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Tilly Smith (born 1994) is a British woman who, as a child, was credited with saving the lives of approximately 100 beachgoers at Mai Khao Beach in Thailand by warning them minutes before the arrival of the tsunami caused by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.
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 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami displaced a large number of people. At its peak in June 2012, the number of evacuees was 346,987 [1] Some earthquake survivors died in shelters or in the process of evacuation. Many shelters struggled to feed evacuees and were not sufficiently equipped medically. [2] [3]
A tsunami warning affecting more than 5 million people has been lifted after a major earthquake rocked Northern California.. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the tremor, with a magnitude of 7.0 ...
At least two people were killed by the tsunami in Ukai Horyumachi District, [123] however the total tsunami death toll may have been at least 26 including 24 in Ukai Horyumachi. [124] 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 ...
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 remnants of the Crisis Management Department Building where Miki Endo was swept away by the tsunami. Miki Endo (遠藤 未希, Endō Miki, July 18, 1986, Japan – March 11, 2011, Minamisanriku, Japan) was an employee of the town of Minamisanriku's Crisis Management Department, tasked with broadcasting disaster advisories and warnings.
Public — The citizens of India and various NGOs actively participated in providing relief materials and charity to the tsunami-stricken people. Japan The Japanese government provided US$500 million in aid to affected countries. Emergency medical teams were sent to Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and the Maldives.