CNN continues breaking news coverage of the earthquake in Japan. The network has advised of their current deployments and coverage plans for the rest of Friday.

CNN Press Release: An 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan on Friday, triggering tsunamis and sending a massive body of water filled with debris that included boats and houses inching toward highways. A tsunami in the Pacific was moving closer to other shorelines in other countries like Hawaii and Guam, said CNN meteorologist Ivan Cabrera.

CNN's Tokyo-based correspondent Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) has been covering this story since it broke in the 1aET hour. CNN's Seoul-based correspondent Paula Hancocks (@phancocksCNN) has also joined Lah in Japan. Both teams are currently en route to Sendai, Japan, which is located near the quake's epicenter.

Additional CNN correspondents heading to Japan to cover this developing story include:

CNN Hong Kong anchor Anna Coren
CNN's national correspondent Gary Tuchman
CNN's Atlanta-based correspondent Martin Savidge
CNN en Español's Fernando del Rincon
CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O'Brien
CNN's chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta
CNN radio correspondent Steve Kastenbaum

Watch video from CNN's Tokyo bureau while the earthquake struck:


CNN International started broadcasting breaking news at 1am ET live from Tokyo and Atlanta.

CNN started simulcasting CNN International at 1.12am ET when the extent of the earthquake became known.

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CNN International/CNN-US simulcasts

Friday, March 11 (all times eastern):

3-5p.m. John Vause and Brooke Baldwin
5-7p.m. Kristi Lou Stout [sic] and Wolf Blitzer
7-8p.m. Kristi Lou Stout [sic] and John King

CNN-US primetime will be live throughout the evening:

8:00 pm In the Arena
9:00 pm Piers Morgan Tonight
10:00 pm Anderson Cooper 360

*Subject to change.

CNN Press Release - One year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing tens of thousands of people, CNN revisits the embattled country to see if progress has been made, reporting across many networks and platforms, including CNN/U.S., CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN.com and CNN Radio.

From the billion dollars pledged – but not delivered – by the international community to the seemingly permanent tent city, CNN looks at what promises have been kept and which ones have been broken. CNN’s Gary Tuchman, CNN International's Ivan Watson, CNN Radio's Steve Kastenbaum and CNN en Español's Diulka Perez will report on these issues and more this week from Port-au-Prince. Also, tune in to Anderson Cooper 360° from 10-11pm ET this Tuesday and Wednesday for special Keeping Them Honest segments on Haiti.

Photos: Ivan Watson in Haiti by CNN

CNN has been awarded one of the most prestigious awards in international journalism - a Golden Nymph - for the networks coverage of the 2010 Haiti earthquake.

Within 24 hours of the devastating January earthquake, CNN had 8 reporting teams, totalling 34 people, on the ground, with more on the way. CNN's first reports were on air before most military and relief organizations arrived in affected regions.

CNN staff who contributed work in CNN's entry include:

Anderson Cooper
Ivan Watson
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
Susan Candiotti
Chris Lawrence
Gary Tuchman
Jonathan Mann
Juan Carlos Lopez
Arthur Brice
Steve Kastenbaum
Neil Hallsworth
Dom Swann
Gil Delarosa
Tawanda Scott
Rick Hall
Phil Littleton
Jerry Simonson
Jonathan Schaer
Leopoldo Massud

Watch video of Deborah Rayner, Managing Editor of CNN Europe and Africa, and Cindy Strand, Director of Coverage - International News, accepting the award.



The award was presented on Thursday as part of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival.

Kevin Corriveau - Meterologist - CNN International
Steve Kastenbaum - New York Correspondent - CNN Radio
Brian Todd - Washington Correspondent - The Situation Room