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Mar 11, 2011 · Date and Time: 11 March 2011 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) Magnitude: 9.0 (the largest earthquake recorded in Japan) Hypocenter: 38° 6.2′ N, 142° 51.6′ E (130km ESE off Oshika Peninsula) Depth 24km. Mechanism: Reverse fault type with WNW-ESE compressional axis (by CMT analysis) Earthquake Early Warning:
On Friday March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Honshu, Japan from Chiba to Aomori. Over 20,000 people were killed, 6000 were injured, and the earthquake displaced 140,000 people. Over 500,000 buildings and structures were damaged or destroyed by the earthquake and resulting tsunami.
Mar 1, 2012 · The magnitude 9.0 Tohoku-Oki, Japan, earthquake on 11 March 2011 is the largest earthquake to date in Japan’s modern history and is ranked as the fourth largest earthquake in the world since 1900. This earthquake occurred within the northeast Japan subduction zone (Figure 1), where the Pacific plate is subducting beneath the Okhotsk plate at ...
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Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, Natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan in 2011. A magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off Honshu island on March 11, 2011. It caused widespread damage on land and initiated a series of tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas of Japan, most notably in the Tōhoku region. Officially, about 18,50...
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Mar 9, 2023 · In March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, shifted the Earth's axis, and shortened days on Earth. The quake – the most powerful on record to hit the country...
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On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake off the north-eastern coast of Japan – the strongest ever recorded in the country – triggered a tsunami up to 30 metres high that washed up to 5 kilometres inland. It resulted in massive loss of life, environmental devastation and infrastructural damage.
April 4, 2011. The March 11 undersea earthquake off the coast of Japan – which ultimately measured 9.0 on the Richter scale – was a more powerful earthquake than expected for that region,...
