EarthQuake Of Japan
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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The epicenter at a depth of 24 km, is 130 km east of the coastline of Sendai in Honshu Island
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The earthquake triggered tsunamis that reached various parts of Japan.
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By the time the tsunamis reached land, waves as high as 40 m swept everything in their path, causing death and immense devastation.
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Seismologists estimate that the energy released by the earthquake is equivalent to 8000 Hiroshima atom bombs.
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The huge amount of energy caused parts of the coastline to sink 1.2 m. The entire Japanese Archipelago shifted 2.4 m with one peninsula having moved 5 m to the east. Earth itself had shifted about 10 cm on its axis.
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