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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.
The reconstruction of damaged areas in Tōhoku beginning in 2011 produced a boom in construction jobs and business in the area. As a result, cities like Sendai benefited from an increase in residents and wages for construction-related jobs rose. [47] By March 2012, 644 companies in Japan had been forced into bankruptcy by the disaster.
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.
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]
A small earthquake shook homes along the southern stretch of the Tri-Cities on Friday night. ... along the Columbia River just north of Richland ranging from 2.6 to 3.2 magnitude in 2011, all at ...
Four of the 10 cities whose employment rolls are suffering the most amid a national wave of metropolitan austerity are in California, according to a list compiled by 24/7 Wall St. The Golden State ...
Works about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami (5 C, 4 P) Pages in category "2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
On March 28, 1964, a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in Alaska smashed into Crescent City hours later. Much of the business district was leveled and a dozen people were killed. More recently, a tsunami from a 2011 earthquake in Japan caused about $100 million in damages along the California coast, much of it in Crescent City. _____