[CRISIS] Japan hit with a 9.0 Magnitude Earthquake in the Tōkai region.

August 5th 2019

11:48PM

The people of Hamamatsu are awoken by a tremor in the ground and it's a big one. An earthquake has hit the south coast of Honshu and to a lesser extent the southern and eastern costs of Shikoku. This earthquake of a 9.0 magnitude was felt all throughout the area with Nagoya, Hamamatsu and Shizuoka being the 3 largest cities, Hamamatsu was the one hit the worst.

The people of these cities are evacuated almost immidiatley due to the preparedness of these cities in case of an earthquake. However some massive casualties were felt in these cities and a lot of the more rural and coastal areas were hit with pretty nasty casualties.

August 6th 2019

12:04AM

What was expected to happen has happened, a tsunami containing waves in excess of 10m tall have hit the coastal areas which has caused even more damage and casualties to the people in these areas.

Rescue teams are in full force in these areas looking for survivors and due to the fast response times of these people they are able to rescue much more people than they were expected to end up with. Due to evacuation programs less people were killed than expected.

Total Casualties from the earthquake and the tsunami: 82,000 (estimate)

Buildings destroyed (including coastal and farm buildings) : 1,261,623

Damage cost: $620 billion