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NASA images show the effects of the earthquake in Japan

The NASA Images publiсó east coast of Japan after strong Richter 9 earthquake followed by a devastating tsunami that devastated the area . In photographs taken from orbit, you can appreciate the scale of flooding and the effects of fire in Miyagi Prefecture, northeast of the country.

specialists compared the images captured by satellites Terra and Aqua in February 2011 and March 12. According to the orbital photographs, the flood zone penetrates up to four miles inland from Japan. Also see the smoke from fires that spread from the port of Sendai into the sea, probably from an oil refinery or other industrial complexes.

The images show an area of \u200b\u200bbetween 104 and 115 kilometers of coastline, including the cities of Sendai (Miyagi Prefecture) and Minamisoma (Fukushima Prefecture).

The epicenter of the earthquake that caused the tsunami was at 373 kilometers northeast of the capital, Tokyo, and 130 km east of Sendai.

The black smoke is dispersed into the sea. Image: www.nasa.gov

On the left, the image taken on February 26, 2010 , right, after the tsunami. Image: www.nasa.gov

Image: www.nasa.gov

Estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey. UU., The earthquake of 11 March was the strongest of Japan's history and fifth in the world since 1900. Service also announced that after the earthquake, the largest Japanese island, Honshu , has moved about 2.4 meters . Some experts say that the movement of Earth's axis could be up to 25 inches.

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