Even if Japan is certainly the country with the best building codes and earthquake resistant architecture, powerful damages cannot be avoided when the country is hit by such a tremendous earthquake and especially by the huge 10-meter tsunami that followed. This was the largest earthquake to hit Japan in the recorded history and the
For me, it was heartbreaking to see some of the places I love severely damaged by earthquake and tsunami...
My thoughts are with my many good friends from Japan, some of them living right in the most affected areas. I hope all of them are safe.
Many photos, videos, live coverage and and valuable information can be found on these pages:
The live coverage on Twitter was (and still is) huge, here are some of the video recordings that shocked us today:
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