Aftermath of Earthquakes in Japan

Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth Aftermath of earthquakes in Japan One of the worst earthquakes occurred off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture, 373 km north-east of Tokyo. Four nuclear power plants suspend operation (Fukushima I had explosions at two of its six power generation units) RUSSIA The earthquake and a series of aftershocks and tsunamis have destroyed or partly destroyed 63,200 buildings (according to the country's fire services). A fire sparked by the earthquake destroys a turbine at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Hokkaido Island Electricity rationing introduced through- out the country (rolling blackouts) Killed: over 1,800 people • Worst-hit towns and cities in Japan Some communities lack water supplies Injured: over 1,900 people JAPAN Several oil refineries suspend operations O (IX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. and Cosmo Oil Co shut two of their oil refineries in the Sendai and Chiba prefectures) Missing: over 2,300 people Yamada Rikuzentakata Have abandoned homes: SEA OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) Minami Sanriku 550,000 people O O Sendai Automaker Nissan Motor Co halts operations at its plants in the Fukushima, Tochigi and Kanagawa prefectures The earthquake has shifted the Earth's axis by seven to ten cm, shortened Earth's day by 1.2 to 1.6 microseconds, and moved the island of Honshu, closest to the epicenter, by 2.4 m Sony Corp. announces stoppage at six plants in Fukushima Prefecture BONY Central Motor Co., manufacturer of Toyota car bodies, halts production at its plant in Miyagi Prefecture Tokyo Honda Motor Co. stops production at H three plants in the Saitame, Tochigi and Shizuoka prefectures Honshu Island A Many sections of the expressway O destroyed in the Tohoku region (especially in Miyagi Prefecture) PACIFIC OCEAN Shikoku Island A dam is breached in Fukushima Kyushu Island Prefecture Effects for the Japanese economy (analysts' projections): • increase in sovereign debt Estimates of infrastructure damage from $) the earthquake and tsunamis in Japan vary from $60 billion to $120 billion, say analysts at Citigroup, one of the world's largest financial corporations EAST CHINA SEA drop in consumer demand • slowdown in GDP growth