Description The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011 was a complex event.
It was a disaster of multiple dimensions, unleashing the linked forces of seismic shock, tsunami, and nuclear radiation.
This confluence left a varied array of damage in its wake.
The personal traumas of death and loss combined with the social trauma of ruptured families, the economic trauma resulting from the physical destruction, and the psychic trauma arising from an uncertain fut.