Understanding the Japan Earthquake
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- Creator
- National Museum of Natural History
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- 13,414
- Video Title
- Understanding the Japan Earthquake
- Description
- Smithsonian geologist, Dr. Liz Cottrell, discusses the March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake and the mechanics that caused it. Update: When this video was produced, the Japan earthquake was measured at a 8.9 magnitude. Since then, USGS has upgraded the earthquake to a 9.0.
- Video Duration
- 3 min 36 sec
- YouTube Keywords
- smithsonian natural history ocean anthropology forensics entomology zoology science culture dinosaurs biology
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- 2011-03-14T19:16:12.000Z
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- YouTube Videos
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- National Museum of Natural History
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- smithsonianNMNH
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- Science & Technology
- Topic
- Natural History
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- yt_fraPBV4kzvI
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