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1. www.livescience.com › 39110-japan-2011-earthquakeJapan earthquake & tsunami of 2011: Facts and information

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   Feb 25, 2022 · Death toll of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The number of confirmed deaths is 19,747 as of December, 2021, according to the reconstruction agency. More than 2,500 people are still reported ...

2. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-asia-67862306How Japan’s powerful earthquakes have shifted the land

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   Jan 2, 2024 · More than 100,000 people died in that horrific event. The explanation of the difference is simple: preparedness. Japan sits at the confluence of four major tectonic plates.

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   How many people died in Japan quake?

   • A devastating magnitude-8.9 quake strikes Japan, leaving more than 20,000 people dead or missing. The tremor generates a massive tsunami along the Japanese coast and triggers the world's biggest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.

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   How many people are still missing after Japan's earthquake?

   • More than 2,500 people are still reported missing. Less than an hour after the earthquake, the first of many tsunami waves hit Japan's coastline. The tsunami waves reached run-up heights (how far the wave surges inland above sea level) of up to 128 feet (39 meters) at Miyako city and traveled inland as far as 6 miles (10 km) in Sendai.

   Japan earthquake & tsunami of 2011: Facts and information

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   Why did Japan's earthquake cause so much damage?

   • Most of the damage from Japan's 8.9 magnitude earthquake has not been from the quake itself, but from the massive tsunami it caused. Clayton Jones of the Christian Science Monitor tells host Guy Raz that's because Japan's infrastructure and culture are products of a history fraught with earthquakes and disaster.

   Deadly 1923 Quake Changed Japan Forever : NPR

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   What was Japan's worst earthquake in 1923?

   • Its worst earthquake, in 1923, left 143,000 people dead. GUY RAZ, host: September 1st is a date seared into the collective consciousness of the Japanese people. On that day in 1923, a 7.9-scale earthquake leveled Tokyo and killed 140,000 people.

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4. www.bbc.com › news › world-12717980History of deadly earthquakes - BBC News

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   Mar 11, 2011 · A devastating magnitude-8.9 quake strikes Japan, leaving more than 20,000 people dead or missing.

5. theweek.com › environment › japans-earthquakeHow did Japan's earthquake compare to others across the world?

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   Jan 2, 2024 · Nearly 50 people have been confirmed dead following the New Year's Day earthquake. (Image credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) By The Week UK. published 2 January 2024. The death toll from...

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7. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-pacific-12709793How Japan tackles its quake challenge - BBC News

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   Mar 11, 2011 · Some 6,400 people were killed and more than 400,000 injured; fires blazed across the city. Seismic stations. It is widely thought that Tokyo is expecting another powerful quake - and that this...

8. www.npr.org › 2011/03/12 › 134494087Deadly 1923 Quake Changed Japan Forever : NPR

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   Mar 12, 2011 · On that day in 1923, a 7.9-scale earthquake leveled Tokyo and killed 140,000 people. And ever since then, each year on September 1st, millions of Japanese take part in disaster prevention...

9. www.dw.com › en › japan-deaths-from-new-years-quakeJapan: Deaths from New Year's quake continue to mount

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   Jan 6, 2024 · The death toll is the highest for an earthquake disaster since 2016, when quakes in Kumamoto in southwestern Japan killed 276 people.