Mega Disasters - Japan Great Earthquake 2011 Documentary (Part 1)

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The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, also known as the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, or the Great East Japan Earthquake, (Japanese: "Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster" (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai)) was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately 32 km (20 mi). It was the most powerful known earthquake to have hit Japan, and one of the five most powerful earthquakes in the world overall since modern record-keeping began in 1900. It was so powerful the island of Honshu was moved 8 feet eastward. The earthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves of up to 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako, Iwate, Tōhoku. In some cases traveling up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. In addition to loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, the tsunami caused a number of nuclear accidents, primarily the ongoing level 7 meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents.

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[2ne1791]

no offence but i hate his accent.. it's irish right.. at first i thought it was cool but then after a while it started to get annoying.. but COOL DOCUMANTARY though! :D

[EKSBEntertainment]

@drkex There use to earthquakes i use to live there for 4 year and was here for this one on a visit back was at Sendai the closest to epicenter. When i was there for 4 years i felt like 40 little shocks so there frequent and there buildings are really strong and can handle 9.0 above. ironically.

[drkex]

@CosmicFroggie It's crazy! these people don't really hide much! I would've ran under a table!

[iluvwatermelons]

great, thanks for this, very informative and interesting. i had to my first 7 page essay and this really helps

[Alchaeon1]

"the tsunami trigerred a NEAR meltdown in the countries nuclear power plant"???

lol

3 cores have had FULL meltdowns plus the spent fuel rod pools boiled dry

near meltdown - lol

[CosmicFroggie]

Being a native californian all my life I am amazed hardly anyone dove under a desk, or table. That is what we are taught!

[EKSBEntertainment]

@Televison15o Same i was nere sendai city i was in is gone.

[GZillaMan2]

watch?v=vVM5w1G1m-0

[Televison15o]

I WAS IN THIS!

[spiertunovetredlecce]

japanese people are absolutely quite and prepared in these terrible events