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EARTHQUAKE TRAGEDY OF SENDAI, JAPAN

Minamisanriku 's people under water. The Independent source.

- "There was an earthquake near Tokyo my boss told me last Friday.
- "Yes, I know" , I answered. "Two days ago there was an earthquake measuring 7"
- "No" , I replied. "There have been other much stronger earthquake, near Sendai, a few minutes ago" .
and perplexed to see images of Sendai airport completely flooded.

And although strangely, despite living only 500 km from the epicenter, in Kyoto did not feel anything, and we learn as most of you by internet.
a few minutes, my distraught wife called me from across the world via Skype, since the phones did not work. As a seismologist, she had received an alert USGS.
- "There is a major flaw in the area unstable. We expected a big earthquake, but no one knew he was about to happen ".
In the next few hours the world was shocked by the terrible images of this mega-earthquake measuring 9.0 and the devastating tsunami that razed entire villages on the shores of affection the coast of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate.

It stressed that Japan learned from his past misfortunes, particularly in the Kobe earthquake in 1995 (7.2 Richter scale), and as a result the buildings have held up relatively well, despite the Friday's quake was 500 times stronger. This is due to the strict anti-seismic regulations followed in the construction of buildings.
But what no one was ready was the force of the tsunamis. The weekend has been showing increasing the magnitude of the horror of this tragedy, which some sources would exceed 10,000.

Sendai Two stunning views before and after the tsunami. Source The New York Times

Meanwhile, the tragedy does not let up. After the many strong aftershocks have followed explosions at nuclear power plants in Fukushima . In Tokyo there is rationing energy and transport, and all this occurs in late winter, when temperatures in northern Japan can reach 0 degrees. It saddens me to think of those who have lost everything, and they have to survive in the cold of the night. Right now as I write these lines, an alert other 3-meter tsunami approaching the coast of Fukushima, Iwate and Aomori

Explosion at nuclear reactor in Fukushima. Source: News Alert .

What we learn from this lesson planners and architects? Definitely prevention. Japan has, by law, open spaces and shelters where people can go in these cases, in addition to alarm systems that alert the population to 1 minute before the earthquake occurs. But beyond that, Japanese society is an example of solidarity. No one has reported looting, no demands for water or food. No one is here before the others, all make force to seek the common good to misfortune, just as when it happened after the war.

Force, Japan! You're a country that has always been bigger than his misfortunes.


PD. I thank the posts of readers and friends asking about my situation after the earthquake. Thank you very much for your consideration.