EJapan iyaqhubeka nokubuya ngesantya esipheleleyo kwintlekele enkulu kangangokuba nakweliphi na elinye ilizwe emhlabeni bekuya kuthatha amashumi eminyaka ukoyisa. Inkqubo ye- inyikima kwaye i-tsunami yango-Matshi 11 ibonakalise amandla angaphakathi amaJapan athi, ngelixa beqhubeka nokulila umfi wabo kwaye bathandazela abalahlekileyo, bahamba ngokuzinzileyo besiya kwikamva.
Masikhumbule ukuba inani lamaxhoba aphulukene nobomi bawo ngenxa inyikima kwaye itsunami ime kwi-15,744, ngelixa engekhoyo iyadimaza: 4,227; Oko kuthetha ukuba ezinye iintsapho ezininzi azikabinakho ukungcwaba abo zibathandayo.
EJapan baqhele iinyikima kwaye, ukongeza, ababoyiki. Abemi bayo baqeqeshelwe ukungoyiki xa inyikima ishukumisa umhlaba phantsi kweenyawo zabo, enyanisweni, bafundiswa besebancinci kakhulu ukuba bathathe amanyathelo afanelekileyo ukuze bangonzakali kakubi. Izakhiwo zilungiselelwe iinyikima, ngakumbi kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo emhlabeni. Sonke besikhe sangathethi ngamanye amaxesha xa sibona kumabonwakude indlela isakhiwo esiphakamileyo kakhulu kwesinye isixeko esikhulu saseJapan esihamba sivela ngapha nangapha ngokungathi senziwe ngerabha ngaphandle kokufumana naluphi na uhlobo lomonakalo kubume baso.
Nangona kunjalo, i inyikima Ngomhla ka-11 ku-Matshi babomelele kunokuba babelungele ukuthwala kwaye bafumanisa ezinye okanye ezinye ukusilela ekuphenduleni kwabalawuli babo. Kwaye inyikima inyikima i-9 degrees kwisikali seRichter yenye yezona zinto zitshabalalisayo esinokuthi sibalekele kuzo kwiplanethi yoMhlaba. Ngokufanayo, kuye kwaxelwa ukuba, ukusukela ngoko inyikima, kubekho ezinye i-560 eziphakathi kwe-5 kunye ne-6 degrees zobukhulu kwisikali seRichter, i-93 engaphezulu kweedigri ezintandathu kunye nesithandathu sobukhulu obukhulu kune-7 degrees.
Indawo yasemva kwenyikima ikwindawo enye echatshazelwe yinyikima enkulu ngo-Matshi, nangona abasemagunyeni bemozulu yaseJapan bebonisile ukuba kungakho neenyikima ezifumanekayo kwimimandla esembindini yelizwe: iNagano, iNiigata, iShizuoka neAkita.
I-archipelago yaseJapan ikwindawo ebizwa ngokuba yiPacific Ring of Fire, ke, njengoko besesitshilo ngaphambili, isetyenziselwa iinyikima. Ezi zihlala zingenaziphumo zibi kakhulu ngenxa yeenkqubo zokhuseleko kunye nemigaqo yokwakha.