2011 Japan Earthquakes

By Patricia Jordan

The video below displays epicentres and earthquakes greater than magnitude 3.0 from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011. The yellow line lists the number of earthquakes in Japan over the one year period. The magnitude 9.0 large sequence earthquakes begin at 1:48 on the video.

Japan has 55 nuclear plants and is situated in an earthquake and tsunami zone. There are more than 127 million people living within close proximity of 54 nuclear reactors. As of June 2011, more than 80 per cent of Japanese are anti-nuclear and distrust government information on Fukushima and radiation.




The spent fuel rod pool in Fukushima Reactor 4 is in danger of collapse. If the spent fuel rod pool in Fukushima Reactor 4 collapses and the rods catch fire, experts claim the amount of radiation released will be the equivalent of 1000 atomic bombs dropped at Hiroshima.