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Documentary: Japan – Aftermath of a disaster (Video)
Source: Al Jazeera
Japan had been waiting decades for “the big one” to hit, an earthquake powerful enough to devastate the country.
Emergency services and the public were drilled in how to respond when the earth moved; thousands of kilometers of sea walls were built to protect the coast from tsunamis, the deadly after-effects of quakes out at sea.
But when the earthquake came on March 11, few would have predicted the devastation it caused.
The magnitude 9.0 quake, unleashed a tsunami so powerful, it tore through Japan’s defenses as though they were not there. The surge turned towns and cities into matchwood, killed thousands of people and caused a still-to-be resolved nuclear crisis.
Among the communities hit was the small port city of Miyako. In the days after the disaster its surviving citizens somehow had to carry on with their lives. This is their story.
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Deadly earthquake hits southern China
Officials say at least one person dead and 38 others injured, eight of them critically, in mountainous Yunnan province.
Source: aljazeera.com
An earthquake has struck southwest China’s mountainous Yunnan province, killing at least one person and injuring dozens of others.
The 6.0-magnitude struck on Tuesday at a shallow depth of 10km at 9.49 pm (13:49 GMT), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, in a region that lies close to China’s borders with Myanmar and Laos.
Fake God: An earthquake took off its head & fingers!
What kind of God is that which cannot even defend itself?
Say: ‘Shall I tell you of a reward with Allah far worse than that: that of those whom Allah has cursed and with whom He is angry–turning some of them into monkeys and into pigs–and who worshiped false gods? Such people are in a worse situation and further from the right way.’ (Quran 5:60)
Earthquake Prank On Muslim Imam (Video)
This is a Tunesian Prank TV Show, The Imam in the video was invited to a radio show, but it was a prank, the Imam does not know he is pranked and thinks that the earthquake is really happening. But despite that he stays firm and keeps giving blessings to he Prophet and His family. He is not scared to die, as long as God is with him.
San Francisco earthquake injures dozens
Biggest quake in decades knocks out power to about 40,000 homes and businesses in northern San Francisco area.
Source: http://www.aljazeera.com
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake has rocked the northern San Francisco area, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings, setting some homes on fire and causing power outages around the picturesque town of Napa.
Iran rocked by 6.3 magnitude earthquake
At least 60 people injured and power cut after major earthquake struck Iran’s Ilam province, according to state media.
Source: http://www.aljazeera.com
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake has struck a remote area in western Iran, leaving dozens injured and causing considerable damage.
The US Geological Survey said the quake hit 36km southeast of the western city of Abdanan, in Ilam province, close the border with Iraq.
USGS said the quake struck at 02:32 GMT on Monday, and its epicentre was at a depth of 10km.
Death toll rises in southwestern China quake (Video)
More Rescue teams are pouring into a remote corner of southwest China, which was struck by an earthquake. The area has been crippled by subsequent landslides. Al jazeera’s Adrian Brown reports from the town of Longtoushan, the quake’s epicentre.
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