Tohoko-Oki (Honschu) Earthquake - Magnitude 8.9 (Japan, 11 March 2011)

CEDIM's information about earthquake, tsunami and consequences

Earthquake Measurement at GEOFON-station in Indonesia.

The „Earthquake Information Service“ GEOFON operated by GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences monitored the Magnitude 8.9 - Earthquake near the East coast of Honshu, Japan on March 11th 2011: "GFZ - Earthquake Bulletin "Honshu, Japan 2011-03-11 05:46:23.0 UTC".

"Wettergefahren-frühwarnung.de" - a CEDIM-project at KIT - models the probable radioactivity dispersion following the hazardous incident at Fukushima nuclear power plant. The predictions are continuously updated. wettergefahren-frühwarnung.de also provides up-to-date weather forecasts based on a high resolution weather forecasting model: "Prognostizierte Verfrachtung einer möglichen radioaktiven Wolke von Fukushima (Japan) (German only)".

Helmholtz-KatInfo, Task Force Major Disasters, a CEDIM-project of GFZ, KIT and German Aerospace Agency (DLR) provides information about scientific experts and relevant competencies of the participating Helmholtz-Centres.

Further information:

KIT - Consequences for Nuclear Facilities in Japan