By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-15 | News and society Northeastern Japan has just been hit by a powerful tsunami after a massive earthquake that struck the coast of Japan at a depth of about 17 miles below the earth's surface. According to Japanese officials, the earthquake which created dozens of aftershocks was considered as the most powerful earthquake in 140 years. The deadly tsunami and earthquake have killed over 10,000 people and continues to cause heavy casualties across the country. According to U.S. Geological Survey, the disaster in Japan was caused by sudden movement of the Pacific tectonic plate under the North American plate. Let’s have a look at these photos as below to know how the earthquake and tsunami formed in Japan. read more
By: vasu | 2012-04-25 | Publishing • A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, (sometimes causing great destruction,) as a result of movements within the earth's crust. • Tsunamis are large powerful water waves caused by sudden displacement of large volume of water in the sea / ocean. Tsunami is the Japanese word for harbor wave. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-15 | News and society The massive offshore earthquake of 8.9 Richter scale and devastating tsunami have turned Japan's northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland. Powerful tsunami sent by one of the strongest ever recorded earthquakes has wiped away towns and cities in northeast coast and forced thousands of residents seeking shelter in the aftermath. Reportedly, thousands of people are missing and exceed of more 10, 000 people are dead. Earth – tsunami disaster has destroyed houses and overturned cars by sludge and dirty water. In such a situation of horrific destruction after once-in-300-years earthquake, Japan earns the world's admiration for the nation's resilience. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2012-03-10 | News and society One year after being devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, The Japanese has been rebounding. Tomorrow will be the first anniversary of the frightening calamity. read more
By: ddddddd | 2011-03-29 | Arts & Entertainment Japan Structural engineer Kit Miyamoto was giving a speech in Japan on earthquake safety when this month''s record quake struck, giving him a front-row seat for the unfolding disaster and what steps m... read more
By: Atasi H | 2011-03-14 | Nature Several countries in the Pacific, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and North America have also raised tsunami alerts. The places that have already issued the alerts are Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Russia, New Zealand, Philippines, Hawaii and Chile. read more
By: Bobby Hall | 2011-04-28 | Insurance Earthquake-tsunami combined disasters are among the scariest things anyone can face, and are tragically destructive reminders why travel insurance is needed. Below are ways how the insurance coverage can help a traveller. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-17 | News and society The massive offshore earthquake of 8.9 Richter scale and devastating tsunami have turned Japan's northeastern coast into a swampy wasteland. Powerful tsunami sent by one of the strongest ever recorded earthquakes has wiped away towns and cities in northeast coast and forced thousands of residents seeking shelter in the aftermath. Furthermore, the quake – tsunami also led to three multiple nuclear meltdowns. The nuclear meltdowns have forced more than 180,000 people evacuate from the area and caused an electricity shortage in the whole Japan. More dangerously, the meltdowns result in 160 people may have been exposed to radiation. Here are most unforgettable images of Japan in history – recorded disaster. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-18 | Current Affairs It has been a week when the Mother Nature endows peaceful and orderly Japan with the wake of Friday’s disaster. In the face of calamity caused by massive earthquake and tsunami, Japanese people remained their resilience, culture's patience, deep sense of community spirit and stoicism which gain sincere and stronger international brand name. Daily life experiences a shortage of water, electricity, homes or heat. In the scenes of destruction, there is totally no violence and looting. Instead, residents are still forming orderly queues for food and fresh water supplies. However, Japan needs urgent help from other countries. read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-11 | News and society Northeastern Japan has just been slammed by a 10 meter tsunami after the 8.9 quake which struck about 400km from Tokyo. The tsunami wept away everything in its path, including houses, cars and farm buildings, and so on. 18 people are confirmed dead, 200 others were washed away, with several others missing during the disaster on the Sendai Island. People are still being evacuated to higher ground in coastal areas in order to survive from the powerful waves. Communication links are now broken, making it difficult to confirm the number of deaths and injuries. Let’s have a look at some first images of this deadly tsunami through these photos as below: read more
By: Mary Rose | 2011-03-12 | News and society The massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake which struck Japan and sent a devastating tsunami across the country continues to cause heavy casualties. According to Jiji Press news agency on March 11, 2011, the data collected by the police shows total dead and missing people are about 1000 people and now at least 384 people were found losing their lives, 947 injured in this natural disaster. Besides, it is reported that 100 people and their ships swept away by tsunami while a train with an unknown number of passengers aboard also disappeared. In addition to casualty figures, the earthquake plus tsunami led to severe consequences for Japanese people including more than 80 incidents of fire caused by the earthquake around Tokyo, Iwate, Miyagi, Akita and Fukushima prefectures and Kyodo. read more
By: Marissa Connie | 2011-05-11 | Collecting In March, subsequent earthquake and tsunami happened in Japan, causing huge loss of economy and death of people. The economy loss has reached by 122 to 235 billion, and the number of death is 8649, 12877 people were missing and 2702 wounded. Besides, many foreign companies also suffer the disaster, and market sales affected during the disaster. read more
By: kazahaya | 2011-04-13 | News and society A huge aftershock rocked quake-weary Japan past due Thursday, rattling nerves since it knocked out energy for the northern component within the nation and prompted tsunami warnings that had been later... read more
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By: august | 2011-04-22 | Branding A new analysis of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan has found that the intense temblor has accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds, according to geophysicist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. read more