Japan: About 443 square kilometers of territory in the earthquake and tsunami now submerged under water

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Japan: About 443 square kilometers of territory in the earthquake and tsunami now submerged under water


By HuDie 2011-04-07 13:26:50 AM GMT +0800


About 443 square kilometers of territory in the earthquake and tsunami now submerged under water, equivalent to half of Tokyo, Japan could become "narrower"

Factory Pier sunk in the sea

"Japan may become more narrow, the ground was flooded down, the map may have changed." Day, "Asahi Shimbun" in this title, reports the earthquake triggered by the "territorial loss." Reported that, in the hard-hit Miyagi County, Sichuan Tianjin port, after the bustling factories, docks have completely disappeared, only one sea. The local government said the earthquake and tsunami, ground Sichuan and Hong Kong Chi-chun, general subsidence, sinking up to 75 cm.

According to the Japanese Geographical Survey Institute, the magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami, resulting in northeastern Japan from north to south, about 443 square kilometers of land swallowed by the sea, with a total area of ​​more than Tokyo, Qi Cheng. Although some areas may take drainage approach "to return to the land", but whether all the "sunk in" restitution, is still unknown. "Is to make these places has since become a sea, or land reclamation again, or re-cultivated, I am afraid we have to wait several years before coming to a conclusion." A person in charge of the Geographical Survey Institute said.

Land changes, smaller coastal cities, but also changes related to the map and the Japanese central government to local government finance investment and other issues. However, the Geographical Survey Institute, said now is not related to the investigation commenced immediately, as it would hit the local cities and towns more sad.

Harbour 24 meters south east

Land subsidence, sea is also moving. 6, the Japan Coast Guard announced a large undersea earthquake off Miyagi Prefecture Sea record major changes occur, submarine moved 24 meters to the southeast.

Japanese media reports, the Coast Guard on 28 to 29 on the setting in Miyagi, Fukushima waters of the three "submarine base points" were investigated. The survey found that setting in the sea 120 kilometers southeast of Miyagi's "submarine benchmark" the most significant changes occurred. March 11 waters in Miyagi earthquake, leading to the seabed here, move 24 meters to the southeast, sea height increase of 3 meters. Hall said the security aspects, which may be on record in Japan observed by the earthquake that triggered the biggest changes in the crust.

The other two "submarine base point" has also undergone a change, set at a distance of 70 kilometers underwater Miyagi reference point moved 15 meters to the southeast, setting the sea waters in Fukushima from the source to distant reference point, move about 5 meters.

The earthquake in Japan to push eastward

Moving in the seabed, while the Japanese archipelago to the southeast by the earthquake also "push." 19th of last month, according to Japanese Geographical Survey Institute announced the findings of Yamada-cho, Iwate Prefecture earthquake to move to the southeast 25 cm, Choshi City, Chiba Prefecture, is moved by 17 cm. Observations at the time also showed that grazing deer Miyagi moved to the southeast peninsula, 5.3 meters, and also sank by 1.2 meters.
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