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The March 2011 Sanriku earthquake was a foreshock of the 9.1 earthquake 2 days later. — — 10 [27] China, Yunnan: 5.5 10.0 VII The 2011 Yunnan earthquake damaged 12,000 homes, left 26 people dead and 313 injured. 26 313 11 [28] Japan, Tōhoku Region offshore 9.1 29.0 XI [29]
The following is a list of significant earthquakes for the period 2011–2020, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.
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.
- On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people and causing a meltdown in Fukushima, leading to the world's worst nuclear disaster ...
The magnitude 7.1 quake occurred off the country’s northeastern coast late Saturday, local time. Earthquake hits Japan, rocking Fukushima, site of 2011 nuclear disaster Skip to main content
2010 Haiti earthquake: 160,000 7.0 Haiti: January 12: 2011: 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: 19,759 9.0–9.1 Japan: March 11: 2012: 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes: 306 6.4 Iran: August 11: 2013: 2013 Balochistan earthquakes: 825 7.7 Pakistan: September 24: 2014: 2014 Ludian earthquake: 615 6.1 China: August 3: 2015: 2015 Nepal earthquake ...
International relations French President Nicolas Sarkozy and First Lady Carla Bruni begin an official trip to the overseas departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique. (UPI) Ghana says a threat of force by the Economic Community of West African States to remove Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo would "not bring about peace" in the country. (Bloomberg) Laurent Gbagbo expels the ambassadors for ...
A convoy of fire engines in the tsunami zone. The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. The tsunami created over 300,000 refugees in the Tōhoku region of Japan, and resulted in shortages of food, water, shelter, medicine and fuel for survivors. 15,900 deaths have been confirmed.