Japan earthquake March 11, 2011
Japan is located in a region where several oceanic earth plates meet each other. The earthquakes of low magnitude are not considered devastating because they do not cause any damage.However, the earthquake on Friday 11 March 2011 was one of the strongest and powerful earthquakes ever recorded in the history of that country. Prior to this devastating disaster of earthquake in Japanese history, there had been a number of other earthquakes too, in 1896 a strong earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 8.5 which claimed 27000 lives. In 1923 another earthquake hit Japan which killed 100000 people and same were injured. Last time in 1995 a powerful earthquake (Magnitude 7.2) hit the city of Kobe, the death toll was 6000 and 415000 people were injured up to 100000 houses were completely destroyed. The recent earthquake on 11 March 2011 was the strongest earthquake in the history of Japan disasters with the magnitude of 8.9. It has created a vast tsunami which entered in eastern coast of Japan sweeping cars, buildings and other barriers in its way and caused a state of emergency at nuclear plants in Sendai about 200 miles northeast of Tokyo after a nuclear plant lost power and shut down..One of five nuclear plants has greatly damaged due to earthquake.Quantity of Radiation of radiation has increased 1000 time than its normal level,If the radiation would have not controlled properly than the consequences could be worst than Chernobyl nuclear reactor catastrophe 25 years ago. however the Japanese Nuclear Safety agency said that they radiation outside the plant is 8th times than the normal and this level of exposure is not dangerous to general population. They said that they are trying to overcome to this problem after President Obama said to take all safety precaution.
National disaster Management Authority has issued warning to its other states too. All the images showed great damages to infrastructure. economy and lives. The aftershocks followed by earthquake were of low magnitude. The tsunami hit Russia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Hawaii but the loss and the height of waves were much smaller than those in Japan.
United Nation and US government has announce full support to Japan in rescue activities and all the rest of world is ready to help whatever they can do.
