More than a week has gone by since a massive earthquake rocked Japan. But residents are still trembling. The magnitude 9.0 quake ripped through the country's northeastern coast at 2:46 p.m. on March 11. Buildings buckled, highways collapsed and fires broke out. It was the strongest earthquake on record to hit Japan, and the fourth most powerful to strike anywhere in the last 100 years.

Excerpt from: An, Vickie. "Crisis in Japan." Time for Kids 25 March 2011: n. pag. Web. 24 June 2011.