Japan Earthquake 2011: 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Hits, 30-Foot Tsunami Triggered TOKYO -- A ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. Hours later, the tsu
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Widespread destruction from Japan earthquake, tsunamis - CNN.com The morning after Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake to hit the island nation in recorded history and the tsunami it unleashed -- and even as the earth continued to twitch with aftershocks -- the disaster's massive impact was only beginning
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震, Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin?) was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011,[2][3][8] wit
Japan: earthquake aftermath - Photos - The Big Picture - Boston.com Japan raced to avert a nuclear meltdown today by flooding a nuclear reactor with seawater after Friday's massive earthquake left more than 600 people dead and thousands more missing. Towns in the country's northeast coast were literally wiped away by an e
Powerful Quake and Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan - NYTimes.com The death toll from the tsunami and earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan, was in the hundreds, but Japanese news media quoted government officials as saying that it would almost certainly rise to more than 1,000. About 200 to 300 bodies were f
Japan earthquake: Tsunami hits north-east - BBC News Japan's most powerful earthquake since records began has struck the north-east coast, triggering a massive tsunami. Cars, ships and buildings were swept away by a wall of water after the 8.9-magnitude tremor, which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-eas
The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster: a Compilation of Published Literature on Health Needs and Abstract Objective To provide an overview of the health needs following the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and the lessons identified. Methods The relevant of peer review and grey literature articles in English and Japanese, and books in Japanese, p
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (福島第一原子力発電所事故, Fukushima Daiichi ( pronunciation) genshiryoku hatsudensho jiko?) was a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant that began on 11 March 2011 and resulted in a nuclear meltdown of three o
Satellite Photos - Japan Before and After Tsunami - NYTimes.com Compare satellite images of areas of Japan before and after the disaster. ... Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant Japan's largest ongoing threat is at this nuclear power plant. There have been explosions at four of its six reactors and all four have released
