Great East Japan Earthquake
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Preliminary Observations
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
The Mw. 9.0 earthquake at 14:46 and the series of large-scale earthquakes that followed had resulted in multiple tsunami waves of unprecedented scales at the coastal areas of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate Miyagi, Fukui, Ibaraki, and Chiba Prefectures. It has been reported that there were seven tsunami waves over a six hour period. Waves became more turbulent and more powerful upon reaching the inland areas. According to the experts, the fault rupture was about 500 kilometers long in a north-south direction and the tsunami waves hit the coastal areas from different directions, one crossing over the other, explaining the destructive power of the tsunami.
