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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.