Editorial photo #5893224 Disaster and Accident
2011 Japan Earthquake Tsunami
March 23, 2011-Rikuzen Takata, Japan-Native Survivor look missing person list with find their family name at refugee camp in Rikuzentakata on March 23, 2011, Japan. On 11 March 2011, an earthquake hit Japan with a magnitude of 9.0, the biggest in the nation's recorded history and one of the five most powerful recorded ever around the world. Within an hour of the earthquake, towns which lined the shore were flattened by a massive tsunami, caused by the energy released by the earthquake. With waves of up to four or five metres high, they crashed through civilians homes, towns and fields. (Photo by Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto)
