Japan EarthQuake 2011

The Fierce Earthquake

2011-03-12T08:16:00.000-08:00

A fierce tsunami initiated by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded hit Japan's eastern coast Friday, killing unknown number of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control.
Hours later, the tsunami hit Hawaii and warnings blanketed the Pacific, putting areas on alert as far away as South America, Canada, Alaska and the entire U.S. West Coast. In Japan, the area around a nuclear power plant in the northeast was evacuated after the reactor's cooling system failed.
Police said 200 to 300 bodies were found in the northeastern coastal city of Sendai, the city in Miyagi prefecture (state) neighboring to the quake's epicenter. Another 88 were confirmed killed and at least 349 were missing. The death toll was likely to continue climbing given the scale of the disaster.
The magnitude-8.9 offshore quake unleashed a 23-foot (seven-meter) tsunami and was followed by more than 50 aftershocks for hours, many of them of more than magnitude 6.0.
Dozens of cities and villages along a 1,300-mile (2,100-kilometer) make bigger of coastline were shaken by aggressive tremors that reached as far away as Tokyo, hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the epicenter. A large section of Kesennuma, a town of 70,000 people in Miyagi, burned furiously into the night with no perceptible hope of the flames being extinguished, public broadcaster NHK said.
"The earthquake has caused major damage in broad areas in northern Japan," Prime Minister Naoto Kan said at a news conference. Read the full story here

Japan Earthquake 2011 News

2011-03-12T07:16:00.000-08:00

Some of the videos that were posted on the internet were horrific and devastating.

Japan Earthquake Details 2011 News

2011-03-12T07:11:00.000-08:00

Japan 2011 earthquake (preliminary magnitude 8.9) near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, occurred as a result of thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone interface plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. At the latitude of this earthquake, the Pacific plate moves approximately westwards with respect to the North America plate at a velocity of 83 mm/yr. The Pacific plate thrusts underneath Japan at the Japan Trench, and dips to the west beneath Eurasia. The location, depth, and focal mechanism of the March 11 earthquake are consistent with the event having occurred as thrust faulting associated with subduction along this plate boundary. Note that some authors divide this region into several microplates that together define the relative motions between the larger Pacific, North America and Eurasia plates; these include the Okhotsk and Amur microplates that are respectively part of North America and Eurasia.
The March 11 earthquake was preceded by a series of large foreshocks over the previous two days, beginning on March 9th with an M 7.2 event approximately 40 km from the March 11 earthquake, and continuing with a further 3 earthquakes greater than M 6 on the same day.
The Japan Trench subduction zone has hosted 9 events of magnitude 7 or greater since 1973. The largest of these was an M 7.8 earthquake approximately 260 km to the north of the March 11 event, in December 1994, which caused 3 fatalities and almost 700 injuries. In June of 1978, an M 7.7 earthquake 35 km to the southwest caused 22 fatalities and over 400 injuries
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Japan Earthquake 2011 News

2011-03-12T06:53:00.000-08:00

The world woke up a horrifying incident where one of the super powers in the world has been hit by a major earthquake . This was so sudden as the world eyes were on the defiant leader of Libya Gadaffi Who has vehemently refused to step down. The earth quake is described as the largest in the entire history of Japan. It is described by a magnitude of 8.9. The earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean nearby Northeastern Japan at around 2:46pm on March 11 (JST) causing enormous damage and unaccounted loss of lives. The earth quake triggered a fire and tsunami.The worst case scenario could be the possibility of a nuclear explosion. At this moment of disaster all the world leaders have send their condolences to Japan. We expect more updates on the exact number of lives that have been lost in this disaster. You can get more information in the following Sites

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