The Japanese authorities amounted to 596 thousand the number of casualties from the earthquake of new degrees in the Richter scale, although the figure could rise as cities such as Sendai are still recovering bodies, according to a report of NHK television . The report also said more than 10 thousand people trapped in rubble or in the sea.
Initially the authorities had reported that the earthquake was 8.9 degrees on the Richter scale, but yesterday confirmed it was nine degrees, making it the fourth most powerful in history, trailing only the case in Chile in 1960, (9.5 degrees), the 1964, Alaska (9.1 degrees), and 2004 in Sumatra, also of 9.1 degrees.
In Fukushima, local authorities are looking at almost 200 thousand people of which there is no news since Friday. Furthermore, in the town of Minamisanriku-where there is risk of radioactive contamination due to nuclear plant located in the town of faults has caused two explosions, there are other nine thousand 500 people missing.
The quake on Friday moved the island 2.4 meters, according to NASA images. "We've seen a map of GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan that shows the pattern of change over a large area and is consistent with the change of the land mass," he told CNN geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Kenneth Hudnut.
Furthermore, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that there is a high possibility that the country is shaken in the coming days by another earthquake more than seven degrees on the Richter scale. "There is a 70% risk of occurrence of a replica of magnitude seven or greater over the next three days," said the director of the Department of Earthquake Forecasting Agency, Takashi Yokota.
Yesterday an earthquake of 6.2 jolted eastern country and tsunami warnings in the North East caught fire. Yokota said the epicenter was 10 kilometers deep in the coastal province of Ibaraki. The quake also caused further incidents at nuclear plants in Fukushima and Tokai. Both faults have been presented, near which is located in Onagawa.
The authorities of the prefecture (state) Ibraki-where is located the complex-quoted by the Kyodo News agency reported that one of the two cooling systems of the Tokai plant No. 2 was stopped, but the other works normally. Japan Atomic Power, which operates the complex, said it is possible to avoid overheating the reactor through the second cooling system.
The earthquake caused the automatic stay of 11 of the 51 nuclear plants are in Japan. So far he has had more problems is to Fukushima, where the level of radioactivity was raised above the permitted, which caused about 170 thousand people were evacuated. Also yesterday a reactor exploded, according to the Jiji news agency, quoting Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), operators of the same.
Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, reiterated that the situation in this complex remains a concern. TEPCO reported that the radiation level at the plant again exceeded the legal limit for levels of 751 registered microsievert (unit of measurement of radiation absorbed dose), above the 500 recommended.
The figure, however, is less than that recorded on Saturday, which was 577 thousand microsievert. Usually humans are exposed to thousand microsievert for a whole year, so that the situation was considered high risk. The meltdown is one of the most serious accidents that may occur in a nuclear reactor plant as a result of nuclear fuel to overheat, which can trigger the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
At the core of a nuclear reactor there are more than 60 radioactive contaminants. Iodine, strontium 90 and cesium, are among the most harmful pollutants to human health. The high temperatures reached by the nuclear fuel due to lack of cooling can melt the heart (which goes from solid to liquid) and destroy the structure of the reactor vessel.
In this process, which can be total or partial, radioactive isotopes are released there in the fuel, and can cause an explosion that causes a radioactive leak. The release of large quantities of radioactive material has serious effects for both public health and the environment. 
Initially the authorities had reported that the earthquake was 8.9 degrees on the Richter scale, but yesterday confirmed it was nine degrees, making it the fourth most powerful in history, trailing only the case in Chile in 1960, (9.5 degrees), the 1964, Alaska (9.1 degrees), and 2004 in Sumatra, also of 9.1 degrees.
In Fukushima, local authorities are looking at almost 200 thousand people of which there is no news since Friday. Furthermore, in the town of Minamisanriku-where there is risk of radioactive contamination due to nuclear plant located in the town of faults has caused two explosions, there are other nine thousand 500 people missing.
The quake on Friday moved the island 2.4 meters, according to NASA images. "We've seen a map of GSI (Geospatial Information Authority) in Japan that shows the pattern of change over a large area and is consistent with the change of the land mass," he told CNN geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Kenneth Hudnut.
Furthermore, the Japan Meteorological Agency warned that there is a high possibility that the country is shaken in the coming days by another earthquake more than seven degrees on the Richter scale. "There is a 70% risk of occurrence of a replica of magnitude seven or greater over the next three days," said the director of the Department of Earthquake Forecasting Agency, Takashi Yokota.
Yesterday an earthquake of 6.2 jolted eastern country and tsunami warnings in the North East caught fire. Yokota said the epicenter was 10 kilometers deep in the coastal province of Ibaraki. The quake also caused further incidents at nuclear plants in Fukushima and Tokai. Both faults have been presented, near which is located in Onagawa.
The authorities of the prefecture (state) Ibraki-where is located the complex-quoted by the Kyodo News agency reported that one of the two cooling systems of the Tokai plant No. 2 was stopped, but the other works normally. Japan Atomic Power, which operates the complex, said it is possible to avoid overheating the reactor through the second cooling system.
The earthquake caused the automatic stay of 11 of the 51 nuclear plants are in Japan. So far he has had more problems is to Fukushima, where the level of radioactivity was raised above the permitted, which caused about 170 thousand people were evacuated. Also yesterday a reactor exploded, according to the Jiji news agency, quoting Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), operators of the same.
Japanese Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, reiterated that the situation in this complex remains a concern. TEPCO reported that the radiation level at the plant again exceeded the legal limit for levels of 751 registered microsievert (unit of measurement of radiation absorbed dose), above the 500 recommended.
The figure, however, is less than that recorded on Saturday, which was 577 thousand microsievert. Usually humans are exposed to thousand microsievert for a whole year, so that the situation was considered high risk. The meltdown is one of the most serious accidents that may occur in a nuclear reactor plant as a result of nuclear fuel to overheat, which can trigger the release of radioactive material into the atmosphere.
At the core of a nuclear reactor there are more than 60 radioactive contaminants. Iodine, strontium 90 and cesium, are among the most harmful pollutants to human health. The high temperatures reached by the nuclear fuel due to lack of cooling can melt the heart (which goes from solid to liquid) and destroy the structure of the reactor vessel.
In this process, which can be total or partial, radioactive isotopes are released there in the fuel, and can cause an explosion that causes a radioactive leak. The release of large quantities of radioactive material has serious effects for both public health and the environment.
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