JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

In the year 2011, in March 11th, there was an Earthquake. This disaster happened in Tohoku, Japan. This Earthquake was of 9.1 degrees in the richter scale. It was the worst Earthquake since records began 140 years ago. It only lasted 6 minutes, but it was so powerful, that it destroyed many things. It created a Tsunami 72 kilometres East of Japan. There were waves up to 10 meters high.

There were more than 154 aftershocks of the Earthquake, and unfortunately about 15.897 confirmed deaths.