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Tsunami (2011)
By: Umme H.
Japan Tsunami
On march 11, 2011, an earthquake shook northeastern japan, leaving a savage tsunami. Research
shows that the effects of earthquake in japan were felt all over the world, from Norways fjords to
Antarcticas ice sheet. The tsunami continued to wash up the North American beaches two years later.
The unexpected disaster in japan was neither the largest nor deadliest earthquake and tsunami to strike
this century. That records does to the earthquake and tsunami in Sumatra, with a magnitude of 9.1, which
killed more than 230,000 people as research shows. But Japans one-two punch proved devastating for
the earthquake-savvy country, because few scientists in japan had predicted that the country will
experience such a large earthquake and tsunami. The tsunami in japan was really bad and devastating
because we see from our information that people are still recovering from that tsunami. In our research it
shows us that the earthquake started on a friday at 2:46 p.m. local time as recorded. It was centered on
the seafloor 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Tohoku, at a depth of 20 miles (32 km) below the surface.
The shaking of the earthquake lasted up to about six minutes. The information also says that less than a
hour after the earthquake, the tsunami waves hit japans seaside.
Citation Page:
http://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9131914/Japanearthquake-and-tsunami-anniversary-30-powerful-images-of-the-disaster.html?
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110311-tsunami-facts-japanearthquake-hawaii/