JINSA Global Briefing by Cropsey and Isomura run by Japan Nuclear Update, 5/1/11
The major and multiple disasters that began in Japan with the Mw9.0 earthquake of March 11 are a unique experience. they have brought Japan into unknown territory. the death toll currently is more than 13,400 people. Nearly 15,000 people are still missing as of April 14. There may be more unreported missing since entire families were swept away. it is estimated that the tsunami covered nearly 150,000 acres. 150,000 victims are living today in more than 2,300 shelters.
The major and multiple disasters that began in Japan with the Mw9.0 earthquake of March 11 are a unique experience. they have brought Japan into unknown territory. the death toll currently is more than 13,400 people. Nearly 15,000 people are still missing as of April 14. There may be more unreported missing since entire families were swept away. it is estimated that the tsunami covered nearly 150,000 acres. 150,000 victims are living today in more than 2,300 shelters.
Japan remains in a state of shock and anxiety as a result of hundreds of aftershock quakes, including more than 400 aftershocks over Mw5 since March 11 as well as radioactive contamination. the fate and future of our Japanese friends depend on continued strong moral support and advice.
Yomiuri online, the largest newspaper in Japan, reported on April 14 that several research organizations in Japan are warning that the possibility exists of an aftershock and/or earthquake with that could measure 8 on the Richter scale and which could cause a tsunami again in the same area as early as a month from now. Using GPS observations, associate professor Shinji Endo of Kyoto University has calculated the possibility of a more than 30 feet high tsunami with an earthquake with the same magnitude of the 1933 Sanriku earthquake which measured Mw8.4. Professor Kazuki Kouketsu, Tokyo University, said in Sankei News on April 12 that after aftershock over Mw5 may continue for at least a few months and possibly for years.