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Mar 10, 2021 · On 11 March 2011, Japan's most powerful earthquake on record triggered a tsunami, which then caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant. The disaster left 18,000 people dead, wiped entire towns...
Fukushima 10 years on: How the 'triple disaster' unfolded. On 11 March 2011, Japan's most powerful earthquake on record triggered a tsunami, which then caused a meltdown at a nuclear power...
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Aug 23, 2023 · On 11 March 2011 at 14:46 local time (05:46 GMT) the earthquake - known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake - struck east of the city of Sendai, 97km north of the...
Aug 23, 2023 · On 11 March 2011 at 14:46 local time (05:46 GMT) the earthquake - known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake - struck east of the city of Sendai, 97km north of the...
Mar 11, 2024 · A deadly Jan. 1 earthquake in Japan's northcentral region destroyed many homes and roads but didn't damage an idled nuclear power plant. Even so, it caused worry that current...
Mar 13, 2023 · On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan. Tsunami waves more than 10-meters high hit the coast of the Tohoku and Kanto regions,...
Mar 11, 2024 · A deadly Jan. 1 earthquake in Japan’s northcentral region destroyed many homes and roads but didn’t damage an idled nuclear power plant. Even so, it caused worry that current evacuation plans that solely focus on radiation leaks could be unworkable.