesennuma
At Miyako
Video showing height of tsunami. Geographic locality unknown
Tsunami from helicopter. Sendai?
Video from within Sendai Airport
At Kamaishi
That last one is hard to watch, the cries of the people and the utter horror as they watch their town destroyed in a few minutes.
I have had a hard time understanding, comprehending the amount of energy carried in that wave. The water kept on being pushed farther and faster inland, and seeing people watch as their lives were being swept away in moments was for me very difficult to watch. Especially to see the child cry and seek an adult; an adult who was feeling, I am sure, as much terror as the child.