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Country in Crisis: Japan

On Friday March 11, 2011 a devastating 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Northern Japan. The earthquake violently shook the earth for almost 2 minutes. It was followed shortly by an even more destructive tsunami – a giant 30 foot wave that inundated the coast. Towns were wiped off the map and on top of the natural disasters the country is now facing a nuclear meltdown due to tsunami damage at a nuclear power plant

Watch videos and read the stories below for information about the triple disasters facing Japan



**Interactive Map ** slide the bar to see before and after satellite images of communities damaged by the earthquake and tsunami [|Satellite footage of Japan]

Watch CBS News and Youtube video coverage of the disasters

[|CBS - aftermath earthquake/tsunami] [|CBS - aftermath] [|Video Summary - 7 Days] [|CBS - Financial aftermath] [|CBS - Nuclear Disaster] [|CBS - Nuclear Crisis and Government trust]

[|Youtube tsunami video]

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