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All indications are that the earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on 11 March was unleashed in Japan may have shortened the length of the Earth Day (understood as it takes the Earth to complete a precise return on itself), and moved one of its axes.
Based on an estimate of the USGS (the U.S. geological survey service) about how he slipped the fault responsible for the earthquake, the researcher Richard Gross at JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) of NASA in Pasadena, California, has used a complex model to conduct a preliminary theoretical calculations about how much has been disturbed the Earth’s rotation because of the earthquake, the fifth-largest since 1900. Read the rest of this entry »
On March 11, 2011 will go down in history as the day that Japan was beaten by one of the worst earthquakes registered in this country. The earthquake, of magnitude estimated at an early stage of 8.9 on the Richter scale, but that some revisions are now in 9.0, had its epicentre in a maritime zone, about 130 kilometers of Sendai, the capital of the Prefecture of Miyagi. The earthquake generated a tsunami that devastated the coastal town of scarce elevation above sea level, and with a population of approximately one million people. Other locations have also suffered a terrible devastation.
The consequences of the earthquake and its tsunami have been numerous. The deceased may be several thousand. As for damage to property, infrastructure and buildings suffered damage of varying degrees, and not a few areas and towns have been practically wiped urban purposes. Several oil refineries and industrial complexes similar flammability have burned, including facilities in the port of Sendai and petrochemical complex in Shiogama, where there has been a huge explosion. Read the rest of this entry »
The recent tsunami earthquake in Japan has created a dangerous situation in a nuclear power plant in Fukushima.
The damage caused by the strong earthquake has had an impact of varying degrees in several nuclear Nipponese, but one in Fukushima prefecture which is now in a situation is more worrying, especially after the explosion in a system pumping.
The population in the vicinity of the area has been evacuated and the efforts of technical teams are now focusing on preventing overheating affected reactors to catastrophic levels.
If containment systems fail and the temperature rises enough to cause a core melt, the radioactive contamination would be much more severe than on record.
If the temperature is controlled and there are no new critical flaws, we may say that the situation is under control, within the gravity of what has already happened. Read the rest of this entry »