Japan Earthquake March 11 2011, 1000 Times More Powerful than 1995 Earthquake

Japanese people, to know one earthquake in the history of the country terdahsyat sunrise, the Kobe earthquake in 1995. Earthquake measuring 7.3 magnitude, killed some 6,000 people prefecture and surrounding areas.

Because of the strong earthquake that centered on land with a depth of 16 km, the Japanese people call it the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earhquake. However, Japan is now more powerful quake hit again, which occurred in Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan.

Researchers from Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute, Satoko Oki, said, Miyagi earthquake is estimated that nearly 1,000 times more powerful than the Kobe quake, 500 km south of Tokyo. In magnitute too, the last earthquake has the power 9 SR.

According Satako as quoted from japantimes.com, Sunday (3/13/2011), the earthquake caused by the cracks in between the Pacific and North American plates. Cracks in the seafloor that triggered the tsunami waves as high as 10 feet that swept the east coast of Japan.

"Magnitute 8.8 (now revised to 9) is really a big earthquake. This is also the largest earthquake ever measured in the vicinity of Japan," he said.

For your information, after the deadly earthquake in Kobe, Japan established the Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution (DR-HRI). DR-HRI occupies a Kobe-storey building overlooking the sea. To his right, there is a building Asian Disaster Reduction Center (ADRD), which consists of 28 countries in Asia.

Founded in 2002, or 7 years after the earthquake, DRI-HRI has 6 main sections. The sections that include museums, the handling of earthquake management training, and research for disaster risk management and development experts. DHI-HRI employs the victims of the earthquake as an employee.

16 Year passed, people think Kobe has recovered from a traumatic effect the devastating earthquake. High-rise buildings already many stands grandly in the city harbor. Infrastructure and transport networks look very reasonable.