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Earthquake – Ten years on, retrospective
Today marks the tenth anniversary of the Great Tohoku earthquake. At 2.46pm, an earthquake of 9.0 magnitude originating 41 miles (66 km) east of the coast of Japan and 18 (29 km) miles down struck. The seabed was thrust upwards … Continue reading
Earthquake – one year on
Today marks the first anniversary of the 9.0 Tohoku earthquake in Japan, where a tsunami following shortly inundated miles upon square miles of land, helped send a Fukushima nuclear power plant into meltdown, and devastated the lives of countless hundreds … Continue reading
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