Despite the name of this blog this particular post I don't like and wish it would never appear. The sheer scale of destruction is horrifying.
However, the majority of the destruction and deaths was caused by a 10 meter-high tsunami, not the quake itself. The power of a quake was estimated as 8.8 Richter scale. The devastating earthquake in 2010 in Haiti, which killed more than 300,000 people was "only" 7 Richter scale, perhaps, thousands times weaker than that of yesterday. The relatively low death toll in Japan undelines the fact that the natural disasters are the disasters only to the extent the socio-economical (and thus infrastructural) situation permits.
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| Sendai airport |
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| A whirlpool near the Oarai City |
However, the majority of the destruction and deaths was caused by a 10 meter-high tsunami, not the quake itself. The power of a quake was estimated as 8.8 Richter scale. The devastating earthquake in 2010 in Haiti, which killed more than 300,000 people was "only" 7 Richter scale, perhaps, thousands times weaker than that of yesterday. The relatively low death toll in Japan undelines the fact that the natural disasters are the disasters only to the extent the socio-economical (and thus infrastructural) situation permits.
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via BoingBoing.net
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