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Though a warning of a possible tsunami of 3 m (9.8 ft) in height was issued, [40] a 60 cm (24 in) wave was reported by NHK in the port of Onahama of Iwaki, Fukushima; a 90 cm (35 in) wave hit Sōma, Fukushima; and another wave 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in height struck the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant site after the 6.9 shock. [41]
The 2016 Fukushima earthquake struck Japan east-southeast of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture at 05:59 JST on November 22 (20:59 Nov 21 UTC) with depth of 11.4 km (7.1 mi).The shock had a maximum intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli scale.
Japan is regularly affected by natural disasters, with the country also being in the Ring of Fire. Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have occurred in Japan, in 1995 (~6,500 deaths) and 2011 (~20,000 deaths) – the latter of which had also triggered the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster .
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Japan is an extremely quake-prone nation, but a tsunami warning of the magnitude of Monday's had not been issued since a major quake and tsunami caused meltdowns at a nuclear plant in March 2011.
The agency said tsunami waves of up to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) were detected along parts of Kyushu's southern coast and the nearby island of Shikoku about a half hour after the quake struck.
Tsunami waves as tall as 14 ft (4.3 m) surmounted the 1,950 m (6,400 ft) long and 63 m (207 ft) deep Kamaishi Tsunami Protection Breakwater, [13] which had been completed in March 2009, after three decades of construction, at a cost of $1.5 billion. [13] It was once recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's deepest breakwater. [14]
Ten years after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan’s northeastern coast, triggering meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, much has been achieved in disaster-hit areas ...