More than 10.000 People Lost Their Lives on Japan's Earthquake

By Nicolás Martínez Serrano

Last Friday 11^th of March the most destructive earthquake of the last century hit the Japanese province of Miyagi; it had a magnitude of 9.0 Richter and produced a 10-metres-tall Tsunami.

After the quake, a nuclear emergency was declared around Fukushima 1 power plant, producing a massive evacuation of hundreds of people in a ratio of 30 kilometres around it. Habitants of Fukushima’s surroundings received medical treatment to prevent intoxication by radioactive elements present on the air.

Because the Tsunami, people dedicated to agriculture suffered several damages in their economic activity, the harvest and plantation of national products, considerable hit to their exportation goods.

Today painful counts are made; more than 10.100 people lost their lives, and more than 12.000 still missing. The Japanese community received a huge hit; we must show our support to all that people that lost their goods, houses and relatives.

Based on the text by Nicolás Martínez in The Student’s Weekly 9^th edition of the 30^th of March, 2011, Viña del Mar; http://thestudentsweekly.wordpress.com/ediciones/