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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.
Family photo (Iden in white) As 6-foot waves from a tsunami hit the shores of Hawaii, triggered by a deadly 8.9 earthquake in Japan, travel blogger Christopher Elliott, on a trip to Maui with his ...
The tsunami is known as the Hawaii April Fools' Day Tsunami because it happened on 1 April and many people thought it was an April Fool's Day prank. The result was the creation of a tsunami warning system known as the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), established in 1949 for the countries of Oceania. 1946: Nankai, Japan: 1946 Nankai earthquake
Pages in category "Documentary films about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
AP An historic 8.9 earthquake in Japan early today triggered a tsunami expected to hit Hawaii this morning. Hotel guests were moved to higher floors as tsunami sirens shrieked, and the islands ...
A tsunami warning was hoisted for the entire west coast of the United States, Hawaii and eastern coasts of Japan on Saturday morning after an earthquake struck near Tonga in the South Pacific. The ...
The 2011 tsunami toppled more than 50% of the walls and caused catastrophic damage. [ 80 ] The Okushiri, Hokkaidō tsunami , which struck within two to five minutes of the earthquake on July 12, 1993 , created waves 30 metres (100 ft) tall—as high as a 10-storey building.
The tsunami reportedly rolled over the tops of the coconut trees up to 60 feet (18 m) high, and it reached inland a distance of a quarter of a mile (400 meters) in some places. [ 34 ] On 29 November 1975, a 37-mile-wide (60 km) section of the Hilina Slump dropped 11.5 feet (3.5 m) and slid 26 feet (7.9 m) toward the ocean.