Japan 8.8 earthquake & Tsunami

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Troops from US Forces Japan arrive at the Japanese Self Defence Force Matsushima air base in Higashi Matsushima in Miyagi prefecture on March 16, 2011 to help with the rescue operations. A fresh fire broke out at the quake-hit Japanese atomic power plant in Fukushima early on March 16, compounding Japan's nuclear crisis following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster.​

 

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Snow falls over an devastated area in Onagawa, northern Japan Wednesday, March 16, 2011 after Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.​

 

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Evacuees are screened for radiation contamination at a testing center, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan.

A baby is tested for radiation in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, March 15, 2011. Panic swept Tokyo on Tuesday after a rise in radioactive levels around an earthquake-hit nuclear power plant north of the city, causing some to leave the capital or stock up on food and supplies.

 

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A radiation detector marks 0.6 microsieverts, exceeding normal day data, March 15, 2011, near Shibuya train station in Tokyo.

An official wearing a protective suit helps usher people through a radiation emergency scanning center in Koriyama, Japan, March 15, 2011.

 

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Officials, wearing clothing to protect against radiation, direct people to a center to scan residents who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday's earthquake, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

Evacuees are screened for radiation exposure at a testing center, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, after a nuclear power plant on the coast of the prefecture was damaged by Friday's earthquake.

 

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People queue up for buses at a station to get out of the city in Yamagata, Yamagata prefecture on March 15, 2011. Explosions and a fire at Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant in neighboring Fukushima prefecture unleashed dangerous radiation on March 15.

A woman leaves a center to scan residents, who have been within 20 kilometers of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant damaged by Friday's earthquake, carrying a metal heat blanket, March 15, 2011, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.

 

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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers, mobilized to wash away radioactive material emitted from a nuclear power plant damaged by Friday's earthquake, put on protective gear on their arrival in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, March 15, 2011.

A group of Chinese citizens at the City Hall await transport to leave the tsunami devastated city of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011. Japan's government on March 15 urged people against panic-buying of food and supplies, as the country grapples with an earthquake and tsunami and resulting nuclear crisis.

 

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Evacuees from radiation leaking from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant take a rest at a shelter in Fukushima, northern Japan, March 15, 2011.

A woman reacts at the news of her relative's death in an evacuation shelter for survivors of Friday's earthquake and tsunami, March 15, 2011, in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture.

 

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People wait to receive medical treatment at a shelter for earthquake and tsunami evacuees in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, northeast Japan, March 15, 2011.

Survivors listen about ongoing recovery operations at an evacuation center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, March 15, 2011.

 

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Two elderly couples greet each other at a shelter as they reunite, March 15, 2011.

Displaced residents sit on mats at an evacuation center after leaving their coastal homes in Sendai, Miyagi on March 15, 2011.

 

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A woman reunites with her relatives at a shelter for the first time after an earthquake and tsunami in Rikuzentakata in Iwate prefecture, March 15, 2011.

People receive emergency clothing aid at a makeshift shelter in Fukushima, March 15, 2011.

 

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An evacuee reacts after being reunited with her daughter and her brother at a shelter in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, March 15, 2022.

Evacuees exercise at a makeshift shelter in Minamisanriku, northern Japan, March 15, 2011.

 

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Residents eat emergency rations in a candle-lit shelter after leaving their tsunami devastated areas, in Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture on March 15, 2011.

A man shops in a convenience store where shelves on food aisles are left empty in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, March 15, 2011.

 

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Evacuees crowd a makeshift shelter in Fukushima, northern Japan, March 15, 2011. Some 70,000 people have been evacuated from a 12-mile (20-kilometer) radius from the Dai-ichi complex.

A Japanese survivor of the earthquake and tsunami rides his bicycle through the leveled city of Minamisanriku, in northeastern Japan, March 15, 2011.

 

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Rescue workers spray water on a damaged building still smoldering after the 9.0 magnitude strong earthquake struck on March 11 off the coast of north-eastern Japan, March 14, 2011 in Miyagi, Japan. The death toll continues to rise with fears that the official death count could well reach up to 10,000.

Tsunami debris is scattered over a devastated area of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. (March 14, 2011)

 

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Japanese rescue workers pour over a map of Ofunato before beginning operations in the devastated city on March 15, 2011. Rescue teams from the US, Britain and China began assisting in the search for survivors.

Members of the Chinese International Search and Rescue Team (CISAR) search for victims inside a ruined house at the quake-shaken Ofunato city in Iwate prefecture, March 15, 2011.

 

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British search and rescue team member Rob Furniss and his search dog Byron try to find any trapped people still alive in a building in Ofunato, Japan, March 15, 2011. Two search and rescue teams from the U.S. and a team from the U.K. with combined numbers of around 220 personnel, searched damaged areas of the town of Ofunato for trapped survivors in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.

A mother and her daughter leave a devastated area in Otsuchi, northern Japan, March 15, 2011. They said there was nothing left where their home used to be.

 

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Soldiers and a rescue worker carry the body of a resident through Kesennuma City on March 15, 2011, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami.

The Sasaki family carry some of their personal belongings from their home that was destroyed after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, March 15, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province.

 

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Neena Sasaki, 5, carries some of the family belongings from her home that was destroyed after the devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 15, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province

Japanese military walk by a body lying in the rubble of a village destroyed, March 15, 2011 in Rikuzentakata, Miyagi province.

Rescue workers search through ruins of the devastated residential area of tsunami hit Otsuchi March 15, 2011.

 

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A young Japanese survivor of the earthquake and tsunami searches her family home for any belongings she can find in the leveled city of Minamisanriku, in northeastern Japan, March 15, 2011.

Tsunami debris is scattered over a devastated area of Sendai, Miyagi prefecture.