Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

 

• Where was the epicentre of the earthquake?
• What was the size of the earthquake?
• What are some of the areas most affected? Describe the devastation and include an image.
• Describe the impending man-made disaster: what, where, why?

The epicentre of the quake was about 100 miles off the coast of Sendai.

The size of the earthquake on the Richter scale was measured at 8.9.

 As you can see by this image the worst hit area was the Eastern coast of Japan, this was the forefront on the tsunami that caused most of the devastation. This tsunami was devastating to Japan; the waves tossed around cars like they were toys and simply rolled over building, leaving nothing in its wake.

The man-made disaster that Japan has to face now is the Nuclear power plant which is currently overheating, one plant is only 75 miles north of Tokyo and if this plant blew it would devastate most of Tokyo. The 4 plants are over heating because of a cool down error which is occurring in the reactors.