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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.
Ryou-Un Maru (漁運丸, Fishing Luck) (also Ryō Un Maru [2]) was a Japanese fishing boat that was washed away from its mooring in Aomori Prefecture by the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and drifted across the Pacific Ocean. [1]
The remnants of the Crisis Management Department Building where Miki Endo was swept away by the tsunami. Miki Endo (遠藤 未希, Endō Miki, July 18, 1986, Japan – March 11, 2011, Minamisanriku, Japan) was an employee of the town of Minamisanriku's Crisis Management Department, tasked with broadcasting disaster advisories and warnings.
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Pray for Japan is a 2012 Japanese documentary film about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Stu Levy produced and directed the film. All of the crew, including Levy, volunteered to make it, and all of the profits from it will be donated to the non-profit organization JEN for their Tōhoku reconstruction projects. [1]
The 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami that ravaged parts of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, 2011 killed about 20,000 people and drove thousands from their homes in the prefectures of ...
The Miracle Pine Tree (奇跡の一本松, Kiseki no Ippon matsu) was the lone surviving tree of the Takata Pine Forest, which suffered deadly damage from the Great East Japan Earthquake tsunami in March 2011. [3] [4] It was located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.
These structures helped save thousands of lives in the 2011 tsunami in Japan. People evacuate to the roof of an elementary school after a tsunami warning is announced on March 13, 2011 in ...