On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 p.m nearly 22,000 people lost their lives or are lost. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 15.2 miles. This earthquake led to a deadly tsunami. It became the fourth-largest earthquake (since 1900).The tsunami caused nuclear accidents, primarily the level 7 meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents. Many electrical generators were taken down, and at least three nuclear reactors suffered explosions due to hydrogen gas that had built up within their outer containment buildings after cooling system failure resulting from the loss of electrical power. Residents near the Fukushima
