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Jan 1, 2024 · A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on 1 January just after 16:00 local time. The number of people killed from the quake currently stands at 48. Homes and buildings have collapsed,...
Time-lapse visualisation of today's earthquakes in and around Japan.
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- The Nuclear Disaster
- Japan’s Energy Production
- Global Nuclear Club
The ferocious waves flooded an area of about 560 square kilometres (216 square miles), sweepingaway coastal cities and towns as well as vast areas of farmland. Up to one million buildings were destroyed, while nearly all the recorded deaths were caused by drowning. The cost of the disaster to the Japanese economy is estimated at $188bn.
Along the path of the tsunami sat 11 operational reactors at four nuclear power plants, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Fukushima prefecture. They automatically shut down when the earthquake – considered one of the most powerful ever recorded – struck. About an hour later, huge waves breached the Fukushima Daiichi seawall, floo...
Prior to the Fukushima disaster, Japan was one of the world’s largest producers of nuclear energy, with 54 nuclear reactors supplying almost 30 percent of Japan’s electricity. Currently, Japan has 33 operational reactors, while two are under construction and 27 have been shut down. Following the disaster, the Japanese government began decommissioni...
Nuclear energy provides 10 percent of the world’s electricity and is steadily increasing. As of 2019, 30 countries generated electricity from 440 nuclear power reactors. A further 55 reactors are currently under construction in 15 countries.
- Alia Chughtai
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Fukushima, Japan has had: (M1.5 or greater) 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours. 2 earthquakes in the past 7 days. 5 earthquakes in the past 30 days. 75 earthquakes in the past 365 days.
Explore our real-time map showing quakes detected within the past week! Legend Earthquakes are shown as circles sized by magnitude (red, < 1 hour; blue, < 1 day, yellow, < 1 week).
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Mar 16, 2022 · A massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Fukushima on Wednesday, leaving two dead and triggering blackouts and a 1-meter tsunami advisory 11 years after the region was devastated by a...
