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Web Resource List for the Tohoku Earthquake-Tsunami and Related Nuclear Crisis
March 2011
Theme
Background
information
Web Links
A map with several different layers, e.g. population density of Japan (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2011/japan.quake/map/
A satellite image showing the topography of Sendai (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/srtm20110311.html
Brochure - Tsunami, The Great Waves (International Tsunami Information Center)
http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1169&Itemid=1137&lang=en
Japan Earthquake by the numbers (National Post)
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/15/japan-earthquake-by-the-numbers
Japan’s Tectonics (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/japan-quake-2011/tectonics.htm
Recent or Significant Tsunami events (NOAA)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/recenttsunamis.shtml
Video- Tracking tsunamis (NOAA)
http://oceantoday.noaa.gov/trackingtsunamis/welcome.html
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Theme
Web Links
Video- Tsunami Basics (IODE)
http://www.vimeo.com/21012117
What is a tsunami? (Animation included) (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/explainer.tsunami.japan/index.html
World's biggest earthquakes since 1900 (CNN)
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/top10.earthquakes.japan/
YouTube—Subduction (IRIS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVaDXsqLUtI
Special
Edition
(Chinese
version)
明報新聞網：日本大地震及核危機
http://specials.mingpao.com/cfm/Main.cfm?SpecialsID=242
Yahoo!新聞：日本東北大地震
http://hk.campaign.news.yahoo.com/jpnearthquake/
Earthquake
A Google Earth file shows the epicenter and intensity of the earthquake (USGS)
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/shakemap/global/shake/c0001xgp/download/c0001xgp.kml
A map of affected areas, embedded with videos (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/hard-hit-areas.htm
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Theme
Web Links
A map showing the location of the earthquake (NASA)
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=49621
Degree of devastation (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/map.htm
NASA: Japan quake (slideshow)
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/japanquake/index.html
Liquefaction found in Tokyo Disneyland
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SzOAyHlwCno (YouTube)
News: http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_644043.html (Straits Times)
Massive Earthquake Hits Japan (The Big Picture: Boston.com)
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/03/massive_earthquake_hits_japan.html
Photos (National Post)
http://news.nationalpost.com/photo_gallery/photos-massive-quake-unleashes-tsunami-on-japan/ (11/3/2011)
http://news.nationalpost.com/photo_gallery/photos-crisis-deepens-in-japan/ (15/3/2011)
Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet, shifted Earth's axis (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/japan.earthquake.tsunami.earth/index.html?hpt=T1
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Theme
Web Links
Videos: Japan earthquake and tsunami footage (National Post)
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/03/11/videos-japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-footage/
Videos on Japan Earthquake and Tsunami March 2011 (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/03/12/japan.quake.tsunami.destruction.NHK
Tsunami
A map of tsunami travel time (International Tsunami Information Center)
http://itic.ioc-unesco.org/
A satellite image showing the flooding from Tsunami (NASA)
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1892.html
Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami (NOAA)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/honshu_11mar2011.shtml
Satellite photos before and after (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/japan-quake-2011/beforeafter2.htm
Seawalls Offered Little Protection Against Tsunami’s Crushing Waves (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/14/world/asia/14seawalls.html
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Theme
Web Links
Tsunami Intensity Map (ABC News/ NOAA)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/japan-quake-2011/tsunami-intensity.htm
Tsunami Travel Time Maps (NOAA)
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/tsu_travel_time_events.shtml
Video — Propagation of the tsunami (YouTube / NOAA)
http://www.youtube.com/user/NOAAPMEL?feature=mhum#p/c/3/PBZGH3yieLc
Nuclear
threat
A map showing the location of nuclear plants in Japan (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/japan-quake-2011/nuclear-plants.htm
An interactive page from Reuters:
http://www.reuters.com/article/interactive/idUSTRE72B1NS20110312?view=large&type=worldNews
Effects of radiation exposure (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/16/3165117.htm
Japan nuclear crisis sends mixed signals about climate change (MNN)
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/japan-nuclear-crisis-sends-mixed-signals-about-climate-change
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Theme
Web Links
Japan radioactivity could enter food chain: experts (National Post)
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/japan/Japan+radioactivity+could+enter+food+chain+experts/4441669/story.html
Nuclear plant blasts (National Post)
http://news.nationalpost.com/photo_gallery/japan-earthquake-graphic-nuclear-plant-blasts/
Photo gallery (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/photos/big/3164409.htm
Timeline of the Japan’s nuclear threat (CNN)
Videos: http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/03/16/pkg.nhk.nuke.timeline.nhk
News: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/15/japan.nuclear.disaster.timeline/index.html
Video - Japanese angry over power plant crisis, 2:59 (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/03/12/japan.quake.tsunami.destruction.NHK
What is a meltdown? (ABC News)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/japan-quake-2011/What-is-a-meltdown.htm
Why Japan Needs Nuclear Power (The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan)
http://www.japannuclear.com/nuclearpower/program/why.html
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