A message from Minato City regarding the Tohoku Earthquake
On April 5, 2011, Minato City released the following bulletin:
Damage within Minato-ku as of March 12, 2011
Minato-ku experienced a Shindo level (seismic intensity scale) of lower 5 on March 11. The whole of Tokyo was reported to have a Shindo level of upper 5, but exact levels within Tokyo varied. Click here to read about the Japanese seismic scales.Read more
Damage to Urayasu City and Tokyo Disneyland
The effects of March 11's earthquake were felt in Tokyo's bayside area which is mostly reclaimed land. There were cases of liquefaction, broken water pipes, gas outages and leaning buildings.
"The north side of our house has sunk about 20cm due to liquefaction and is leaning. Watery sand covered the garden." - reported one resident.Read more