15 Facts on this earthquake
Here we will tell you 15 facts about the 2011 japanese earthquake. All the destruction and damage it has done. Knowing about the earthquake will expand your knowledge about natural disasters.
Here we will tell you 15 facts about the 2011 japanese earthquake. All the destruction and damage it has done. Knowing about the earthquake will expand your knowledge about natural disasters.
- 200,000 homes were destroyed
- killed 20,000 people
- 6,114 injured
- Sank 11 ships
- Destroyed 47 ships
- Destroyed two-thirds of harbours docks
- Currents were estimated at 22 ft. per-second
- After the earthquake the tsunami was 128 feet high
- Nuclear power plants shut down
- Struck north of Japan
- Shook buildings as far as Tokyo
- Biggest earthquake in Japan
- They called it the "Monster Earthquake"
- This big earthquake sprung from the fractured sea floor
- These earthquakes/tsunami's will happen in 50 years