Want to understand some of the technical aspects of the disaster?
Here’s a NYT interactive explanation of the quake itself:
A Washington Post explanation of what’s been happening at the nuclear plants:
Interactive graphs of the last 7 days of Japanese earthquakes on the left, historical comparison on the right:
And one that really brings home how much bigger this quake was than previous ones:
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1 Response to Japan Crisis
Dustin
March 15th, 2011 at 11:49 am
Here’s another detailed explanation from the NYT. Best yet:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/03/12/world/asia/the-explosion-at-the-japanese-reactor.html