CASE STUDY MEDC  

Japan

THE EARTHQUAKE

The earthquake that happened in the ocean had a magnitude of 9. The amount of energy released was 600,000,000 times the amount of energy released in the Hiroshima nuclear bomb. The Quake lasted almost 5 minutes and within 45 mins of the earthquake there were 3 aftershocks of about magnitude of 7. The earthquake moved the entire island of Honshu one of the 4 main islands of Japan 2.4 meters closer to the U.S and shifted earths axis by almost 10-25 cm.