JAPAN QUAKE

Quake really kicked it big time!
Japan is trying to take in the scale in which this calamity has occurred!
Sendai: is the most hit….and nature seems to be at war!
Waves penetrating 10 miles in land near Sendai and 4 square kilometer area is on fire near the locations of an oil refinery.
A country which is too used to quakes- it is really something that many generations have experienced it the first time. As it is known, Tsunami is among the many hard to predict such events....warning were around - but the the stregnth of the earthquake is much higher than expected. In these worst of circumstances, crowds have been ‘extremely calm’ and very organized – where people go frenzy! It is so Heart Breaking - 300 bodies have already been found and many more are still unaccounted for…..numbers will increase as the day breaks because its midnight now and many who must have been rescued – are totally helpless.
Cars, ships and buildings are floating all over the place.
Power cut - for 4 million homes as Japan relies on nuclear power and they are all shut down particularly, Fukushima power plant – which is closed but there is no fear of radiation leaks as nothing is detected yet…nevertheless, evacuation in nearby region is inevitable.

Today it reminds me of the earthquake in Pakistan on October 8, 2005, that took millions of lives and displaced countless people – at that time, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Association for Aid and Relief (AAR) were at the forefronts – reaching out to people. They were among the first rescue groups reaching Pakistan within 24 hours, doing what ever they could to help the Pkaistanis and the country. They distributed urgent relief goods and assisted the restoration of water and electricity supply systems in the stricken communities. Japanese medical teams went on foot as deep in the rugged mountains. They have always given hand to Pakistani’s whether it is floods, quakes or domestic refugee’s problem. They are also the major shareholder in community work in places in Kalash etc and have a huge contribution.

It is high time for Pakistan to pay back Japan in their need of the hour.

Prayers for all those in Japan and especially my heart goes out for my friends, their familes and all those traped... in one of the biggest disasters of the century.

Deadliest earthquakes
27 July 1976, Tangshan, China: est 655,000 killed, 7.5
26 Dec 2004, Sumatra, Indonesia: 9.1 quake and tsunami kills 227,898 across Pacific region
12 Jan 2010, Haiti: 222,570 killed, 7.0
12 May 2008, Sichuan, China: 87,587 killed, 7.9
8 Oct 2005, Pakistan: 80,361 killed, 7.6
31 May 1970 Chimbote, Peru: 70,000 killed, 7.9
20 June 1990, Manjil, Iran: 40,000 killed, 7.4
26 Dec 2003, Bam, Iran: 31,000 killed, 6.6
26 Jan 2001, Gujarat, India: 20,023 killed, 7.7
17 Aug 1999, Izmit, Turkey: 17,118 killed, 7.6
30 Sep 1993 Latur, India: 9,748 killed, 6.2
16 Jan 1995, Kobe, Japan: 5,530 dead, 6.9
Source: USGS