Japanese earthquake disasters

By andrewjrosenberg
  • Great Kantō Earthquake

    Great Kantō Earthquake

    Kantō Plains in the Japanese main island was struck by an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the richter scale with an eastimated 180,000 casualties.
  • Great Hanshin earthquake

    Great Hanshin earthquake

    An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck near Kobe killing 6,00 and leaving more than 300,000 homeless.
  • Tohoku Earthquake

    Tohoku Earthquake

    The largest earthquake to ever hit japan with a magnitude of 9.0. The death toll was little less than 16,000 and in conjunction caused billions of dollars worth of damage.
  • Tohoku tsunami

    Tohoku tsunami

    Less than an hour after the Tohoku quake a massive tsunami struck the coast adding further damage.
  • Share values for multiple Japanese companies drop drastically.

    Share values for multiple Japanese companies drop drastically.

    A severe drop in share values for a multitude of companies within Japan severely drop with Tepco's shares droppingby 62 percent four days following the incident.
  • 55 percent of the fuel in reactor unit 1 had melted, as well as 35 percent of the fuel in unit 2, and 30 percent of the fuel in unit 3

    55 percent of the fuel in reactor unit 1 had melted, as well as 35 percent of the fuel in unit 2, and 30 percent of the fuel in unit 3

    Millions of dollars of nuclear fuel begins melting in three different reactors is completely melted.
  • Japan begins rehearsing natural disaster drills

    Japan begins rehearsing natural disaster drills

    Japan begins to practice drills to prepare for future disasters and to decrease the time first-responders take to begin evacuations.
  • Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks glass of water collected from a puddle on the site of the power plant

    Yasuhiro Sonoda drinks glass of water collected from a puddle on the site of the power plant

    Sonoda drank a glass of water at a national safety press conference. The water was extracted from a puddle at very close proximity to the reactor to demonstrate the safety of it.
  • Cold shutdown is reached

    Cold shutdown is reached

    At this time all of the damaged reactor's coolant systems are fully operational putting a halt to any further damage caused by the meltdown.
  • All fuel removed from reactor 4

    All fuel removed from reactor 4

    Reactor four is completely purged of any excess fuel.