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Mar 10, 2021 · The earthquake and tsunami and their aftermath killed nearly 20,000 people on a stretch of Japan’s Pacific coast more than 400 kilometers (250 miles) northeast of Tokyo. REUTERS/Issei Kato
It was a little after two o’clock in the afternoon on March 11, 2011, when a 9.1-magnitude earthquake shook the northeastern coast of Japan, the biggest earthquake ever recorded with modern techniques in the country. Within an hour, a tsunami reaching as high as forty meters in some areas hit the regions of Miyako, Iwate, […]
Mar 10, 2021 · FILE - This March 15, 2011, file image made available from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) via Kyodo News, shows the damaged No. 4 unit of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake strikes off the coast at 2:46 p.m. March 11, 2011, triggering a towering tsunami that smashes into ...
Mar 6, 2021 · Justin McCurry reports. On March 11, 2021, Japan will observe a moment's silence to mark 10 years since a powerful tsunami destroyed its northeast coast, killing more than 18 000 people. The tsunami, triggered by a magnitude 9 earthquake, devastated entire towns and villages. More than 450 000 people were forced to live in temporary shelters.
Oct 1, 2023 · On March 11, 2011, an undersea earthquake of magnitude 9.0 struck off the northeast coast of Japan's Tōhoku region, causing a massive tsunami that resulted in one of the most destructive global disasters in history [1]. The tsunami inundated over 400 km 2 of land on the
On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a magnitude-9.0 earthquake shook the foundations of the Tohoku region, triggering a massive tsunami and nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. It was tragedy that transfixed the world and still reverberates through Japan. Five years later,we look back on a day that changed the nation, at ...
