Japan: Two Long Years After the Devastating Earthquake, Tsunami On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked northeast Japan. The earthquake triggered devastating tsunamis, which in turn set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Two years later, we look back at the carnage: Nearly 16,000 deaths, about 10,000 injured, more than 3,000 people missing; more than 125,000 buildings totally collapsed; more than 250,000 buildings “half-collapsed”; another 365,750 buildings partially damaged. As we look back at the destruction — entire villages, washed away — hit play on the Life & Death theme from Lost and shake your head at Mother Nature. </noscript> Click any pic to embiggen … AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Hiroaki Ono AP Photo/David Guttenfelder AP Photo/Gregory Bull AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa FYI, this is a mannequin’s arm: AP Photo/David Guttenfelder AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yasushi Kanno AP Photo/The Yomiuri Shimbun, Kenji Tada AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama AP Photo/Mark Baker AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye AP Photo/Hiro Komae AP Photo/Hiro Komae Click here for Page 2′s powerful videos … Pages: 1 2