GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Fukushima Daiichi Accident-World Nuclear Association.

Detailed explanation-2: -On March 11, 2011, a magnitude (Mw) 9.1 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench. A tsunami that was generated by the earthquake arrived at the coast within 30 minutes, overtopping seawalls and disabling three nuclear reactors within days.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is sometimes known in Japan as the “Great East Japan Earthquake” (, Higashi nihon daishinsai), among other names. The disaster is often referred to as simply 3.11 (read san ten ichi-ichi in Japanese). A helicopter flies over the port of Sendai to deliver food to survivors of the earthquake and tsunami.

Detailed explanation-4: -The event began with a powerful earthquake off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, which caused widespread damage on land and initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas of the country, most notably in the Tōhoku region (northeastern Honshu).

Detailed explanation-5: -AS JAPAN EMBARKS on the long and arduous path to reconstruction and recovery from the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that claimed more than 23, 000 lives (as of May 23) and caused damage estimated at $200–$300 billion, the disaster could yet prove to be a watershed for the world’s third-largest economy.