As all of us know, approximately two weeks ago, on March 11th, a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale ripped through the east coast of Japan, one of the five strongest quakes recorded since 1900.
Despite the strength of the earthquake, it was the resulting tsunami that caused the real devastation, with waves estimated as high as 15 meters (three stories). Whole towns have been swept away, with many thousands of people thought to have perished.
Not content with mere death and destruction, the tsunami also threatened to cause a nuclear catastrophe after heavily damaging the nuclear power plant near the city of Fukashima, which suffered from the shut down of multiple reactor cooling systems resulting in the threat of meltdown.
Fortunately after a week of uncertainty and tremendous concern fears of a nuclear catastrophe are subsiding, however Prime Minister Naoto Kan said “In the 65 years after the end of World War II, this is the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan.”
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