Japan's devastating earthquake in pictures
In this photo taken on March 24, 2011, the broken remains of the world's deepest breakwaters, which stretch to the sea floor 63 meters below the water's surface, are seen near Kamaishi Port in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, after a tsunami came over the city on March 11. The breakwaters were constructed in 2009 to withstand a tsunami generated by a magnitude 8.5 earthquake, but they were unable to stop the tsunami triggered by the March 11 earthquake, which was magnitude 9.0. (Mainichi)
