"Disasters strike when the previous one is out of mind", uttered a famous Japanese scientist more than a century ago. However, even well prepared people are affected when the magnitude of the earthquake is beyond their imagination. The earthquake, Higasinihon Great Earthquake, and ensuing tsunami that utterly devastated coastal communities in northeastern Japan on the afternoon of March 11th 2011 was of such magnitude.
"Disasters strike when the previous one is out of mind", uttered a famous Japanese scientist more than a century ago. However, even well prepared people are affected when the magnitude of the earthquake is beyond their imagination. The earthquake, Higasinihon Great Earthquake, and ensuing tsunami that utterly devastated coastal communities in northeastern Japan on the afternoon of March 11th 2011 was of such magnitude.