User:Huzmir1014/2016 Fukushima earthquake

Lead

 * Edit to portion of lead paragraph: "Fifteen people were injured during the earthquake; three of them were in critical condition." Replace 15 injuries with 17 injuries and add that there were no reported deaths.
 * "Fifteen people were injured during the earthquake; three of them were in critical condition. Minor damage was caused, with reports of fires. The Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant had one of its spent fuel cooling systems shut down briefly, though no measurable change in radiation levels was detected. A tsunami warning was issued with waves predicted up to 3 metres (9 ft 10 in), though actual waves were recorded between one and two meters in height.": Remove this from lead paragraph; repetitive and elaborated on in impacts portion.

Earthquake

 * Edit to portion of the earthquake paragraph: "The earthquake was a magnitude 6.9 earthquake which struck Japan 35 km (22 mi) east-southeast of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture at 05:59 JST on November 22, 2016 (20:59 Nov 21 UTC), at a depth of 11.4 km (7.1 mi)." The depth of the earthquake was 9.0 km ± 1.7 according to the USGS, the rest of the technical information is in line with the USGS report.
 * This earthquake is considered to be an aftershock of another earthquake. Since the 2011 earthquake the frequency and amount of seismic activity has increased so the shocks that occur after are thought to be aftershocks.

Tsunami
- Edit to portion of tsunami " The earthquake triggered tsunami warnings throughout the Pacific basin. The tsunami raced outward from the epicenter at speeds that approached about 500 miles (800 km) per hour." The tsunami that was triggered by the earthquake went inland at about 500 miles per hour. "A wave measuring some 33 feet high inundated the coast and flooded parts of the city of Sendai, including its airport and the surrounding countryside. According to some reports, one wave penetrated some 6 miles (10 km) inland." One wave went inland to around six miles in the city of Sendai, with the highest wave measuring around 33 feet high. Also the addition of a picture of the tsunami will be added.

Roughly 3 minutes had passed after the earthquake when the first tsunami warning was issued and it went out to many coastal prefectures on the east side of Japan. The list of prefectures that were first warned includes Aomori Prefecture Pacific Coast, Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture. Another warning rolled out at 7:26 JST and more prefectures were included in this warning. Two more tsunami announcements were made at 8:09 and 9:46 and then all tsunami warnings were released for all forecast zones at 12:50.

Some of the forecasted wave height was surpassed by those observed and the reverse also happened. It was forecasted for both Central Hokkaido Pacific Coast and Western part of the Pacific coast of Hokkaido that they would only see slight sea level fluctuations, however they witnessed a maximum wave of 32 and 23 cm respectively. Most of the other maximum wave heights recorded did not reach the forecasted height for their zones, notably the Miyagi and Fukushima Prefecture had a forecast of 3m when they reached 144 and 83 cm respectively.

Impact

 * Possible addition of data from "Did You Feel It" USGS communal impact detection: Shaking was felt as far North as Misawa, Japan (approx. 366km away from the epicenter of the earthquake) and as far South as Kobe, Japan (approx. 637km away from the epicenter of the earthquake) according to crowd sourced data compiled by the USGS.
 * Possibly adding in a "damages" subsection to the impact overall topic. Currently no information surrounding damages by the earthquake and tsunami.
 * Again change the "Fifteen people were injured during the earthquake" to seventeen injuries.
 * Also add a picture of the aftermath and a present picture.
 * Elaborate more on the nuclear power plant issues with relation to 2011 earthquake.