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Mar 11, 2011 · The Tohoku earthquake caused a tsunami. A tsunami—Japanese for “ harborwave ”—is a series of powerful waves caused by the displacement of a large body of water. Most tsunamis, like the one that formed off Tohoku, are triggered by underwater tectonic activity, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The Tohoku tsunami produced waves ...
Mar 1, 2007 · Ten Years After the Tsunami. On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake jolted the seafloor about 70 kilometers (45 miles) offshore of Japan’s Tohoku region. It was the largest quake recorded in Japan and the fourth largest in the world since seismic recording began around 1900. Within an hour, tremendous tsunami waves inundated much of ...
Mar 10, 2021 · A Disaster Overview. On March 11, 2021, Japan marks precisely 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake brought powerful shaking to much of Japan and smashed the Tōhoku region’s Pacific ...
May 25, 2024 · Description. Also known as. English. 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. megathrust earthquake off the east coast of Japan. Great East Japan Earthquake. 2011 Tohoku earthquake. 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake. 3.11.
Mar 24, 2013 · From earthquakes ravaging Turkey, Syria, and Morrocco to cyclones and flooding across China, the Philippines, India and Pakistan to landslides in Japan and South Korea Give2Asia and its DisasterLink partners have been hard […] Read our report on Give2Asia's recovery efforts two years after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Mar 23, 2016 · Washington DC March 23, 2016. KORIYAMA, Fukushima —During my months of reporting and interviewing survivors about the aftermath of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, one particular person stood out. Ryo Kanouya, 26, can no longer live in his hometown village of Namie in Fukushima Prefecture because of its proximity to the Dai Ichi Nuclear Power ...
The damage from the earthquake and tsunami, as well as from the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant soon after, forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate their homes and was ...
