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1 Year Onwards...
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on 2012-03-11 21:51:32 (edited 2012-03-11 21:53:07)
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March 11, 2011. A 9.0 Richter Scale earthquake hit off the coast of Japan. It was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in TÅhoku's Iwate Prefecture, and which, in the Sendai area, travelled up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. The earthquake moved Honshu 2.4 m (8 ft) east and shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm (4 in) and 25 cm (10 in). The tsunami caused a number of nuclear accidents, primarily the ongoing level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. On 10 March 2012, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,854 deaths, 9,677 injured, and 3,155 people missing across eighteen prefectures, as well as 129,107 buildings totally collapsed, with a further 254,139 buildings 'half collapsed', and another 365,750 buildings partially damaged. Now, one year has passed, and let us join hands and pray for those who did not make it home. You may be religious, you may not. But at least, on should offer the hopes that they have for their souls to be at peace...    |
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Re: 1 Year Onwards...
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on 2012-03-12 12:35:22 |
I really do bad for all of those affected by the earthquake and tsunami. I mean, for a ton of these people, they lost not only their family, but their entire town and their own homes, and are still living in displacement shelters. They're still getting fairly strong aftershocks too. I hope for the best for them in the future.  |