On March 11, 2011, a series of disasters struck eastern Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people, plus more than 2,500 missing.<\/p>\n
The first of these catastrophes was the T\u014dhoku earthquake, with a magnitude of 9.1 on the Richter scale<\/strong>, making it one of the 10 strongest earthquakes in human history. It was so brutal that it displaced Honshu, the main island of Japan, 2.4 meters to the east<\/a>. In turn, the earthquake caused a tsunami with waves of up to 40.5 meters<\/strong>, which swept towns on the eastern coast of Japan. The Fukushima <\/strong> nuclear power plant was hit by waves of between 13 and 14 meters, causing the worst nuclear disaster since the Chernobyl accident in 1986. As a result of this accident, a zone of exclusion in a radius of 20 km around the plant<\/strong>, evacuating the entire population that lived there.<\/p>\n Images of abandoned buildings and vehicles in that exclusion zone have circulated for years. However, Japan is proceeding to demolish the structures in that exclusion zone and remove the remains contaminated <\/strong>by the Fukushima accident, which has contributed to reducing radiation levels in the area. Today, the channel Exploring the Unbeaten Path<\/a>, which offers interesting content on urban exploration, has published a report showing the current situation of this exclusion zone<\/strong>, at least the zones that are currently accessible:<\/p>\n
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