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Operation Tomodachi (トモダチ作戦, Tomodachi Sakusen, literally "Operation Friend(s)") was a United States Armed Forces (especially U.S. Forces Japan) assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The operation took place from 12 March to 4 May 2011; involved 24,000 U.S ...
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.
According to Japan's foreign ministry, 163 countries and regions, and 43 international organizations had offered assistance to Japan as of September 15, 2011. [1] The magnitude of the earthquake was estimated at 9.1. [2] This article is a list of charitable and humanitarian responses to the disaster from governments and non-governmental ...
The tsunami warning was issued within 3 minutes with the most serious rating on its warning scale during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it was rated as a "major tsunami", being at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. [2] [3] An improved system was unveiled on March 7, 2013, following the 2011 disaster to better assess imminent tsunamis. [4] [5]
Scientists recorded a slow-slip event in 2011 before the magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which killed more than 18,000 people and touched off the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Pages in category "2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami relief" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The warning was prompted after a series of earthquakes, the strongest measuring 6.1, struck at around 11am local time with an epicentre in the Pacific Ocean, about 550km south of Tokyo.
For years after the Tohoku event, aftershocks rippled across Japan, adding to the damage, including a 7.1 earthquake in 2021. Likewise, in the Pacific Northwest, aftershocks could continue for ...