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M9.0 MARCH 11, 2011 AT 05:46:23 UTC

Photos of tsunami impacts

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Photos from various news sources showing tsunami impacts.

Figure 1. Photo by AP / Kyodo News. Figure 2. Photo by AP / Kyodo News. Figure 3. Photo by AP / Kyodo News.

Figure 1 shows a combination of three photos taken over a six-month period shows aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and its cleanup progress in Wakabayashi-ward in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The left photo, taken March 16, 2011, shows debris of houses and vehicles cover the area after the tsunami. The middle photo, taken June 2, 2011, shows some debris and cars were removed, while the right photo taken Sept. 3, 2011 shows student volunteers getting rid of smaller rubble in a cleared field. Furthermore, a combination of three photos is shown in Figure 2 taken over a six-month period shows aftermath of the March 11, 2011 tsunami and its cleanup progress in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan. The left photo, taken March 12, 2011, shows The No. 18 Kyotokumaru fishing vessel sitting amid still smoldering debris after being swept away from a port by the tsunami. The middle photo, taken June 3, 2011, the ship staying along with collected damaged vehicles. The last photo taken Sept. 5, 2011, shows the ship sitting in the same position amid almost cleared land. Kyodo News reported that there is a movement among citizens to keep the ship as it is as a monument of the disaster. Finally, Figure 3 shows the initial destruction and progress of cleanup after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami is seen in Kesennuma, northern Japan. The left photo, taken March 24, 2011 shows the fishing boats swept away by tsunami and left on land. The middle photo, taken June 3, 2011 shows the boats stay in the same position in the area almost unchanged and the right photo taken Sept. 5, 2011 shows the area after the boats were removed.

Figure 4. Kesennuma City (Photo by REUTERS/Adrees Latif). Figure 5. Post-Tsunami (Photo by Charles Scawthorn). Figure 6. Tsunami damage (Photo by Charles Scawthorn).

Figure 7. A photo taken from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter of the town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 12, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo). Figure 8. People who had been evacuated from a nursing home near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant rest at a temporary shelter in Koriyama, March 13, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon). Figure 9. Workers carry bodies from a damaged home for the elderly in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 13, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo).

Figure 10. Tsunami wave reached the roof of this one-story house in Yamamoto-machi (Photo by Dr. Tomohiko Arai, Tokyo Institute of Technology). Figure 11. Remaining apartment buildings in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 13, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo). Figure 12. Rescue workers search for victims in Tanohata Village, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo).

Figure 13. Otsuchi town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo). Figure 14. Part of EERI/ISSS social science team on fishing boat exploring damage to fish and kelp beds. (Photo by L. Johnson). Figure 15. Ofunato town, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 13, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Kyodo).

Figure 16. Houses are swept by water causing mamy fires, following a tsunami and earthquake in Natori city in northeastern Japan March 11, 2011 (Photo by Kyodo / Landov). Figure 17. Rescue workers search through rubble in front of a Ahinto shrine in a residential area of Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Damir Sagoli). Figure 18. A pedestrian road has collapsed in the massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Urayasu city, Chiba prefecture on March 11 (Photo by Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP/Getty).

Figure 19. Cars and airplanes swept by a tsunami are pictured among debris at Sendai Airport, northeastern Japan on March 11 (Photo by  Kyodo / Landov). Figure 20. A massive tsunami engulfs a residential area after a powerful earthquake in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeartern Japan on March 11 (Photo by  Kyodo / Landov). Figure 21. Ceiling dropped from commercial building in Izume City, Miyagi Prefecture, exposing the roof skeleton (Photo by Daiki Sato, Tokyo University of Science).

Figure 22. Kessennuma City, March 15, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Adrees Latif). Figure 23. An entire home washed away aside from its foundation (Photo by Mr. Ohno, Staff, Nakata Citizen Center, Sendai City). Figure 24. Parking area of Mitsui Outlet Shopping Mall (Photo by Tohoku Univeristy).



Figure 25. City of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, March 13, 2011 (Photo by REUTERS/Asahi Shimbun). Figure 26. Miyagi Agricultural Highschool. Tsunami damage (Photo by Daiki Sato, Tokyo University of Science).