MegaQuake: Hour That Shook Japan | Disaster Documentary | Reel Truth. Science

Even though most of japan’s structures are made to go against earthquakes, seeing skyscrapers swaying like that must be terrifying

The fact that many didnt wait for authorities. They just knew to run to high ground... thats what saved lives that day. It was so fast. There was no time for authorities to act. The people who lived got themselves to safety. Im still surprised anyone survived that day!

I was literally searching up on Tsunamis out of curiosity only to realize it's March 11, 2021. Exactly a decade since this has happened.

I remember this day very very well. I was in high school and it was the last day of my exams. I was in quite a happy mood but seeing the tragedy really brought me back to normal. Then a few years later some Japanese kids who were visiting my Delhi (where I lived) also came to my school and they talked about their experience. One of them even had a Geiger counter and gave us a reading of the background radiation. Later that day we played football with everyone and I was happy to see them being quite normal kids who had faced a great tragedy but had come out stronger.

The old man trying to find his house broke my heart 😭

When the old man said this is my house... At the end.... It broke me.....he was sad but was satisfied that he is alive.

All credit to the people who helped in the recovery afterwards..all unsung heroes..

I was in Tokyo at that time. The quake itself was one thing, but around 200 aftershocks that followed within the next two weeks was another (of around 3 on shindo scale, which is quite apparent and can wake you up). Although those weren't massive ones, I could hardly sleep the next few nights since a shock would be coming like every 30 min to 1h. It's not panicking or anything and you know it's just nothing for Japanese buildings, but it just keeps you alerted.

The saddest part is the nuclear plant explosion. People had to go inside the plant with high amount of radiation. And they mentioned it was as bad as what happened in Chernobyl. It’s just terrible. I admire these brave heroes.

I really love the way how Japanese people explain things, so detailed like a poem, it really makes you get a sense of what it was like

I can't stop crying while watching but also can't stop admiring these brave people at the same time.

wow, this is the first video in which you can really see the amount of water, the speed it came and the force behind it. My heart goes out to all of you people.

Imagine, your entire life washed away by the same element you depend to live on.

Best documentary with best selection of footage I've seen so far on this tragedy.

I remember this so clearly. We had friends from Japan visiting is in Canada when this happened. We were glued to every news station and frantically trying to get a hold of their family members.

Rest in peace all of those we lost and condolences to their family and friends 💔

Rip to the people inside that black van

I remember watching this live as an 8 year old. The one time my mum let me stay up to watch tv. It was horrifying then. And still as horrifying now. Rip to all that were lost 🙏

I lived in Tokyo during this time. It was a very scary and rocky time. Even in Tokyo, 30 minutes after the quake it suddenly got very dark and cold...that was the tsunami hitting up north. My heart was broken that day for the people who lost so much xx

I was there (and still am). Japan never "hovered on the brink of collapse." Bad as the quake was, it was not the worst one to hit the country, and it was far from being Japan's worst disaster, natural or man made. It doesn't rate among the top 20 disasters to hit Japan over the last 500 years. The 1923 earthquake caused more damage and killed many times more people than the 2011 quake, and many of the frequent firestorms to hit Tokyo over the centuries killed tens of thousands at a time. In terms of loss of life, crime has killed more people in Tokyo. The deaths were not the victims of crime, but the criminals. Near Minami Senju station, not far from the Yoshiwara, is a large stone statue which looks like a Buddha. It is actually a Jizo, a buddhist saint which watches the gate to the underworld. In front of this statue as many as 200,000 criminals were executed, and this is only one of 3 major execution grounds in Tokyo. If you want to know why crime is rare in Japan, it is because for centuries the penalty for even a minor crime was death. The Japanese are well-used to disasters, and deal with them much better than any other culture. There is no complaining, no finger-pointing, no demanding the government "do something." When disaster strikes, every person gets up, gets out, and starts doing what needs to be done to help those who need help, clean up what needs cleaning up, and rebuilding what needs to be rebuilt.