In the wake of the multiple disasters to hit Japan in the last 36 hours, I was deeply moved and decided I needed to do something. The earthquake that hit was an astounding 8.9 on the Richter scale; the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan (since record keeping started 150 years ago) and the fifth largest earthquake to shake the world. 32 people were pronounced dead soon after the earthquake, but death tolls are expected to pass 10,000. The small coastal town of Minamisanriku alone is missing 9,500 of its 17,000 residents.
The earthquake was soon followed by a tsunami that swept 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) inland. The nuclear reactor at Fukushima nuclear power plant exploded (although the explosion is speculated to be a man-made error).
Please, Japan and the Japanese people are in need of our help.
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