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- 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami:
- Dozens of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex (also called Fukushima I) have stayed behind to end the radiation leaks, known as the Fukushima 50, risking fatal radiation exposure. (Guardian)
- There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation. (AP) (New York Times) (New York Times) (Daily Telegraph)
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano reports that as of 10.22 a.m. local time, radiation levels of 30 millisieverts per hour were measured between the No. 2 and No. 3 reactors, while at the No. 3 reactor 400 millisieverts per hour were detected, a harmful level to humans. (Bloomberg)
- A senior adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan says that a fire has broken out in a fourth reactor at the Fukushima I power plant but it is later extinguished, with the radiation reading at 0831 local time (2331 GMT) climbing to 8,217 microsieverts an hour. (CNN) (AP)(news.com.au)(BBC)
- Prime Minister Kan warns people living within a 30 kilometre radius of the plant to stay indoors and a 30-km no-fly zone is established around the plant. (AP via The Guardian) (IAEA)
- A rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital. (Reuters)
- The United States Geological Survey revises the strength of the earthquake to 9.0. (USGS)
- The National Police Agency advises that the official death toll from the quake is 2,414 dead with 3,118 injured. (AFP via News Limited)
- Share prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange decline by 12 per cent with the TOPIX index recording its largest fall since 1987. (Market Watch) (Reuters)
- A magnitude 6.2 aftershock hits Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo. (USGS) (Kyodo) (Sky News Australia) (Adelaide Now)
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