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Japan. It was just crazy.” While Maika could not call her family, she was able to connect with them via email. Her family is safe. Maika’s grandparents live in Sendai, in northern Japan. A couple days after the earthquake, her family heard news of her

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Radiation levels reach dangerous levels at the Fukushima power plant. People within 20 miles of the reactor are advised to stay indoors.

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A second explosion occurs at Fukushima nuclear power station. 1.4 million Japanese are without running water. More than half a million have been evacuated. USGS upgrades the magnitude of the main quake to 9.0.

family is OK. I made contact on March 13.” Senior Maika Canada, from Tokyo, was on her way to Boston, Mass. when she heard about the earthquake. During a layover in Phoenix, Ariz., Maika checked her Twitter account on her phone. “I was shocked,” she said. “I had no idea what was going on in

230,000 people are evacuated from places near the crippled nuclear reactors. Millions of residents are without any power or water due to energy rationing. •

The cooling systems fail in Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, and an explosion happens in the building housing a reactor in the plant. The force of the quake moved Japan’s main island, Honshu, by 8 feet. •

“Even though the factory was not close to the residential area, we felt scared,” Yuuki, whose family is safe, said. Satomi Fukumoto – another former UP student from Saitama, Japan, near Tokyo – was also at home when the earthquake hit. Like Yuuki, the earthquake was the biggest Satomi has ever experienced.

With everything that has been happening in Japan, it is getting hard to keep all the facts straight. Here is a quick list of the things you need to know.

Seiji Oyama, junior

An 8.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off of Japan’s northeast coast. A 33-foot tsunami hits the northeast coast.

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“President Obama said he’ll do his best to save Japanese peoples’ lives. I feel happy in my heart.”

“I was so scared,” Satomi said in an email. “When I saw the live broadcast of the tsunami (engulfing) the towns near the sea, I just couldn’t believe what was going on.” Some UP students from Japan were in the U.S. when the earthquake hit. Junior Seiji Oyama – also from Saitama – received a text message from a friend asking if his family was OK. However, initially, Seiji did not know what the friend was talking about. “I went to the news on the Internet, and I was really surprised – oh my gosh,” Seiji said. “I watched YouTube. (There were) horrible scenes – tsunami engulfed the rice field.” Seiji was unable to make contact with his family for almost two days. “I tried to make contact with my family, but I couldn’t,” Seiji said. “I got really upset… But my

Yuuki Ohashi – a former UP student from Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo – knew that when the earthquake hit off the coast of northern Japan on March 11, it was different from every other earthquake she has experienced. Yuuki, who was at home, could not even stand up straight. For the UP students who are from Japan, the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and its aftermath have hit close to home. About an hour after the earthquake hit, Yuuki began cleaning up her home when she felt the ground shaking again. However, it felt and sounded different than any earthquake she had been through. “My family went outside again,” Yuuki said in an email. “Then we found dark and red sky

covered by smoke.” LPG tanks caught on fire at the Chiba refinery when the earthquake hit. The fire raged for 10 days. It was extinguished Monday.

Hannah Gray News Editor gray12@up.edu

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