3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan

by Richard J. Samuels

Book Overview

On March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the shockwaves of a 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake originating less than 50 miles off its eastern coastline. The most powerful earthquake to have hit Japan in recorded history, it produced a devastating tsunami with waves reaching heights of over 130 feet that in turn caused an unprecedented multireactor meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. This triple catastrophe claimed almost 20,000 lives,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801452007
• ISBN13: 9780801452000
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher