ACNA: Fund to Give Assistance to Earthquake Stricken Japan

Japan struck by 8.9 magnitude earthquake, triggering massive tsunami
March 11, 2011

Dear Members and Friends of the Anglican Church in North America,

A powerful 8.9 earthquake shook Japan at 2:46 pm on Friday, March 11, 2011, triggering a massive tsunami. The quake was the fifth-largest in the world since 1900 and nearly 8,000 times stronger than the one which devastated Christchurch, New Zealand last month.

Sadly, news reports are saying that the death toll could possibly reach more than ten thousand, as hundreds of people remain missing.

Striking off of Honshu, Japan’s most heavily populated island and approximately 200 miles from Tokyo, the quake is already responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people and many more deaths are expected. A tsunami triggered by the quake reached six miles inland in places carrying houses, buildings, boats and cars with it. The tsunami is expected to reach areas in North and South America. In the city of Sendai, Japan, the police found up to 300 bodies in a single ward. Fires also blazed across the area.

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