A horrific natural disaster struck Japan today. This kind of seismic activity will undoubtedly have massive repercussions: those almost immediately felt in the affected areas, and those that will be seen later as the energy of the waves travel around the earth. It is suspected that more countries including Australia, Fiji, Hawaii and Mexico could also be affected.
Irrespective of early warning systems put into place, the power and breadth of destruction will surely take its toll on the affected countries. I’m no expert, so I don’t know what it means when another earthquake follows on so quickly from the on that hit Christchurch just last month.
Whatever it means, it’s a time when images make hearts sink.