-
Tokyo, Japan
At 2:46pm, an 8.9 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo, Japan -
A Nuclear Emergency
At 5:00am, a nuclear emergency is declared at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -
The Third Explosion
The third explosion at the Daiichi plant in four days damages the suppression pool of reactor No. 2 -
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency
- Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency raises the threat level from four to five, putting it on a par with the 1979 Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania. The International Nuclear Events Scale says a Level Five incident means there is a likelihood of a release of radioactive material, several deaths from radiation and severe damage to the reactor core.
