2011 Earthquake on Japan

    The death toll for Japan has counted over 10,000 with an 8.9 on the richter scale which hit at 2:46pm, about 250 miles from Tokyo. It was a horrible combination of the earthquake, a tsunami, nuclear power plants failing and the fact that it was winter when this all happened. After this many nations all rushed to aid Japan, but fortunatly Japan was very prepared for the earthquake.
    All but the fact that Japan was in winter was a result from the earthquake that hit. The earthquake that hit was an 8.9 as i said earlier, but for the next 24 hours there would be over 100 aftershocks. The tsunami hit Japan with with waves that were 0.5 meters high to 10 meters high. The Nuclear and Idustrial Safety Agency(NISA) shut down at least 11 nuclear power plants, and they still had to relieve the cooling systems by releasing some radioactive vapor. With winter in affect, and thousands of citizens with no homes, they had thousands dying from hypothermia.
    After the earthquake Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev issued Russia's Emergencies Ministry to gear up and go assist Japan with the aftermath. Washington sent to planes which formed the US Agency for International Disasters(USAID) that included 150 rescuers and specially-trained dogs. Fifteen Chinese rescuers possesing a vast experience of work in quake-stricken areas assisted Japan also. Another group consisted of 40 Germans and 25 Swiss rescuers, and sniffer dogs. Even though Japan had widespread damage resulting from the earthquake and tsunami, authorities response was quick and managed to avert a more serious course of disaster.
   Now with all of this that has happened to Japan it is clear that the earthquake has affected them in a devistating manner, and continues to today. Although, with the help of Russia, China, Germany, Switzerland, the US, and many more they will continue to recover back to the nation they once were, and maybe more.