Great East Japan Earthquake 東日本大地震 March 11, 2011, 2:46 pm M8.9/M9.0: largest recorded quake in Japan (5 th in world) Produced 23 ft tsunami waves 10,000+ dead Destablized Fukushima nuclear power plant

Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Population ~1 million Largest city in Tohoku “City of Trees” Miyagi-ken is major producer of rice

From Tokyo to Sendai: 220 miles

Train from Tokyo to Sendai

The debris of the destroyed Natori neighborhood of Sendai, Japan, on Sunday, March 13, 2011, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A Japanese couple stop to rest along a highway as they carry their belongings away form their destroyed village of Saito in northeastern Japan, Monday, March 14, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

Patients at a hospital wait to be evacuated without medicine and electricity in Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture (state) Sunday, March 13, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A firefighter examines the damage of a house in Saito, Miyagi Prefecture, Monday, March 14, 2011 Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

In this photo taken Sunday, March 13, 2011, train rails bent by a powerful earthquake-triggered tsunami get stuck by a bridge in Otsuchicho town. Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

Tsunami 津波 23 ft waves struck Sendai Waves of muddy water rushed over land Caused more damage than the quake Incapacitated nuclear power plant's cooling system Tsunami spread across Pacific Ocean, reaching California

Ships drifted by tsunami sit on the land near a port in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, Saturday morning, March 12, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

Self-Defense Force members carry the body of a victim in Kamaishi, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011 Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

Minami Sanriku town is submerged Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

In this photo taken Sunday, March 13, 2011, debris covers Otsuchicho town, northern Japan Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A Japanese earthquake and tsunami survivor walks alone on a road past the destroyed village of Saito Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

Rescue workers run through rubble to the higher place in Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, upon hearing a tsunami warning Sunday, March 13, 2011, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A ferry stranded on a building is seen in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, northern Japan, Sunday, March 13, 2011 Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

The Nuclear Power Crisis Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant 福島第一 原子力発電所 was hit by tsunami: two back-up coolers were washed away

Japan gets 1/3 power from nuclear

Japan sits on convergence of 3 tectonic plates that produce 1000 quakes a year in Japan

The Fukushima Nuclear Plant problem Source: The Washington Post, activity/?hpid=z3

How much radiation has been released? We don't know yet

Residents evacuated from areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear facilities Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A child evacuated from areas surrounding the Fukushima nuclear facilities damaged in Friday's massive earthquake is checked for radiation exposure Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

A man holds his baby as they are prepared to be scanned for levels of radiation in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Sunday, March 13, Source:Winnipeg Free Press, March html

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