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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.
Earthquake and Tsunami: 1 Sep 1923: Kantō Plains, Honshu: Deadliest disaster in Japanese history. The Japanese government report in 1927 put the number of victims at 140,000; this was adjusted downwards to 105,385 deaths in 2006. 21,959 (Official) 1896 Sanriku earthquake: Earthquake and Tsunami: 15 June 1896: Offshore Tōhoku region, Hawaii
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.
Tsunami warnings had been issued in the wake of the quakes in Ishikawa as well as the coastal prefectures of Niigata and Toyama, where 33,000 buildings had lost power as of 6 p.m. (4 a.m. ET ...
At least two people were killed by the tsunami in Ukai Horyumachi District, [125] however the total tsunami death toll may have been at least 26 including 24 in Ukai Horyumachi. [126] The tsunami in Ukai Horyumachi reached up to 5.45 m (17.9 ft) and almost every building in the town within a block of the coast was swept away or damaged beyond ...
In 2011, the deadliest quake and subsequent tsunami in recent Japanese history struck northwest of the capital Tokyo and killed at least 20,000 people. The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled ...
1 Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics ... 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: Japan Earthquake, Tsunami March 11 2012 ...
The first recorded tsunami in Japan struck on 29 November 684 AD ... tsunamis only accounted for a small proportion of the final death toll of more than 100,000, most ...