![Tracking Debris from the Tohoku Tsunami
The Japanese government estimated that 5 million tons of debris was swept up by the monstrous tsunami of March 2011.
The map above shows the output of the Surface Currents from Diagnostic (SCUD) model, an attempt to simulate where and how that debris would disperse. Orange and red shaded areas represent parcels of water with a high probably of containing floating debris. The deeper the red color, the higher the likely concentration. The debris field stretches roughly 5,000 kilometers by 2,000 kilometers across the North Pacific. […]
[Animation]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1ytltBVmH1qb3iw0o1_500.png)
Tracking Debris from the Tohoku Tsunami
The Japanese government estimated that 5 million tons of debris was swept up by the monstrous tsunami of March 2011.
The map above shows the output of the Surface Currents from Diagnostic (SCUD) model, an attempt to simulate where and how that debris would disperse. Orange and red shaded areas represent parcels of water with a high probably of containing floating debris. The deeper the red color, the higher the likely concentration. The debris field stretches roughly 5,000 kilometers by 2,000 kilometers across the North Pacific. […]
![How Shifting Plates Caused the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan [Interactive]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li1cxwhImy1qb3iw0o1_500.jpg)
The Destructive Power of Tsunami Waves
[…] when water is moving at 30 or 40 miles an hour, like the tsunami that inundated northern Japan on Friday, the heaviness of water turns deadly. Imagine 1,700 pounds hitting you at that speed, and each cubic yard of water as another 1,700 pounds bearing down on you. The destructiveness of a tsunami is not just one runaway car, but a fleet of them. […]
![The Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactors [Interactive]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhzttyv5if1qb3iw0o1_500.jpg)
The Crippled Japanese Nuclear Reactors [Interactive]
Instead of pray, do something useful, donate to relief fund
Japan Earthquake - Q&A with USGS on USTREAM: Open discussion with USGS scientists on the 8.9 Japan earthquake.
Very good Q&A. Worth to watch.
Map of the Damage From the Japanese Earthquake
An interactive map and photographs of places in Japan that were damaged by the March 11 earthquake and subsequent tsunami.
