A. C. Grayling wrote a germane article on the relationship of natural disasters and religion here:
http://richarddawkins.net/articles/602215-god-and-disaster
Natural desasters are only seen as such from the perspective of the insignificant denizens of this planet. The occurrence itself is normal and natural. All cooling bodies crack on the surface, particularly if you consider plate tectonics on such a massive scale.
The earthquake is even necessary for a relief of stress the crust of the earth endures. The subsequent movements of the waters on the surface are equally inevitable.
Curiously enough the ripples on the water are caused from the submerged landmass and its movements. The quaking of the crust over the water is not sufficient to move the waters in this magnitude.
The result is a canyon in the crust directly before the continental shelf of Japan 270 miles long and 59 miles wide. We do not yet know how deep it is.
In the face of such facts the propiating of a deity in a temple with prayer seems somewhat strange. Nature has just shown that there is no benevolent deity, in fact no divine being, no sky fairy which can be reached with prayer or swayed in its decision by it.
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