What happend in 2011?

Fukushima nuclear accident

Japan, Fukushima.

March 11,2011

The great east earthquake ocurred at 2:46pm on march 11th recorded magnitude 9.0.It caused great demage to the northern part of japan, especially in the prefectures of fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate.

The earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station located in the Pacific Ocean coast received huge damage by the earthquake and tsunami. 

Mass evacuation of the residents .

The municipalities of the coastal area close to the Fukushima Daiichi plant were evacuated to the other part of Fukushima prefecture as well as outside the prefecture. Nine municipalities transferred the office function itself.

As of December 2012, still around 100,000 people were displaced within Fukushima prefecture and 60,000 people have been evacuated to other prefectures.