Fact file on earthquake

But at Image : newsworldindia. One of the Biggest Earthquakes! The earthquake on the morning of 25th April was the biggest earthquake that Nepal had felt in over 80 years.

The last tragedy that Nepal experienced before this was the Nepal — Bihar earthquake. Source: skymetweather. The Epicenter. The Epicenter of the Nepal earthquake was approximately 34 kilometers east — southeast of Lamjung, Nepal. The earthquake lasted about fifty seconds causing flattening of the entire village at epicenter and areas nearby it. Source: channelnewsasia. The Intensity.

The Nepal Earthquake registered a magnitude of 7. This earthquake released energy equivalent to about 79 lakh tons of TNT which are The Aftershock. An hour after the earthquake, its aftershock was felt. The aftershock was of 6. Source: heavy. A jolt that moved the earth!

Some parts of the city of Kathmandu, which is the capital of Nepal was lifted by about 3 feet, vertically. This caused severe damage in the capital city. Source: livescience. November 2, - Kyushu Electric Power Co. November 17, - Japanese authorities announce that they have halted the shipment of rice from some farms northwest of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after finding higher-than-allowed levels of radioactive cesium. December 5, - Tokyo Electric Power Company announces at least 45 metric tons of radioactive water have leaked from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility, and may have reached the Pacific Ocean.

December 16, - Japan's Prime Minister says a "cold shutdown" has been achieved at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, a symbolic milestone which means the plant's crippled reactors have stayed at temperatures below the boiling point for some time.

December 26, - Investigators report poorly trained operators at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant misread a key backup system and waited too long to start pumping water into the units, according to an interim report from the government committee probing the nuclear accident.

February 27, - Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, an independent fact-finding committee, releases a report claiming the Japanese government feared the nuclear disaster could lead to an evacuation of Tokyo while at the same time hiding its most alarming assessments of the nuclear disaster from the public as well as the United States.

June 11, - At least 1, Fukushima residents lodge a criminal complaint with the Fukushima prosecutor's office, naming Tsunehisa Katsumata, the chairman of Tokyo Electric Power Co. TEPCO and 32 others responsible for causing the nuclear disaster which followed the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and exposing the people of Fukushima to radiation.

June 16, - Despite public objections, the Japanese government approves restarting two nuclear reactors at the Kansai Electric Power Company in Ohi in Fukui prefecture, the first reactors scheduled to resume since all nuclear reactors were shut down in May July 1, - Kansai Electric Power Co. July 5, - The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission's report finds that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis was a "man-made disaster" which unfolded as a result of collusion between the facility's operator, regulators and the government.

The report also attributes the failings at the plant before and after March 11 specifically to Japanese culture. The report says the measures taken by TEPCO to prepare for disasters were "insufficient," and the response to the crisis "inadequate.

October 12, - TEPCO acknowledges in a report it played down safety risks at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant out of fear that additional measures would lead to a plant shutdown and further fuel public anxiety and anti-nuclear movements. July - TEPCO admits radioactive groundwater is leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima Daiichi site, bypassing an underground barrier built to seal in the water.

September 15, - Japan's only operating nuclear reactor is shut down for maintenance. All 50 of the country's reactors are now offline.

The government hasn't said when or if any of them will come back on. November 18, - Tokyo Electric Power Co. It is the first nuclear reactor reactivated since the Fukushima disaster. October 19, - Japan's health ministry says a Fukushima worker has been diagnosed with leukemia. It is the first cancer diagnosis linked to the cleanup. February 29, - Three former TEPCO executives are indicted on charges of professional negligence related to the disaster at the Fukushiima Daiichi plant.

November 22, - A 6. Aftershocks can sometimes occur years after the original quake. This is the highest since the meltdown. February 13, - A 7. April 13, - The Japanese government announces it will start releasing more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean in two years -- a plan that faces opposition at home and has raised "grave concern" in neighboring countries. It's good to leave some feedback. Something went wrong, please try again later.

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