On March 11, 2011, magnitude-9 earthquake in
northeastern Japan create tsunami .
The effect of a powerful earthquake has affected
the whole world, from the fjords of Norway to the ice of Antarctica. Tsunami
debris continued to appear on North American beaches two years later.
The number of deaths was 15,891 on the April 10, 2015. Most people died by
drowning. More than 2,500 people are still reported missing.
Less than an hour after the earthquake, the first of many tsunami waves hit
Japan's coastline. The tsunami waves reached run-up height to 39 meters
and traveled inland as far as 10 km . The tsunami flooded an estimated area of
approximately 561 square kilometers in Japan.
In Japan, residents are still recovering from the disaster. Radioactive
water was recently discovered leaking from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant,
which suffered a level 7 nuclear meltdown after the tsunami. Japan relies on
nuclear power, and many of the country's nuclear reactors remain closed because
of stricter seismic safety standards since the earthquake. Four years after the
quake, about 230,000 people who lost their homes were still living in temporary
housing, Japan's Reconstruction Agency said.
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