Yesterday, Japan suffered its seventh largest recorded earthquake off its east coast. Measuring 8.8 on the Richter scale, it also triggered a tsunami with 7 metre high waves. Nothing is yet clear about how many have been injured, killed or lost their homes. What is obvious for all to see is the vast devastation the earthquake and tsunami have caused, leaving huge swathes of the country in total disarray. The earthquake triggered fires and caused severe damage to buildings, leaving 4.4 million households without electricity.
If you wish to make a donation towards the relief effort, please visit The British Red Cross, who have already begun work in the region through The Japanese Red Cross.
Here is a selection of photos, taken from The Boston Globe‘s website, boston.com. Click for a larger view of each photo.
- Houses swallowed by tsunami waves burn in Natori, Miyagi, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- Sendai Airport is surrounded by waters in Miyagi, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- Light planes and vehicles sit among the debris, Sendai, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- People take shelter as a ceiling collapses in a bookstore in Sendai, Japan. (Reuters)
- Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- A building in flames near Sendai airport, Miyagi prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- A helmeted man walks past rubble and a burning building in Iwaki city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan. (Kyodo News)
- Giant fireballs rise from a burning oil refinery in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo News)
- This aerial shot shows the tsunami tidal waves moving upstream (left side) in the Naka river at Hitachinaka city in Ibaraki prefecture. (AFP)
- Workers inspect a caved-in section of a prefectural road in Satte, Saitama Prefecture. (Saitama Shimbun)
- A pedestrian road collapsed earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture. (Toshifumi Kitamura)
Japanese Earthquake In Pictures
14th March 2011 @ 3:20 am
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