The Second Powerful Earthquake In Japan

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The Second Powerful Earthquake in Japan
They say that beauty is a terrible force. But aside from the colorful turns of phrase and return to reality, we have to admit that the most formidable force this element, the manifestations of the forces of nature. Humanity sometimes forgets about it - and then come to him as a reminder of these tragedies like the tsunami in Japan on March 11, 2011, although in itself this tsunami waves were not of the highest recorded in the history of the tsunami (Senauth, 2011, pp. 14-16).
April 14, 2016 the misfortune again befell Japan. A series of powerful earthquakes occurred in the southwest of Japan in the period from 14 to 16 April 2016! Locals called as soon as possible to leave the coastal zone and to observe
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In the city of Yatsushiro the fires, power outages occurred in many cities. The region gains more rescue teams and military units, who are looking for people under the rubble of buildings and help those left homeless.
There have also been many reports of people blocked under the debris of buildings, including several dozen residents of nursing homes in Machico. It was announced a warning about the possibility of a tsunami, which was removed after 50 minutes. According to NHK television, in the village of Nishihara collapsed dam. At the same time, local authorities say none of the nuclear power companies are not affected (Soble, 2016). Thousands of people left their homes, fearing that they may collapse. They remained on the streets and in parks, covered by blankets, cold, correspondent of
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March 11, 2011 in the north-eastern coast of Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 9 points that caused the tsunami. As a result of this natural disaster there were killed nearly 15 thousand people, more than 2500 are still listed in the list of missing people. One of the most serious consequences of the earthquake and tsunami is a series of accidents at nuclear power plants "Fukushima-1". Explosions caused by a failure in the cooling system, damaging four of six reactors. Within a radius of 20 km from the nuclear power plant it has been established exclusion zone (Senauth, 2011, pp.

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