2011 Japanese earthquake 9.0 highest ever reported. Just total devastation. The film is incredible, makes one wonder how high do I need to be before drowning.
It doesn't seem like that was 2011; I remember like it was yesterday. Just horrible and much like the tsunami of Boxing Day, 2004.
It says the video is private and won’t show anything. Clicking on it just takes me to a bunch of unrelated videos. Anyone else?
I checked the link last night after posting and was still able to get it, not today. Most likely some money grubber with a channel is making money from the video he stole, he most certainly wasn't taking the videos. Try this link and you will still be able to see some same footage if not the same video. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2011+japanese+earthquake+and+tsunami
Apparently that video belongs to NHK, the Japanese News Network. They have changed the access so that it can't be linked on other websites, but if you go directly to Youtube, copy/paste this into the search field... v=0E2Q7kr4L2c , or use the name of the video which is "3/11 — The Tsunami: The First 3 Days".
Not the biggest earthquake ever reported however. Several in Chile have been bigger and even Alaska's 1964 quake was larger. Perhaps it was the most destructive, however, and it is still poisoning the Pacific Ocean with nuclear waste.
I remember all the news coverage of the Anchorage, there was a Russian Freighter tied to the dock and men were filming the docks. While filming a large group of people those people were just swallowed up as the docks just disappeared.
I watched a documentary a while ago about the tsunami that hit Hilo, Hawaii in 1960. It was generated by the largest quake ever recorded, off the coast of Chile. It was said that one wave was three stories tall. I find it astonishing that the tsunami wave can maintain that much power after traveling thousands of miles.
The 5.8 we had here in 2011 (that caused damage from Canada to Louisiana) taught me that geology matters more than (or at least, as much as) magnitude. Regarding Fukushima...it's hardly the poster child for nuclear power, is it?
There is no telling what hidden treasures in history of the earth and artifacts are buried due to the age of Earth. Just imagine how many natural events occurred over millions of years. Most would now be covered by water. A lot of scientist believe the grand canyon was carved from receding water flow and not millions of years of water movement. It is the left overs from the sea buried within the canyon walls that give evidence of such an event as a receding flood.
The power plants are so often built near salt water where they are susceptible to tsunamis and earthquakes (subduction). It seems like a bad practice.