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Great East Japan Earthquake |
| On Friday, March 11 at 2:46 PM (Japan local time), an enormously powerful earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck, with its seismic center off the Sanriku coast. This has resulted in tremendous damage across a wide area, centered on the Tohoku district.
The Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles is doing its best to gather up-to-date information about the situation and provide support for those people in our jurisdiction whose familiy and friends are in Japan, including Japanese citizens and non-Japanese residents.
We have posted the latest information on our top page and have created this page as a portal to additional information about the earthquake and tsunami aftermath, as well as recovery efforts. These sites are being updated continuously; please check back with them often to get the latest information on the situation in Japan. |
Current Information from the Japanese Government
Messages & Articles
Relief & Reconstruction Efforts
In Japan
In our Jurisdiction (Southern California & Arizona)
Operation Tomodachi
Japan is Safe for Travel!
Information for Foreign Nationals in Japan
Japanese food safety ensured!
Nuclear and Radioactivity Levels Information
Tsunami Debris Response and Coastal Marine Debris Cleanup Efforts
Tsunami Debris Response Efforts
Some tsunami debris items from the March 11 earthquake have already been discovered on the west coast of North America and may continue to arrive intermittingly over the next few years. Japan, the U.S. and Canada have been cooperating on the tsunami debris issue, a natural event, and Japanese Consulates General along the West Coast and in Hawaii have been sharing information with relevant U.S. and Canadian federal, state and provincial government agencies since last year. |
Coastal Cleanup Activities
Ongoing media attention on tsunami debris washed out by the Great East Japan Earthquake has helped to raise public awareness of the much larger and continuing issue of general marine drifting debris, which circulates oceans and washes up on shorelines around the world all the time. As a result, there has been renewed interest in coastal cleanup activities by volunteers and various organizations on the west coast of North America and in Hawaii.
On the west coast of North America, coastal volunteer activities have been conducted by various organizations. Those who are interested in helping to beautify California's coasts and waterways can click on the California Coastal Commission link below.
The California Coastal Commission Coastal Event Calendars： http://www.coastal.ca.gov/publiced/activities.html
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Tsunami Debris Related Sources
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