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Apr 8, 2011 · Japan's worst earthquake of all time wasn't nearly its biggest. In 1923, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Kanto plain on the island of Honshu on the morning of Sept. 1. The shaking...
Mar 11, 2011 · Among the most dangerous effects of the Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 was the Fukushima nuclear accident. Tsunami waves generated by the main shock of the earthquake damaged the backup generators at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, starting a chain of events that became one of the worst accidents in the history of nuclear power generation.
Jan 1, 2024 · - On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck northeast Japan, killing nearly 20,000 people and causing a meltdown in Fukushima, leading to the world's worst nuclear...
Feb 25, 2022 · The Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami or the Great Tohoku earthquake, was a natural disaster that shook northeastern Japan on March 11,...
Feb 14, 2024 · The earthquake, Japan’s worst since the Kumamoto disaster eight years ago, struck as families were celebrating on New Year’s Day, killing 230 people and badly damaging or destroying 49,000 homes....
5 days ago · Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (‘Number One’) nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.
Jan 22, 2024 · Japan suffered widespread devastation from a March 2011 earthquake and the resulting tsunami that hit the country's eastern coast. Now scientists have taken a journey to the depths of the Pacific...
