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    J E Q D: APAN'S 2011 Arth Uake Isaster

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    The document summarizes the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. It first provides background on how earthquakes occur due to tectonic plate movement. It then notes that Japan experiences many earthquakes annually due to its location near plate boundaries. The main section describes the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011, generating a massive tsunami. Over 30,000 people were killed and entire coastal towns were swept away as rescuers struggled to save survivors trapped in buildings. The earthquake and tsunami highlighted the destructive forces of nature.

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    J E Q D: APAN'S 2011 Arth Uake Isaster

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    The document summarizes the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. It first provides background on how earthquakes occur due to tectonic plate movement. It then notes that Japan experiences many earthquakes annually due to its location near plate boundaries. The main section describes the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011, generating a massive tsunami. Over 30,000 people were killed and entire coastal towns were swept away as rescuers struggled to save survivors trapped in buildings. The earthquake and tsunami highlighted the destructive forces of nature.

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    The document summarizes the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. It first provides background on how earthquakes occur due to tectonic plate movement. It then notes that Japan experiences many earthquakes annually due to its location near plate boundaries. The main section describes the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011, generating a massive tsunami. Over 30,000 people were killed and entire coastal towns were swept away as rescuers struggled to save survivors trapped in buildings. The earthquake and tsunami highlighted the destructive forces of nature.

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    J E Q D: APAN'S 2011 Arth Uake Isaster

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    The document summarizes the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. It first provides background on how earthquakes occur due to tectonic plate movement. It then notes that Japan experiences many earthquakes annually due to its location near plate boundaries. The main section describes the devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake that hit northern Japan on March 11, 2011, generating a massive tsunami. Over 30,000 people were killed and entire coastal towns were swept away as rescuers struggled to save survivors trapped in buildings. The earthquake and tsunami highlighted the destructive forces of nature.

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    JAPAN'S 2011 EARTH QUAKE

    DISASTER
    Man is constantly progressing from the day of his existence. He has
    learned to fly, to use electricity and to use certain powers of nature. He has
    been trying to overcome natural disasters but has failed to do so and will
    perhaps never succeed. There are several kinds of natural disasters which
    human beings are suffering from beginning. One of them is earthquake. I am
    going to mention briefly the cause of happening earthquakes and its history
    related with the region in which Japan is located. I will discuss the most
    recent earth quake which struck Japan a month ago.

    How Earthquake Happens:


    There are many factors involved but the main reason is our earth is
    made up of slowly-moving sections called tectonic plates. These plates
    have been crawling for billions of years under the surface layer of our
    planet. These plates have rough edges known as plate boundaries. Since
    these edges are rough sometimes they can get stuck and locked up with one
    another while the rest of the plates keep moving. When the force finally
    releases, all the stored up energy is released from the locking point in all
    directions in the form of waves as ripples on a pound. This results in motion
    of earths surface which is known as earth quake.

    Earthquakes and Japan:


    Japan is located in the region which has got the greatest number of
    earthquakes in the history. It has an average of approximately fifteen
    hundred small and big earthquakes a year. According to Wikipedia since 648
    A.D. Japan has faced more than 40 earthquakes which have magnitude 7.0
    or greater.

    Japans Recent Earthquake:


    11th March 2011 Friday. Citizens of Northern Japan were unaware of
    what is going to happen this afternoon. They went to their jobs normally as
    they do in routine, at 2:46 pm Tokyo time, the quake struck. The recorded
    magnitude of the quake was 8.9. The surface of the earth started trembling;
    skyscrapers were shaking as they were trees swaying in the breeze. It was in
    fact a treble look. Almost half an hour later huge waves of Tsunami about 30
    feet high rushed onto shore, carrying away cars, ships and strongly built
    buildings. Although mostly all of the buildings were made quake-proof but it
    was such a powerful quake along with Tsunami waves that it carried away
    each and every thing.
    On Saturday morning, Japan was filled with the scenes of destruction
    and desperation. Thousands of homes were destroyed, many roads were
    blocked, trains and buses were stopped and power and communication
    systems went down. One of the rail officials told that three trains were
    missing as a result of flood and quake. Sendai airport was drowned in water
    and plane service was cutoff in Northern Japan. Another big problem
    occurred when radiations were leaked from two nuclear plants near the
    quake zone. Japanese officials issued evacuation orders for people living
    near two nuclear power plants that had experienced breakdowns in their
    cooling systems as a result of earthquake.
    The death figures from the earth quake and Tsunami was the biggest
    ever recorded in Japans history. According to the latest reports of media the
    number of casualties has reached up to 30000. About 300 bodies were found
    along the shore in Sendai. Although thousands of people lost their lives yet
    many lives were certainly saved by Japans disaster precautions and strict
    construction codes. Fortunately the centre of the quake was far from the
    Japans industrial heartland so; the countrys economy was spared from a
    devastating damage.
    Rescue teams struggled to reach survivors on Saturday morning.
    Rescuers found 870 people in one school and tried to reach 1200 people in a
    junior high school waiting for help. According to a newspaper 600 people

    were on the roof of a public high school in Sendai city. Japans defense
    forces and firefighters rescued them on Saturday. On the roof of Chuo
    Hospital doctors and nurses were calling for help waving white flags by
    writing HELP on them.
    In fact that was a treble earthquake and it became worst accompanied
    with the huge waves of Tsunami. It remembers us the powers of nature and
    out littleness in this universe.

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