Sunday, March 27, 2011

My old neighbourhood

by now, you have all seen plenty of footage of the worst hit areas of Japan in and around Sendai and the north east coast. Here are just a few images of my old neighbourhood in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture in the Tokyo suburbs. Bear in mind that this is an area that was not hit by the tsunami and is roughly 300 km away from the epicentre of the quake near Sendai.

Watch the sidewalk move and the ground liquify.


The shifting earth dropped the street and shoved these manholes up very near the intersection where the video above was shot.






All the mud and water you see is a result of soil liquification due to the earthquake. As in the video at the top, it just sort of bubbles up through the surface in a matter of seconds.



More video here


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1 comment:

  1. Unknown2:18 AM

    Pretty powerful stuff, Rev. Thanks for sharing. People going about their business on a normal day and then their world changes, literally. Our best wishes go out to everybody affected.

    sven

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