Great East Japan earthquake

When the big earthquake happened, I was a junior high school student. I was in PE class in that time. Because the PE class was held in classroom which was in 4th floor, the swing was so big. I had not experienced such a big earthquake, I thought that I would die! I managed to go back home in that day, but I couldn’t do anything. We couldn’t send e-mails, call our family. So we don’t have a meaning to contact our family, I worried about it. In that day, my mother went to Tokyo for the purpose of business, she didn’t find a hotel to stay in. When she went back home after a few days, she was so tired. She seemed not to sleep in Tokyo. Tiles on the roof of my house fallen down. Rooms were in disorder.


Magnitude is the size of the earthquake, the seismic is the size of swing. Magnitude of Great East Japan earthquake was said to be 9.0, the seismic of it was said to be 7 in Ishinomaki. In Miyagi prefecture and Iwate prefecture, a number of houses and roads were destroyed by the swing. Furthermore, rolling of the earthquake brought so big tsunamis. A lot of big tsunamis flew into many areas, they destroyed many buildings, took many people’s lives. Moreover, aftershocks happened again and again. All TV programs which were planned to broadcast were cancelled or put off, news programs were kept on broadcasting for about a week. As People bought a lot of water, water was nowhere. Even water in the vending machine was short of. But a lot of supports from country were so helpful that I thank for them. My school also raised money and clothes and other necessities.


On account of swings and tsunamis, atomic generation in Fukushima prefecture was out of order. As In the generation, a number of fossil fuel such as uranium or plutonium were used, they flew out. Owing to that, people who lived near the generation had to move. They have not been able not to go back their home. This problem is not due to the earthquake only. It is said that manage system also was neglectful. To prevent these secondary disasters, there is a public opinion that Japan should prohibit the atomic generation. However, government had some atomic generation rework to generate enough electricity.