Topic: Sendai

Photos of the Day Photos of the day 03/16

Global News Blog Open for business amid Japan earthquake: A French cheese shop stands alone

Many shops were destroyed by the Japan earthquake and tsunami. For food, this journalist has been reliant on the kindness of strangers, and one unlikely French cheese specialty shop.
03/16/2011 02:05 pm

In Pictures Japan rescue

Shinmoedake volcano: Japan's explosive geology explained

Shinmoedake volcano: The Shinmoedake cone on the Kirishima mountain range erupted on Sunday, the largest blast from the volcano in 52 years.
03/15/2011 05:08 pm

Another earthquake shakes Japan, Fukushima evacuated: a nuclear timeline

A month after the March 11, a 9.0 earthquake triggered a 30-foot tsunami that damaged several nuclear reactors in northeastern Japan, causing the country's worst crisis since World War II, a 7.4 temblor shook the country again.
03/15/2011 02:30 pm

Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping

Japan has received offers of assistance from 14 international organizations and 102 countries (including a number of unexpected aid donors such as embattled Afghanistan and poverty-stricken Cambodia), according to the latest report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Japan has accepted help, mostly in the form of search and rescue teams, from 15 countries. Here is an overview of some of the help pouring into Japan as it struggles to dig out from Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami.
03/15/2011 01:33 pm

Japan earthquake and tsunami: narrow escapes

Some 30,000 people have been rescued as search operations continue following Japan's 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on March 11. Amazing stories of survival and hope are still emerging. Here are just a few examples:
03/14/2011 03:03 pm

Japan earthquake: Survivors dig out, return to work

As one survivor of the Japan earthquake and subsequent tsunami says, 'We have to rebuild. It’s the duty of those of us who are left.'
03/14/2011 12:54 pm

Japan earthquake accelerated Earth's rotation, study finds

By changing the distribution of mass on the earth, Japan's earthquake sped up the planet's rotation, shortening the day by 1.8 microseconds, a new analysis has found.
03/14/2011 12:02 pm

In Pictures Japan survivors

Photos of the Day Photos of the Day 03/12

Explosion destroys building at nuclear power plant in Japan

Japanese officials said the blast destroyed the building but that the reactor housing was still intact.
03/12/2011 09:00 am

What unleashed Japan's massive 8.9 earthquake?

Like the other 14 biggest earthquakes since 1900, the magnitude 8.9 event – that shook Japan and triggered tsunamis that swept the Pacific – was created by a piece of the Earth's crust shoving down into the planet's interior.
03/11/2011 04:41 pm

8.9 earthquake: The science behind Japan's quake

8.9 earthquake: A series of large foreshocks preceded Japan's earthquake, the fifth largest ever recorded.
03/11/2011 03:44 pm

In Pictures Space photos of the day: Tsunamis

Japan earthquake shuts nuclear power plants, leaves residents in dark

At least a dozen nuclear power plants have shut down across the country and millions of buildings around Tokyo were left without power from the Japan earthquake.
03/11/2011 11:36 am

Global News Blog Japan earthquake: Eyewitness accounts capture Japan's tsunami after earthquake

Japan earthquake: A tsunami hit northeast Japan on Friday, reaching as much as three miles inland. Hundreds are believed to be dead, though the disaster appears nowhere near the scale of Indonesia's 2004 tsunami.
03/11/2011 10:31 am

In Pictures Japan's 9.0 earthquake

Japan tsunami causes major damage after 8.9 earthquake

Japan tsunami: A massive 8.9 earthquake has struck northern Japan. Tsunami warnings have been issued for Japan and Russia, and a tsunami watch has been issued for Hawaii and other Pacific island nations in the region.
03/11/2011 02:12 am

Japan earthquake Thursday follows Wednesday's 7.3 magnitude quake

Japan earthquake early Thursday off the eastern coast was a magnitude 6.3. It's the second Japan earthquake in the past two days.
03/09/2011 04:09 pm

Five of world's biggest tsunamis

A tsunami triggered by a 8.9-magnitude earthquake swamped Japan's northeast coast Friday, picking up cars, ships and houses as it surged as much as three miles inland. The wave generated by the quake, whose epicenter was 80 miles offshore of Sendai, was as high as 30 feet in some spots. There is no official death toll yet, but Japanese officials reported that as many as 300 people have been killed in the city of Sendai alone. But despite the alarming footage of entire houses moving across land, this most recent tsunami was relatively small in size compared to others throughout history. Here are the five of the worst tsunamis on record.
10/28/2010 01:33 pm