Fukushima and the Earthquake That Sparked a Nuclear Meltdown
Fukushima is a place forever marked by a triple disaster. Within minutes, a massive earthquake, devastating tsunami, and nuclear meltdown unleashed an unprecedented wave of death, displacement, and destruction across the Tohoku region of Japan. Thousands of people and most of their worldly possessions were washed away in a matter of minutes. Hundreds of thousands of survivors were left displaced.
It began at 14:46 on 11 March 2011, when the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan struck off the country’s eastern Pacific coast. The two tectonic plates along the long offshore fault line ruptured with a force at least 1,000 times more powerful than the world’s entire nuclear arsenal.
The resulting 9.0-magnitude quake was so powerful that it triggered a 15-metre (50 ft) high tsunami. The giant wave swept over parts of the Sanriku coastline of Japan’s main island of Honshu, killing around 20,000 people, including several thousand whose bodies were never recovered, and wiping entire towns off the map.
*Chapters*
00:00 Japan's Triple Disaster
02:48 The Miracle Pine Tree
03:47 Iwate Tsunami Memorial & Tsunami Dynamics
05:16 Devastation in Minamisanriku & Heroism of Miki Endo
07:15 Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial & Personal Stories
09:09 Tectonic Context: Pacific Ring of Fire
10:21 Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
13:36 History & Global Context of Nuclear Energy
15:04 Nuclear Weapons & Biblical Prophecy
18:36 Gospel Spread & Signs of the Times
21:30 The Promise of Christ's Return
22:52 Rebuilding Fukushima & A Message of Hope
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26:57 Prayer
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