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This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
The 2011 Colorado earthquake caused damage in Segundo, Cokedale, Valdez and Trinidad. Rockslides occurred on State Highway 12. — — 23 [77] United States, Virginia, 11 km southwest of Mineral: 5.8 6.0 VIII The 2011 Virginia earthquake was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history, with tremors also being felt in Canada. [78]
In Japan, the Shindo scale is commonly used to measure earthquakes by seismic intensity instead of magnitude. This is similar to the Modified Mercalli intensity scale used in the United States, the Liedu scale used in China or the European Macroseismic Scale (EMS), meaning that the scale measures the intensity of an earthquake at a given location instead of measuring the energy an earthquake ...
Location Magnitude Property damage 1 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Japan: 9.1 $360 billion [210] [211] 2 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake: Japan: 6.9 $200 billion [212] 3 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes: Turkey Syria: 7.8 $163.6 billion [213] [214] 4 2008 Sichuan earthquake: China 7.9 $150 billion [215] 5 2011 Christchurch earthquake: New ...
This earthquake resulted in at least 1 death and left at least 185 injured. [14] Serious damage was caused. There was no tsunami. It is believed that this was an aftershock of the earthquake almost 10 years to the exact date of the 2011 mainshock. [15] 2021-03-20 18:09:45 M w 7.0 M JMA 6.9
see 2011 Lorca earthquake: 37.699 -1.673 9 5.1 M w (USGS) Centred 50 km SW of Murcia, Spain, at a depth of 1 km. [15] May 19, 2011 20:15 Western Turkey see 2011 Kütahya earthquake: 39.137 29.074 2 5.8 M w (USGS) Centred 53 km NNW of Uşak, Turkey, at a depth of 9.1 km. [16] June 13, 2011 02:20 South Island of New Zealand see June 2011 ...
Works about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (5 C, 4 P) Pages in category "2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.