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Friday, August 26, 2011

Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

Magnitude 9.0 - NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN: "At least 15,703 people killed, 4,647 missing, 5,314 injured, 130,927 displaced and at least 332,395 buildings, 2,126 roads, 56 bridges and 26 railways destroyed or damaged by the earthquake and tsunami along the entire east coast of Honshu from Chiba to Aomori. The majority of casualties and damage occurred in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima from a Pacific-wide tsunami with a maximum runup height of 37.88 m at Miyako. The total economic loss in Japan was estimated at 309 billion US dollars."

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1 comment:

  1. It always seems the bottom line on the earthquake results is the economic loss caused by them. How often do people contemplate on what might be really going on.

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