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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.
Nagoya, Japan Of the 271 people on board, 7 survived. 230: 1993 Hokkaidō earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami 11 Jul 1993: 58 km west of Hokkaidō, Sea of Japan: 225: 2018 Japan floods: Heavy Rain, Floods, Mudslide 28 Jun 2018 – 9 Jul 2018: Shikoku Western Honshu
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 ...
As the Great East Japan Earthquake, the fourth most powerful ever recorded in history, hit the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku on March 11, 2011, Yuko quickly reached for her phone to contact her husband.
A tsunami advisory was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency for this earthquake. There was 4 dead and 225 injured. [25] [26] [27] An estimated 2.2 million households from 13 prefectures and one metropolitan area were left without power. [28]
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 team was transported to Japan by a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft as Operation Pacific Assist, which remained in the country to contribute to the disaster relief effort. Two other RAAF C-17's were deployed to Japan to transport supplies and equipment, all three moving over one million pounds of cargo. [14]