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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.
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.
Miyako (宮古 市, Miyako-shi) is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 April 2020, the city had an estimated population of 51,150, and a population density of 41 persons per km 2. The total area of the city is 1,259.15 square kilometers (486.16 sq mi). [1]
Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail, ... which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The name of the route is a throwback to ancient times, when Japan’s north-eastern Tohoku region ...
Hoshino, 46, swept broken glass from some 20 shattered whiskey bottles into a garbage bag in her bar on a back street in the city of Iwaki, roughly 200 km (120 miles) north of Tokyo and not far ...
After years of success, the seawalls failed when tsunami waves estimated at 12 metres (39 ft) to 15 metres (49 ft) high struck Tarō following the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Survivors said they saw some residents climb onto the sea defenses to watch the approaching tsunami only to be swept away when the waves went ...
The 1896 earthquake resulted in the highest tsunami wave ever recorded in Japan at 38.2 metres (125.3 ft), until it was surpassed by a 40.4 metres (132.5 ft) wave at Miyako in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [7] The villages of Shizugawa and Utatsu were established on June 1, 1889 with the establishment of the modern municipalities system.
On 11 March 2011, off the Pacific coast of Japan, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake produced a 33 feet (10 m) high tsunami along the northeast coast of Japan. The wave caused widespread devastation, with an official count of 18,550 people confirmed dead or missing. [176] The highest recorded tsunami in Miyako, Iwate, reached a total height of 40.5 ...