Wow, I've watched so many of these but with each new one I'm just blown away. As an American we have never witnessed anything close to this. I lost my home to a housefire 2 yrs ago and was traumatized and devastated until I ran across these and it really puts things in perspective. I too lost everything and was left with only the clothes on my back but I still had my city, my neighbors, friends, family, job etc... I lost nothing compared to this. Very humbling!! God bless Japan
We do have a regular point of reference here in the US: Hurricane storm surge. One of the strongest in recent memory was that of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Miss. Gulf Coast with a storm surge of over 9 meters (30 or more feet), that lasted for hours. These are apples and oranges comparisons. Typically storm surge duration is tied to the speed, size and strength of the hurricane. The 2011 tsunami was an event that was mostly over in less than 30 minutes, while the storm surge from a major storm like Katrina was measured in hours. Also, Atlantic hurricanes that strike the Gulf or Atlantic Coasts hit areas that are low lying, with no nearby mountains for refuge like in Japan. For example, Katrina's storm surge went as much as 10 miles inland in Mississippi. The highest storm surge on record was 13 meters, (43 ft.( in the Pacific, in 1899 in Australia, Tropical Cyclone Mahina. By comparison the 2011 Tsunami reached 40.5 (133 ft.) meters in places, with many towns that had 40 foot seawalls be over-topped. The great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was literally a 1000 year event. However, there are many places in the US that are also at risk for tsunami activities. It's just a matter of time, though, like hurricane storm surge, tsunamis also vary in size and power.
@@dnola6887 thanks for the schooling but I live in Central Mississippi and know all about Katrina. Yes, she was big, bad, and lasted a longtime leaving devastation in her wake. But, you can't seriously compare Katrina to the Japan 2011 Tsunami and think Katrina was worse than this. You can spout numbers all day but I've watched every video of this and what was destroyed in Ms. and La. doesn't come close to this. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
@@spalmer8398 Hi, neighbor. I was dining at Shaggy's on the Rez less than a month ago, and was just over on the coast earlier today. You've misunderstood my comment, as none of the numbers I listed could in anyway support the notion that Katrina was worse than the 2011 tsunami. Not even close. By comparison, if the 2011 tsunami had taken place in the Gulf, it'd have devastated an area greater than from Tampa to Mobile. depending on the placement, it's possible that the US would've suffered devastation from Brownsville to Key West. But Katrina: 30 foot storm surge, versus 2011 tsunami with 133 foot tsunami? There's no question that the tsunami was the greater event, by far. However, severe storm surges give a starting point of reference for Americans to relate with. Let's hope we don't have a megathrust quake that affects the US in our lifetimes. The Cascadia Subduction zone would be a horrific event the next time it goes off.
@@dnola6887 well howdy neighbor indeed. I live in Brandon and Shaggy's is one of our regular spots to go to!! Its 15 mins from us. So sorry for misreading your comment or if I sounded rude. Wasn't my intention at all. We cool and who knows maybe fate will have us both at Shaggys one day and we'll have a drink and laugh at this. But honestly, your correct and let's hope and pray we don't have any megabucks, tsunami in the U.S. our lifetime. Americans wouldn't be as strong and brave as the Japanese that survived this horrific day. Great to meet another Mississippian on here.
It is interesting to note how differently the waves behaved the second time around. The water was so loaded with sediment it is much denser and moves slower but with more power. This is why it knocked that wall down so effortlessly. Also of course the foundations were undermined by that time, but you can clearly see the water is thick and black. Sea water weighs just over 1000kg per cubic metre, whereas wet clay or mud weighs over 1800kg/m³, so even at 10%, the force of the wave and the effect is has on structures is increased, especially when you chuck a couple of Olympic-sized swimming pools (5000m³) at something all at once.
Scientists are studying this tsunami and fatalities. Too many were curious went to shore or did not leave their homes. Some tried to save their cars or boats. Get to high ground fast is the only answer. Some school children were drilled to get to high ground their survival rate a lot higher. Some coast towns are being rebuilt on land raised with 10 feet of fill. Incredible and horrifyng to watch
11:30 This was my primary school. This guy's son was a student, too. His wife said like "what are we gonna do? There is a kidergarden, too. Are childrens still there?" and was cring. He said "They must have went to a hight." Fortunately, all kids of the kindergarden and the primary school were fine. However, many students lost their family members and houses.
At 6:00 you can see a large section of the sea wall give way and topple over into a building. When this happens, it's no longer just water flowing over the top of the wall. Now the entire depth of the tsunami flows into town. This is completely devastating. God bless the people of Japan.
@@wwaynemcg yes that's my point. A missing wall allows far more water in, than just being overtopped. That's why I said the full depth of the tsunami flowed into the town.
This might surprise some of you but sometimes it's kind of hard to concentrate when everything, your home town and everything you worked for all of your life is washed away in front of your eyes while the earth trembles underneath you.
It's quite incredible how the water just keeps on rising and rising and goes above the seawall. It's a shame part of the wall falls when the water is starting to receed, the damage was bad but more or less could be mitigated but with the breach the water just rushed inside super fast.
Sismologia O Japão encontra-se localizado geograficamente numa zona de subducção, sendo por isso atingido por cerca de 1 500 sismos por ano.[1] Sismo de Tohoku de 2011 Ver artigo principal: Sismo e tsunami de Tohoku de 2011 No dia 11 de março de 2011 ocorreu um sismo de magnitude 9.0 na escala de Richter.[22] O epicentro foi a 130 km a leste da península de Oshika e o hipocentro localizado a uma profundidade de 24,4 km, tendo provocado um tsunami. A onda gigante acabou por chegar a algumas centrais nucleares em Fukushima, causando uma fuga radioativa. O sismo, pela sua intensidade, afetou o eixo de rotação da Terra em 0,25º.
I’ve watched this video many times over the years and I just wonder if anyone has any additional information on why the safety wall failed. Was it just the “over topping” or was there actually a section failure? Thankyou
In the end that zone got flooded when the huge portion of the wall went down. Before that the water was going above the wall but not so much, it was starting to decrease the level until it fell...and then came the second wave which basically made the wall useless.
I salute the Japanese people they are so resilient. You are in my prays. I am so sorry what your country has gone through. My best wishes, from New Orleans, Louisiana.
===== This is one of the most impressive videos showing the nature of tsunamis, from the crest of the wave inundating everything, to the entire bay emptying out with the arrival of the trough. It didn't deserve so many negative inputs. =====
I suspect that the negative votes are for the careless videography (jumping back and forth, missing the crucial moments when the tsunami overtops the wall, and then when it breaches the wall, while viewing the opposite hill or housetops where the action is NOT happening), and for the lack of editing out the parts that jump around, or are out of focus, etc. For my part, I didn't down-vote it, but I can understand why some folks would.
Thanks to whoever produced stabilised version of this video. Even with stabilisation it is disorienting to watch with camera being all over the place place. Understandable given the circumstances.
Witnessing the absolute destruction of the communities entire fishing fleet and the sea wall defence being overrun by the wave that swept entire buildings from their foundations before shattering them into a debris field must be extremely traumatic for the survivors! Even more disturbing was seeing complete buildings being dislodged and swept out to sea when the wave receded, likewise, cars were caught up in the maelstrom, and it must be considered that unfortunate victims may have been inside, unable to escape! The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force deployed teams of Divers to search houses which had been swept into the harbour and lay wrecked on the seabed! It was utterly surreal to see these Divers search in a kitchen, amid cups, bowls and a rice cooker of a house that lay on the harbour floor! These missions were particularly hazardous as the house wreckage was unstable and contained many entanglement hazards. People across the world like to live in coastal communities, however, this tsunami graphically displayed their vulnerability to such natural events! Thank you for this video, it reminds viewers that this tragedy occurred to everyday ordinary people just like themselves!
Seaman E9: This was the most photographed earthquake/tsunami in history. Many people in Japan have an app on their cell phones for civil defense warnings. The earthquake came with little warning. The tsunami sirens warned people immediately to get to higher ground. There was no time to "make sure your family was safe" etc.
Какой один миг ?они полчаса снимали приближение цунами ! А надо было просто подняться выше !смотрю на них и диву даюсь !какая же бестолковая нация !у них что это в первый раз ? У нас в Питере дамба мощнее ! И корабли почему в море не вывели ! Там для судов безопаснее !или трусы или бестолочь !
Such an awful, awful event. I hope all who made it through are recovering mentally as well as physically. It must have been so hard to witness. The cries of the people, just heart rending. Much love to you all. x
We r lucky to see all this video if u compare tsunami in year 2004, especially in Acheh, Indonesia 🇮🇩 no one able to video it bcos most of them had been disappeared
Esto nos da una muestra del horror que vivieron nuestros hermanos japoneses . Pero son un pueblo fuerte y espero y sé que saldrán adelante. Saludos desde España.
From 19:58 the camera man are more concentrated and steady because he films from a higher place alone up stairs in a House and is not distracted by the people around him and at 21:46 check out how the sea Wall collapses and the little car is catapulted by the pressure of the sudden water surge. All videos from this day are important documentation. By watching them you learn a lot of things that can help yourself in a future catastrophic event. You understand the value of video documentation and sharing. You understand the importance of fast evacuation and in this case I learn how people around you are a comfort but distracting and the camera is sailing around and about. But then I closed my eyes and listen how the people are commenting and calming Down a whoman who is crying. No one is getting angry but they are together helplesly watching mother Nature in action. You are With a surviver who did his best to document this event. Then after he runs upstairs in a House he gets some really good details on the power of water.
@@armandofernandez8257 Agree Amando, This must be the worse filming clip of this Tsunami with the moving of the camera. Someone had to be the worse. I guess he is nervous as he should be. So many took this Tsunami warning casually and died because they stay in the low lands. Japanese are trained to move to higher ground after an earthquake. Specially a big one. Many delayed their escape to higher ground. SAD
I'm sure, as the camera man watched on in abject terror, the thing most at the forefront of his mind was just how well he maintained the in view camera shot!! FFS! 🤦🏻♂️
My heart breaks for all those impacted but that poor woman crying just melts my heart. I just want to hug her and assure her that things will eventually be ok.
Coming up on 10 years since this tragedy. Almost 20,000 souls perished or missing, but any other country and that would have been 200-500 thousand. Preparedness is important and Japan leads the world in this. I would urge anyone that lives in a coastal area, and especially in bays and inlets to have a first rate evacuation plan for the entire family. If you cannot evacuate in 15-20 minutes - the odds of surviving decrease. This was heartbreaking and I can only hope they rebuild even better.
Excitement can cause your eyes,brain, hands and all to go crazy trying to film history. So sorry for your loss, even after all these years.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Mr. Asamu, forgive the people on this board who write about video production qualities. They are ignorant. The tragedy is unspeakable. The grief untold. Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in the US killed 2,000. This tsunami killed 20,0000. I am so sorry for your country.
This was violent and sad to watch, there were gates in the wall which collapsed under the force of the water and even concrete buildings which did survive more or less in most places are right out destroyed here behind the wall. From the waterline on the hills I estimated a flood of up to 20 meters high?
It's not the quality of the picture, or the sound....the problem is the cameraman unintentionally gives the viewer a major headache by being so distracted that he can't focus on rarely staying more than 5 seconds on any given shot. Having said that, this was obviously a life changing event for him personally, as well as the people of Japan. Very sad.
Did you notice the house that got washed out there sitting next to that wall when it fell over, then get totally obliterated when the wall fell over after the explosion of water that hit it.
@@donnalynch1484 I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to say here? You mad because the person filming was watching their world get ripped to pieces, and couldn't hold a steady camera? It's been 6 years since I made this post, and you call me back to it to complain?
Incredible the height of the water how many were swept away thinking they were safe behind the sea wall ,,without people filming this tragedy we would never have known just how bad it was ,
Although it apparently didn't happen here, for some reason this made me think of the many people who took refuge in buildings they thought were safe - and which might have even been designated tsunami evacuation locations - and then watched the water getting higher and higher, realizing suddenly that they were trapped and could not escape because they were going to be completely submerged, and they were going to drown. Horrible.
Here again we see a clear example of how a tidal wave recedes and then hurls inland, several times. First the water flows out, then in, over and over again. In New Zealand the residents told me that when the were hit with one (tidal wave=tsunami), the first thing they noticed was that all the water in the bay rushed OUT. Then IN came a big one. This happened several times. So when you see water rushing OUT towards the sea (and I hope you never do), that's nature's way of warning you: Head for the hills! (literally!) Get away from the coast!
Что Вы за их домики переживаете , они Курилы требуют , чтобы американские военные базы там разместить и в ВОВ сражались на стороне Гитлера, вернее под шумок все так же пытались отжать дальний восток! И думают ,что ядерные бомбы на них скинули русские ,а не американцы! Нашли кого пожалеть .
All joking aside That is stabilizer abuse! . Great courage and remained cool in this earthshaking axis tilting event to all tsunami victims alive and dead love from Texas
At 3:04 to watch the sea play games. Thinking it was over and then more tremors and another surge. It won't let go. Did i see wrong or was there a third very flat, deceptive wave?
You have some of the most unbelievable footage unfolding right in front you and you're recording the hill and rapidly recording from side to side. What a waste. I wanted to see how quickly it reached its highest level. We can learn alot from good footage of the true destruction such a powerful tsunami can cause. My deepest condolences to the victims of this very sad tragedy
It's a good thing that this video went through an image-stabilization program because it would've been pretty much unwatchable otherwise. Obviously this man wasn't able to pay attention to what he was aiming his camera at, in midst of all this trauma.
Why did the cameraman not focus in the water flowing below ?? All I can see are the bridge and home situated in the higher hill above that have no any change on them.
To everyone complaining about the picture quality: I'm sure you've all got high-quality video setups prepped and ready on two minutes' warning to document the next big disaster that hits your hometown. Maybe you carry them around with you so that you'll always have them to hand, because you never know when disaster will strike, eh? And I'm sure you'll be calm and professional cinematographers with steady hands filming away as your home gets levelled and your neighbours die and you don't know yourself whether you're going to live to see another dawn. No? All you've got is a mobile phone with video capability, your own anxious and unprepared hands, and nerves of protoplasm just like this guy here? Then you probably would do no better. Shut up.
+Arkadia Moon I totally agree with you, but, I think that early videos of tsunami were filmed in better resolution, and secuels are taken from youtube and re-uploaded with other users, losing image quality. I said that because i've seen these same videos in better quality years ago.
Arkadia Moon.... you are an absolute idiot!!! Have you not even bothered to watch all the other Tsunami videos???????? They completely disprove your pathetic, clueless comments.
My prayers go out to all affected by this tragedy. I appreciate the content of the video and thank you for posting; however, its unstabilization is giving me motion sickness. I made it to 11:53 and had to exit.
Absolutely incredible. I'd like to know the height difference from the lowest point to where the water drained out of the bay to the top of the where the water flowed over the wall...I think it would be an incredible amount. It's just hard to imagine the whole bay being drained like that and it would be so unreal if it had not been captured on camera.
Whoever did this video thank you you’ve captured the absolute horror and terror of this situation .Still praying for those who lost so much ! Not the things so much as safety and relationships.
What's sad, thought understandable, is the guy kept the zoom on (you never search with the zoom active), and he missed nearly all the key shots - however, again, considering what was going on one can understand that the zoom on the camera was the last thing on his mind.
At 19:35 he is indoors and there is a something that sounds EXACTLY like someone chambering a round in a firearm. Its the distinct metallic snap of the slide or bolt of semiautomatic weapon being chambered. But firearms are almost totally illegal in Japan.
私はこの地震が発生した時一人で韓国に遊びに行ってました。焼肉屋でお肉を食べようとしたら 東京・千葉方面から来ていたと見られる男子大学生数人が「地震だって」って言うてたので 携帯で日本にいる母親に電話して「関東で地震あったん？」と聞くと「東北の方や。大きな地震で津波が凄い」ということを聞きました。それを男子大学生に伝えると「ありがとうございます！」ということでしたが まさか こんなに恐ろしい津波でたくさんの方がお亡くなりになったり、未だに行方不明の方がいることに 本当に天災は怖いと思いました。私自身1995年の阪神大震災をまともに経験しましたがその時も頭がおかしくなりそうな状況でしたが、身内はみんな怪我もなく無事でした。ただ友人や息子の同級生や町内の方がたくさん亡くなられたことがショックでした。
どちらがどうということはないのですが、この先また 南海トラフが来ると言われています。でもその時高齢者を連れてにさっさと避難できるか ということに不安を覚えます。
阪神大震災の時は圧死や火事による焼死が多かったのです。
津波はわからない間にそろっと後ろからやってくる という感じで物凄く怖いです。別の動画でお爺さんお婆さんが津波に飲み込まれるようなものを見ましたが（その瞬間は撮影者がカメラを別の方向に向けていた）本当に恐ろしくて体が震え涙が出そうになります。日本は自然災害の多い国。。。
政府や自衛隊の方（自衛隊の方々にはとても助けられました）の初動対応が肝心ですね。（実際 阪神大震災の時は 政府は犠牲者数をまともに掴んでいませんでした。） 語彙力なく すみませんでした。
何回見ても、後世に残すべく貴重な映像です。ありがとうございます。
津波って🌊←こんな感じで来ると思っていたけれど、静かにあっという間に全てを飲み込んでいくんだな。本当に恐ろしい。
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津波は、普通の波と違って水位事態が上がってますからね…〇mの津波というのは〇mの高さの波が来るというより
〇mの高さに上がった水が押し寄せる。というイメージです。
海だけ見てると、少し高い波位に見えるんですよね…。
まさか波の後ろに、波と同じ高さの水位の水があるとは思わないですしね。。
本当に怖いですね…
ここの津波はすごいですね。うねりが、すごいですね。低いところへつなみがながれるので、ここは、たいへんだったですね。
灯台も沈み、すすり泣くこえもきこえます。だいじょうぶだとはげましてみえます。
防波堤も越えた、自然の力には勝てない、恐ろしいですね。
壮年以上の世代の人が辛い感情を言葉にするのって、普段はそうそうあることじゃないから、聞いててすごく辛いんだよなあ
一年前のコメントにすみません。でも自分もいつもそれを思います。他の動画で、おじさん達が大声で「逃げろー!!走れーっ!!」と必死に叫んでいるものもありますが、その声だけでこの時がどんなに異常な事態であったかと全身が理解するような、そんな気がします。
Wow, I've watched so many of these but with each new one I'm just blown away. As an American we have never witnessed anything close to this. I lost my home to a housefire 2 yrs ago and was traumatized and devastated until I ran across these and it really puts things in perspective. I too lost everything and was left with only the clothes on my back but I still had my city, my neighbors, friends, family, job etc... I lost nothing compared to this. Very humbling!! God bless Japan
The next Cascadia megaquake is coming.
We do have a regular point of reference here in the US: Hurricane storm surge. One of the strongest in recent memory was that of Hurricane Katrina, which hit the Miss. Gulf Coast with a storm surge of over 9 meters (30 or more feet), that lasted for hours. These are apples and oranges comparisons. Typically storm surge duration is tied to the speed, size and strength of the hurricane. The 2011 tsunami was an event that was mostly over in less than 30 minutes, while the storm surge from a major storm like Katrina was measured in hours. Also, Atlantic hurricanes that strike the Gulf or Atlantic Coasts hit areas that are low lying, with no nearby mountains for refuge like in Japan. For example, Katrina's storm surge went as much as 10 miles inland in Mississippi.
The highest storm surge on record was 13 meters, (43 ft.( in the Pacific, in 1899 in Australia, Tropical Cyclone Mahina. By comparison the 2011 Tsunami reached 40.5 (133 ft.) meters in places, with many towns that had 40 foot seawalls be over-topped.
The great Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was literally a 1000 year event. However, there are many places in the US that are also at risk for tsunami activities. It's just a matter of time, though, like hurricane storm surge, tsunamis also vary in size and power.
@@dnola6887 thanks for the schooling but I live in Central Mississippi and know all about Katrina. Yes, she was big, bad, and lasted a longtime leaving devastation in her wake. But, you can't seriously compare Katrina to the Japan 2011 Tsunami and think Katrina was worse than this. You can spout numbers all day but I've watched every video of this and what was destroyed in Ms. and La. doesn't come close to this. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
@@spalmer8398 Hi, neighbor. I was dining at Shaggy's on the Rez less than a month ago, and was just over on the coast earlier today.
You've misunderstood my comment, as none of the numbers I listed could in anyway support the notion that Katrina was worse than the 2011 tsunami. Not even close. By comparison, if the 2011 tsunami had taken place in the Gulf, it'd have devastated an area greater than from Tampa to Mobile. depending on the placement, it's possible that the US would've suffered devastation from Brownsville to Key West.
But Katrina: 30 foot storm surge, versus 2011 tsunami with 133 foot tsunami? There's no question that the tsunami was the greater event, by far. However, severe storm surges give a starting point of reference for Americans to relate with. Let's hope we don't have a megathrust quake that affects the US in our lifetimes. The Cascadia Subduction zone would be a horrific event the next time it goes off.
@@dnola6887 well howdy neighbor indeed. I live in Brandon and Shaggy's is one of our regular spots to go to!! Its 15 mins from us. So sorry for misreading your comment or if I sounded rude. Wasn't my intention at all. We cool and who knows maybe fate will have us both at Shaggys one day and we'll have a drink and laugh at this. But honestly, your correct and let's hope and pray we don't have any megabucks, tsunami in the U.S. our lifetime. Americans wouldn't be as strong and brave as the Japanese that survived this horrific day. Great to meet another Mississippian on here.
父の故郷である岩手県、撮影者の方の声が今は亡き伯父さんの声にそっくりで涙出てきました。大好きな東北弁…切ないです😢
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後世の教訓になる貴重な映像です。三嶋一族のみなさんに感謝。
当日、子供達と神社に避難した者です。
小学生・児童館の子供達はみんな静かに状況を見ていました。
今この動画を見ても、涙が出てきます。
この様な映像を残して頂いて、ありがとうございましたm(__)m
SaCC-hiさん～あの当日と 私達の県でも地震は４度ありました～その時 テレビの中から 家が流れる画像が流れてきました テレビに、 向かって 早く逃げてと 泣きながら叫んでいましたいまでも 泣きながら画像を見て 悔しい、 苦しい 負けないで 泣きながら 叫んでいます 負けないでね😭😭🙇🙇難しいけど 笑顔を見せて下さい
あれからだいぶ年月も経ち、小学生・幼稚園児だった子供達も社会人・大学生となり元気に過ごしています。温かなメッセージを頂いていて本当にありがとうございました🙏
TVで流れた映像を見た事はなかったのですが、この様な気持ちで報道を見ていたんだなぁ…としみじみと思います。
これからまた災害はあるかもしれませんが、被害に遭われる方があまり出ないよう、教訓としてちゃんと避難優先を大切にして欲しいと思います。
実家が海から徒歩5分なのに
高台も高い建物もなくて
昔から絶望してる、、
高い建物の小学校まで
約徒歩10分、、
でも5分以内に逃げろと、、、、、
自分は結婚して引っ越す時に
海からは6㌔程離れていて
避難場所指定の中学校まで
徒歩4分の場所を選んだ。
東日本大地震の津波の映像が
怖すぎたから。。
でも実家には歳老いてきた母も
85の祖母も愛犬二匹いる。。
もしもの時心配でしかない。。
１２分辺りの「もう無くなっちゃ」という言葉が凄く心に響きました。
でも、それでも大切な「命」が残っている。
命より大切な物はこの世には無いと思いますよ。
確かにそうですね
でも長年住んでいた家を失う事も同じぐらい辛いと思います
住む家を失う 思い出も失う
It is interesting to note how differently the waves behaved the second time around. The water was so loaded with sediment it is much denser and moves slower but with more power. This is why it knocked that wall down so effortlessly. Also of course the foundations were undermined by that time, but you can clearly see the water is thick and black. Sea water weighs just over 1000kg per cubic metre, whereas wet clay or mud weighs over 1800kg/m³, so even at 10%, the force of the wave and the effect is has on structures is increased, especially when you chuck a couple of Olympic-sized swimming pools (5000m³) at something all at once.
Куда же она лезет эта вода, как альпенист, всё выше и выше! Мало места, идёт страшный разлив!
共有していただきありがとうございます。
デンマークからのご挨拶。
Thank you for sharing.
Greetings from Denmark.
第一波が過ぎ去ったからといって
全く安心は出来ないということを教えてくれる動画
OMG! 21:45 The entire barrier wall collapsed like a cardboard box, just look at how thick the wall is, that's just insane
The pressure were insane
Scientists are studying this tsunami and fatalities. Too many were curious went to shore or did not leave their homes. Some tried to save their cars or boats. Get to high ground fast is the only answer. Some school children were drilled to get to high ground their survival rate a lot higher. Some coast towns are being rebuilt on land raised with 10 feet of fill. Incredible and horrifyng to watch
There were 4 pressure waves noted by at sea coast guard.
11:30 This was my primary school. This guy's son was a student, too. His wife said like "what are we gonna do? There is a kidergarden, too. Are childrens still there?" and was cring. He said "They must have went to a hight." Fortunately, all kids of the kindergarden and the primary school were fine. However, many students lost their family members and houses.
ここの映像は、津波のすごさがよくわかります。たいへんでしたね。叔父さんのご冥福を御祈りいたします。
When this happened? Please answer me
@@eheaalasm5776 March 11th 2011
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@@eheaalasm5776 where were you to don't remenber such a thing! This tragedy scared all of us in earth.
17:07 ｢海、あんなんなってんだふでなぁ！｣
私も当時、同じ事を思いました
初めて小白浜の海底を見ました
祖母が助かってなにより。
「無くなっちゃた…」と…女性の悲痛な声に胸が締め付けられます。😣
線路が上に見えまし他。小学校が近くにあるので、しょうか？
@@user-es3sz3mm2m 唐桑小学校ですね…
милые бедные люди..сколько же вам пришлось пережить..пусть у всех будет все хорошо.всем здоровья и терпения..
今の技術では無理だけど、こういう映像をなんとか1000年後まで残せるようにしたい。天災による悲劇を繰り返さない為に。
この辺りで、小学校があるようです。このへんのひとが、たかだいへにげたようです。じんじゃ？この辺りの小学生は無事だったのでしょうか？たいいくかんもある？
すごい、波の高さですね。畝っています。
灯台もなくなった。
At 6:00 you can see a large section of the sea wall give way and topple over into a building. When this happens, it's no longer just water flowing over the top of the wall. Now the entire depth of the tsunami flows into town. This is completely devastating. God bless the people of Japan.
Had it not collapsed, I'd say within minutes it would've been overtopped anyway.
@@wwaynemcg yes that's my point. A missing wall allows far more water in, than just being overtopped. That's why I said the full depth of the tsunami flowed into the town.
In many locations the walls made things a lot worse.
This might surprise some of you but sometimes it's kind of hard to concentrate when everything, your home town and everything you worked for all of your life is washed away in front of your eyes while the earth trembles underneath you.
I'd still hold the camera steady.
Some people are ungreatful and unsympathetic, but not all.
They had nothing but the clothes on their back
If it's a shit unwatchable video, don't post it or spend some time and edit out all that ridiculous bouncing around!! Really this stupid??
@@patrickdale2603thats a stupid comment
It's quite incredible how the water just keeps on rising and rising and goes above the seawall. It's a shame part of the wall falls when the water is starting to receed, the damage was bad but more or less could be mitigated but with the breach the water just rushed inside super fast.
Sismologia
O Japão encontra-se localizado geograficamente numa zona de subducção, sendo por isso atingido por cerca de 1 500 sismos por ano.[1]
Sismo de Tohoku de 2011
Ver artigo principal: Sismo e tsunami de Tohoku de 2011
No dia 11 de março de 2011 ocorreu um sismo de magnitude 9.0 na escala de Richter.[22] O epicentro foi a 130 km a leste da península de Oshika e o hipocentro localizado a uma profundidade de 24,4 km, tendo provocado um tsunami. A onda gigante acabou por chegar a algumas centrais nucleares em Fukushima, causando uma fuga radioativa. O sismo, pela sua intensidade, afetou o eixo de rotação da Terra em 0,25º.
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I’ve watched this video many times over the years and I just wonder if anyone has any additional information on why the safety wall failed. Was it just the “over topping” or was there actually a section failure? Thankyou
北海道の沿岸民なので、話してる事（訛りの内容など）が伝わってきます。私も当時実家で地震の揺れを体験し、なんかおかしいぞと、テレビを付けて他の場所の映像を見た時に呆然としました。まさかこんな大津波が来るとは思いませんでした。北海道の地震も含めて防災意識は今後とも意識していきたいです。亡くなられて方々、お悔やみ申し上げます。
Heart Wrenching Stuff... The engineering of that wave wall was amazing, I don't think almost anyone could have predicted the water would go that high.
In the end that zone got flooded when the huge portion of the wall went down. Before that the water was going above the wall but not so much, it was starting to decrease the level until it fell...and then came the second wave which basically made the wall useless.
Juan José Del Pino Rivas I guess the second wave is always the worst
I salute the Japanese people they are so resilient. You are in my prays. I am so sorry what your country has gone through. My best wishes, from New Orleans, Louisiana.
撮影しているおじちゃん動揺が凄かったんでしょうね。奥様らしき人が泣いていたり、何十年も頑張って働いて建てた家も流されて、やるせない気持ちが伝わって来ます。
私は福島で目の前の光景に一人でパニックになりながら過ごしていました。停電していて、詳しいことを知ったのは夜に鹿児島の友達から電話がやっと繋がって教えてもらうまでは何が起きたか把握できませんでした。
岩手のリアス式海岸は東北でもとても美しい場所でした。魚介類も美味しくてね。
あれからいろいろありましたね。これからも地震と闘いつつ、復興へ向けて頑張って参りましょう。
===== This is one of the most impressive videos showing the nature of tsunamis, from the crest of the wave inundating everything, to the entire bay emptying out with the arrival of the trough. It didn't deserve so many negative inputs. =====
I suspect that the negative votes are for the careless videography (jumping back and forth, missing the crucial moments when the tsunami overtops the wall, and then when it breaches the wall, while viewing the opposite hill or housetops where the action is NOT happening), and for the lack of editing out the parts that jump around, or are out of focus, etc. For my part, I didn't down-vote it, but I can understand why some folks would.
Thanks to whoever produced stabilised version of this video. Even with stabilisation it is disorienting to watch with camera being all over the place place. Understandable given the circumstances.
Witnessing the absolute destruction of the communities entire fishing fleet and the sea wall defence being overrun by the wave that swept entire buildings from their foundations before shattering them into a debris field must be extremely traumatic for the survivors!
Even more disturbing was seeing complete buildings being dislodged and swept out to sea when the wave receded, likewise, cars were caught up in the maelstrom, and it must be considered that unfortunate victims may have been inside, unable to escape!
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force deployed teams of Divers to search houses which had been swept into the harbour and lay wrecked on the seabed!
It was utterly surreal to see these Divers search in a kitchen, amid cups, bowls and a rice cooker of a house that lay on the harbour floor!
These missions were particularly hazardous as the house wreckage was unstable and contained many entanglement hazards.
People across the world like to live in coastal communities, however, this tsunami graphically displayed their vulnerability to such natural events!
Thank you for this video, it reminds viewers that this tragedy occurred to everyday ordinary people just like themselves!
Hopefully you are all recovered now. That was a very scary time and devastating for your town .
Seaman E9: This was the most photographed earthquake/tsunami in history. Many people in Japan have an app on their cell phones for civil defense warnings. The earthquake came with little warning. The tsunami sirens warned people immediately to get to higher ground. There was no time to "make sure your family was safe" etc.
最近アップされた動画ですね。海岸から急勾配で立ち上がる地形の為、住宅の立地（の海抜）によってはっきりと明暗が分かれたことが痛切に感じられる映像でした。
撮影者の「終わりだ終わりだ、何もかにもみんな終わりだ！！」の一言が、眼前で繰り広げられる事態の全てを表していますね。
Is this the worst tsunami, i get the bad filming he’s to upset
House way up high you would think you’re safe( and you were) but it got to your door step
Такая трагедия. В один миг тысячи людей погибло, другие тысячи остались без крова. Какой мужественный народ..
Какой один миг ?они полчаса снимали приближение цунами ! А надо было просто подняться выше !смотрю на них и диву даюсь !какая же бестолковая нация !у них что это в первый раз ? У нас в Питере дамба мощнее ! И корабли почему в море не вывели ! Там для судов безопаснее !или трусы или бестолочь !
This tsunami hit the first town 29 minutes after the earthquake. It was traveling at 360 miles per hour. Pretty hard to outrun it.
What a beautiful place and what a terrible thing to happen to everyone and their houses.
こんな津波がくるなんて誰も予想してなかったよね。防波堤が逃げる時間稼ぎになってたことなんてみんなきっと分かってるけど、意味なかったって言葉がでてしまうのもわかる気がする。誰も憎む相手がいないから何かのせいにしたくなると思う。まだまだ復興は終わってない6年たってもまだ大変な思いをしてる方達がいる。またいつ災害が起きるかわからないから忘れちゃいけない
忘れることは、できないと思います。自衛隊のへりこぶたーがあたまのうえをとおっていきました。なんども、きゅうじょにいったのだとおもいます。
救助に行っていたと思います。
Interesting but sad clips. :( Thank you posting this.
Worst video ever
@@edwardalamo2507 I like.
Such an awful, awful event. I hope all who made it through are recovering mentally as well as physically. It must have been so hard to witness. The cries of the people, just heart rending. Much love to you all. x
Very well said! I agree with you 100%
We r lucky to see all this video if u compare tsunami in year 2004, especially in Acheh, Indonesia 🇮🇩 no one able to video it bcos most of them had been disappeared
Esto nos da una muestra del horror que vivieron nuestros hermanos japoneses . Pero son un pueblo fuerte y espero y sé que saldrán adelante. Saludos desde España.
fue en 2011 bro
Nice job stabilising. Lot of work. Hours.
映像を残して頂き感謝します
That little neighborhood was particularly lucky. I guess the seawall was just high enough.
At 21:30 a wall of cyclopeon scale is pushed over like children's building blocks. The blocks CRUSH a nearby house completely. Terrifying!!!
Yeah you're right! So powerful and terrifying
From 19:58 the camera man are more concentrated and steady because he films from a higher place alone up stairs in a House and is not distracted by the people around him and at 21:46 check out how the sea Wall collapses and the little car is catapulted by the pressure of the sudden water surge. All videos from this day are important documentation. By watching them you learn a lot of things that can help yourself in a future catastrophic event. You understand the value of video documentation and sharing. You understand the importance of fast evacuation and in this case I learn how people around you are a comfort but distracting and the camera is sailing around and about. But then I closed my eyes and listen how the people are commenting and calming Down a whoman who is crying. No one is getting angry but they are together helplesly watching mother Nature in action. You are With a surviver who did his best to document this event. Then after he runs upstairs in a House he gets some really good details on the power of water.
Look again carefully when the sea wall collapses. It's not a car, but a small house that is in the path.
@@michaeldean5202 wow it's hard to see, but that is definitely a little house
I for one am thankful for the stabilization editing. What city was this? I’ve watched many of these videos and do not recognize this location.
How can u tell anything he's going around in circles
@@armandofernandez8257 Agree Amando, This must be the worse filming clip of this Tsunami with the moving of the camera. Someone had to be the worse. I guess he is nervous as he should be. So many took this Tsunami warning casually and died because they stay in the low lands. Japanese are trained to move to higher ground after an earthquake. Specially a big one. Many delayed their escape to higher ground. SAD
This is in Kojirahama Bay, Tonicho Town, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture.
I'm sure, as the camera man watched on in abject terror, the thing most at the forefront of his mind was just how well he maintained the in view camera shot!!
FFS! 🤦🏻♂️
@@beamdoctor5637 I think, It is'nt acsident. It is katastrofe. Katastrofe grandesa.
第1波を耐えて安心しても第2波で全部持っていかれる。
防波堤は少なくとも逃げる時間を稼ぐことができてたのでは？と思う。
My heart breaks for all those impacted but that poor woman crying just melts my heart. I just want to hug her and assure her that things will eventually be ok.
Coming up on 10 years since this tragedy. Almost 20,000 souls perished or missing, but any other country and that would have been 200-500 thousand. Preparedness is important and Japan leads the world in this.
I would urge anyone that lives in a coastal area, and especially in bays and inlets to have a first rate evacuation plan for the entire family. If you cannot evacuate in 15-20 minutes - the odds of surviving decrease. This was heartbreaking and I can only hope they rebuild even better.
The force of that tsunami was mind blowing 🤯
Parabéns pelo autocontrole de quem conviveu com essa tragédia e ainda foi capaz de registrar as cenas dessa terrível catástrofe.
Excitement can cause your eyes,brain, hands and all to go crazy trying to film history. So sorry for your loss, even after all these years.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Olga Martin I do apologize, if I had been in their shoes I do understand. Stay safe, healthy.👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸
3,11は絶対に風化させてはいけない。自然災害は人間の力ではどうもできないが復興は絶対に出来る。
「なくなっちゃた」この言葉に泣いた。
After watching dozens of these 3/11. Videos this one could have been one of the best.
Mr. Asamu, forgive the people on this board who write about video production qualities. They are ignorant. The tragedy is unspeakable. The grief untold. Hurricane Katrina, the worst natural disaster in the US killed 2,000. This tsunami killed 20,0000. I am so sorry for your country.
20,0000?
Well spoken.
I'm sure he was really upset. Duh. So much drama coming from a beta boy like you.
@@Mucho-Taco 15,899 according to Wikipedia. 2,529 still missing. That's almost 20,000.
Forgive Ralph... Mr thinks he knows it all
Amazing the stabilization.
Terrible the tragedy.
訛りがわかるから、大変さがわかる
1000年に一度なんだろ
海よ10000年静かにしてくれよ。
頼むよ。
This was violent and sad to watch, there were gates in the wall which collapsed under the force of the water and even concrete buildings which did survive more or less in most places are right out destroyed here behind the wall.
From the waterline on the hills I estimated a flood of up to 20 meters high?
The sheer force of Mother Nature. Before I finished wondering whether that sea wall could retain that tide, it was breached.
It's not the quality of the picture, or the sound....the problem is the cameraman unintentionally gives the viewer a major headache by being so distracted that he can't focus on rarely staying more than 5 seconds on any given shot. Having said that, this was obviously a life changing event for him personally, as well as the people of Japan. Very sad.
(21:45) - OMG the force of the water actually pushed that giant cement barrier over!!! That thing probably weighed several thousand tons!!!
Did you notice the house that got washed out there sitting next to that wall when it fell over, then get totally obliterated when the wall fell over after the explosion of water that hit it.
This is the second video where you can clearly hear at least one large jet flying over.
yes that is what jets do, they fly over.
I can't hold a steady hand, even when not terrified. I would be terrified here. My heart continues to ache for Japan.
Not an excused
@@donnalynch1484 I'm not sure I follow what you're trying to say here? You mad because the person filming was watching their world get ripped to pieces, and couldn't hold a steady camera? It's been 6 years since I made this post, and you call me back to it to complain?
I had no idea how really horrible this was. I feel so much pain for the Japanese people. Lord be with you.
Incredible the height of the water how many were swept away thinking they were safe behind the sea wall ,,without people filming this tragedy we would never have known just how bad it was ,
Although it apparently didn't happen here, for some reason this made me think of the many people who took refuge in buildings they thought were safe - and which might have even been designated tsunami evacuation locations - and then watched the water getting higher and higher, realizing suddenly that they were trapped and could not escape because they were going to be completely submerged, and they were going to drown. Horrible.
hebneh 否りんじ
Here again we see a clear example of how a tidal wave recedes and then hurls inland, several times. First the water flows out, then in, over and over again. In New Zealand the residents told me that when the were hit with one (tidal wave=tsunami), the first thing they noticed was that all the water in the bay rushed OUT. Then IN came a big one. This happened several times. So when you see water rushing OUT towards the sea (and I hope you never do), that's nature's way of warning you: Head for the hills! (literally!) Get away from the coast!
Thanks for stabilizing that video - mut be hard to follow otherwise
It's heartbreaking to see this video..God bless Japan..I was in Tokyo 2004..experienced some earthquakes there too .
Какие домики аккуратные, ни одной старой, дырявой крыши. Все ухоженные, красивые. Жаль вдвойне. Бедные люди, живут и постоянно рискуют.
Что Вы за их домики переживаете , они Курилы требуют , чтобы американские военные базы там разместить и в ВОВ сражались на стороне Гитлера, вернее под шумок все так же пытались отжать дальний восток! И думают ,что ядерные бомбы на них скинули русские ,а не американцы! Нашли кого пожалеть .
The rapid to a fro movements are making nauseous.
He just copied the video from another person. You can see it on the covered date.
So sad for the people - that aside you wonder where all the stuff being washed away ends up - some may get washed ashore thousands of miles away
All joking aside That is stabilizer abuse! . Great courage and remained cool in this earthshaking axis tilting event to all tsunami victims alive and dead love from Texas
At 3:04 to watch the sea play games. Thinking it was over and then more tremors and another surge. It won't let go. Did i see wrong or was there a third very flat, deceptive wave?
You have some of the most unbelievable footage unfolding right in front you and you're recording the hill and rapidly recording from side to side. What a waste. I wanted to see how quickly it reached its highest level. We can learn alot from good footage of the true destruction such a powerful tsunami can cause. My deepest condolences to the victims of this very sad tragedy
It's a good thing that this video went through an image-stabilization program because it would've been pretty much unwatchable otherwise. Obviously this man wasn't able to pay attention to what he was aiming his camera at, in midst of all this trauma.
Thank you for stabilising the footage.
How far into the video does he stabilize it?
@@michellekurtiscole9407 28:25
Yeah, absolutely not.
女性のすすり泣きが胸に迫る……小学校方面に家族がいたのかな(>_
Why did the cameraman not focus in the water flowing below ?? All I can see are the bridge and home situated in the higher hill above that have no any change on them.
tanyavit tantakasem What emotions do you think he is dealing with as he watches this? Insensitive jerk.
A huge event like this and he's filming buildings? Or cars & people clearly beyond the reach of the waves. I need a Dramamine now.
I pray they rebuilt further up the mountainside
Can't see anything. The person with the camera is all over the place, even up in the trees!
so annoying.
Super stupid cameraman,,,🤣🤣🤣
To everyone complaining about the picture quality: I'm sure you've all got high-quality video setups prepped and ready on two minutes' warning to document the next big disaster that hits your hometown. Maybe you carry them around with you so that you'll always have them to hand, because you never know when disaster will strike, eh? And I'm sure you'll be calm and professional cinematographers with steady hands filming away as your home gets levelled and your neighbours die and you don't know yourself whether you're going to live to see another dawn.
No? All you've got is a mobile phone with video capability, your own anxious and unprepared hands, and nerves of protoplasm just like this guy here? Then you probably would do no better. Shut up.
You should ad the aftershocks!
+Arkadia Moon I totally agree with you, but, I think that early videos of tsunami were filmed in better resolution, and secuels are taken from youtube and re-uploaded with other users, losing image quality. I said that because i've seen these same videos in better quality years ago.
Allah Akbar!!! Eat more bacon!!!!
Arkadia Moon.... you are an absolute idiot!!! Have you not even bothered to watch all the other Tsunami videos???????? They completely disprove your pathetic, clueless comments.
+Ron McNeal another religious idiot 😉😆
Which town was this?
Is there a version of this video with English subtitles?
Why would there be sir?
My prayers go out to all affected by this tragedy. I appreciate the content of the video and thank you for posting; however, its unstabilization is giving me motion sickness. I made it to 11:53 and had to exit.
Judy G. Don’t be an asshole for no reason
At 6:00 it looks like the sea wall finally gave up...
Absolutely incredible. I'd like to know the height difference from the lowest point to where the water drained out of the bay to the top of the where the water flowed over the wall...I think it would be an incredible amount. It's just hard to imagine the whole bay being drained like that and it would be so unreal if it had not been captured on camera.
That's more than 15 meters actually, or it might even reach more than 20 meters... Just look at the height of the eroded hill at 24:12
Whoever did this video thank you you’ve captured the absolute horror and terror of this situation .Still praying for those who lost so much ! Not the things so much as safety and relationships.
What's sad, thought understandable, is the guy kept the zoom on (you never search with the zoom active), and he missed nearly all the key shots - however, again, considering what was going on one can understand that the zoom on the camera was the last thing on his mind.
Idiots, fool's
仙台ですが家の中はめちゃくちゃ、揺れが収まり近所の家の高齢者に声をかけ終え自宅に戻って停電だったので 車でラジオ聞いて沿岸部壊滅状態で200を超える遺体がある模様と聞いて 唖然としていました。
9年過ぎてるとはいえとても動画最後まで見る気にならなかったです。
Too dizzy but I’d have been shaking so bad I couldn’t have even held the camera.
I hope you have survived this and that it never happens again.
断続的に鳴り響くサイレンの音が怖い。
I know this was a terrible thing to witness but I've never seen a camera swung around so consistently for such a long time. Was it tied to a pendulum?
At 19:35 he is indoors and there is a something that sounds EXACTLY like someone chambering a round in a firearm. Its the distinct metallic snap of the slide or bolt of semiautomatic weapon being chambered. But firearms are almost totally illegal in Japan.