Japan Earthquake

• The epicenter was reported to be 130 kilometers off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku
• The size of the earthquake was 8.8 of the rector scale.
• The area's affected include majority of Japan and many places along the east coast of North and South America
• The impeding man made disaster is the nuclear power plant in Fukushima. The earthquake and tsunami destroyed a power pack in the plant that stopped the nuclear core from over heating and exploding. At the moment it is running off batteries and all people within a 10 km radius have been evacuated. They are attempting to cool the reactor but they may have to release some of the gas.