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Japanese disaster in numbers
The consequences of the elements - photos from satellites
Data as of 16.03.2011
The photo shows the territories of the north-eastern part of Japan.
From above - before the impact of the elements, from below - after.
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The earthquake on the Richter scale was 8.9 points .
This is the largest earthquake in Japan in the history of observations.
The height of the wave of the tsunami that covered Japan,
In some places it reached 10 meters.
The police confirmed the death of more than 4,100 people.
The NHK television company reports about 17,000 missing.
The authorities of Japan are afraid that the number of victims will exceed 10,000 .
1,400,000 households were left without water.
Without electricity - 2,600,000 people.
Without gas - 3,200,000 people.
More than 500,000 people are in distress.
The earth's axis shifted 17 cm,
A day decreased by 1.6 microseconds.
Honsu Island, next to which there was an epicenter of the earthquake,
She moved 2.4 m.
100,000 soldiers help in eliminating the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami. 
More than 63,200 buildings in the country were destroyed.
The damage to the infrastructure from the earthquake and tsunami can be
up to $ 120,000,000,000 .
Injured nuclear power plants throughout the country - 4 . At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, explosions occurred with 3 out of 6 power units.
The radius of the dangerous zone around the Fukushima nuclear power plant is 30 kilometers. The radius of the evacuation zone is 20 kilometers.
The number of evacuated - 70,000 .
140,000 people are still in the evacuation zone.
100 times exceeded the norm, the level of radiation in the Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday next to the Fukushima region.
According to various sources, from 10 to 22 times exceeded the norm of the radiation level in Tokyo.
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