Use the links of on this page to find out more about the Honshu, Japan, Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake, 11 March 2011

 

Seismicity USGS Earthquake Hazards Program for the Magnitude 9.0 earthquake (maps, data, videos, details) USGS Earthquakes around the globe during the past seven days USGS Pager Impact map (estimates of fatalities, economic costs, and damage related to ground motion in Japan) US nuclear reactors and seismicity (an overlay of seismic hazards with the 104 NPP and 33 research reactors in the US) Changes in seismic risk for US nuclear power plants stemming from a August 2010 report and revised seismic analyses from the USGS in 2008   Nuclear Power and the Fukushima NPP Seivert: Dose equivalent radiation (radation from common sources and effects of exposure) Fact sheet on Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant New York Times predicts the advancement of the radioactive plume EPA radiation air monitoring in the US (RadNet)   Current News and Reports Japanese television news station NHK World (video) The Japan Times and their comments about exposure to fallout (text) Kyodo News International Atomic Energy Agency (text) BBC World News related to Fukushima NPP (text and video) World Nuclear News (text) Nuclear Information and Resources Service (text) Union of Concerned Scientists (text) Tokyo Electric Power Company (text) Fairewinds Associates (text and video) Beyond Nuclear (text) ReliefWeb reports of international aid and local need (text) Japanese Red Cross is accepting donations   Videos and Images Earthquake and tsunami videos from CNN Earthquake and tsunami videos form the BBC and more   The Big Picture from the Boston Globe Democracy Now! Japan Facing Biggest Catastrophe Since Dawn of Nuclear Age

nanoGrays per hour A gray is an absorbed dose, independent of types of radiation and organs affected; a Sievert is an equivalent dose that depends on the types of radiation and organs affected.

Nuclear power plants in Japan (55 total)

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