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The 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was the worst nuclear event since the meltdown at Chernobyl in the former Soviet Union 25 years prior. It started with an earthquake.

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The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station located in the Pacific Ocean coast received huge damage by the earthquake and tsunami.

. The piping facility in the building the facilities for the external power supply and backup power were destroyed. On 11 April a magnitude 71 earthquake and on 12 April a magnitude 63 earthquake both with the epicentre at Fukushima-Hamadori caused no further problems. Short documentary about the worst natural disaster in human history16000 deaths 6000 people injured and.

A tsunamiJapanese for harbor waveis a series of powerful wave s caused by the displacement of a large body of water. An earthquake and tsunami led to power loss in the Fukushima Daiichi plant. It was the most severe nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

Among hundreds of aftershocks an earthquake with magnitude 71 closer to Fukushima than the 11 March one was experienced on 7 April but without further damage to the plant. Following the earthquake a tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors causing a significant nuclear accident. The 2011 earthquake was the most powerful ever recorded in Japan.

The earthquake struck below the North Pacific Ocean 130 kilometers 81 miles east of Sendai the largest city in the Tohoku region a northern part of the island of Honshu. 1 day agoA powerful 74 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening leaving four dead and plunging more than 2m homes in the Tokyo area into darkness. Earthquake tsunami natural disaster.

More than 100 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in Japan. The 71 magnitude earthquake struck the countrys east coast at 1107 pm. 1 day agoAn earthquake off the coast of Japan has triggered a tsunami alert near the Fukushima Prefecture the site of the 2011 nuclear disaster following a similar trigger event.

The April 2011 Fukushima earthquake 福島県浜通り地震 Fukushima-ken Hamadōri jishin litFukushima Hamadōri earthquake was a potent magnitude 66 M w intraplate aftershock that occurred at 1716 JST 0816 UTC on 11 April in the Hamadōri region of Fukushima JapanWith a shallow focus of 13 km 81 mi the earthquake was centred inland about 36 km 22 mi. 1 day agoA tsunami warning was issued by Japanese officials Wednesday following a 73-magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Fukushima prefecture where a 2011 quake caused a disaster at a nuclear. The shock had a maximum intensity of VII Very strong on the Mercalli scale.

Without power the cooling systems failed in three reactors and their cores subsequently overheated. The Fukushima nuclear disaster was a 2011 nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma Fukushima JapanThe proximate cause of the disaster was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami that occurred 11 March 2011. The 2016 Fukushima earthquake struck Japan with a moment magnitude of 69 east-southeast of Namie Fukushima Prefecture at 0559 JST on November 22 2059 Nov 21 UTC at a depth of 114 km 71 miFukushima is a very dense prefecture in Japan north of Tokyo with a population of nearly 2 million.

The Tohoku earthquake caused a tsunami. 1 day agoAt least one person was killed in Japans Fukushima prefecture after a 73-magnitude earthquake struck the northeastern coast late on March 16 reports citing local authorities saidAccording to the US Geological Survey the 73-magnitude earthquake was preceded about two minutes before by a smaller 64-magnitude earthquake also off the coast onJapans. All three nuclear cores largely melted in the first three days.

A 73 magnitude. 1 day agoTOKYO AP A powerful 73 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima in northern Japan on Wednesday evening triggering a tsunami advisory and plunging more than 2 million homes in. Tsunami waves generated by the main shock of the earthquake damaged the backup generators at the Fukushima Daiichi plant starting a chain of events that became one of the worst accidents in the history of nuclear power generation.

At least 48 injuries were reported in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures according to state broadcaster NHK but. This led to a partial meltdown of the fuel rods a fire in the storage reactor explosions in the outer containment buildings caused by a buildup of hydrogen gas and. It was classified as Level 7 on the International.

The earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Among the most dangerous effects of the Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 was the Fukushima nuclear accident. At the Fukushima nuclear power plant the gigantic wave surged over defences and flooded the reactors sparking a major.

Saturdays 73-magnitude quake was felt strongly in Tokyo but no tsunami warning was.

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