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1 day ago · As part of the Pacific “ring of fire,” Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone areas. A magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 devastated large areas along Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdowns.
3 days ago · TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 hit southern Japan late on April 17, said the Japan Meteorological Agency, without issuing a tsunami warning. The epicentre was the Bungo ...
1 day ago · As part of the Pacific “ring of fire," Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone areas. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011 devastated large areas along Japan's northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 people and triggering the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdowns.
2 days ago · Japan's biggest quake on record was a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea jolt in March 2011 off its northeast coast, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.
5 days ago · This is advice from the Bureau of Meteorology and Queensland government as to what to do if there is a tsunami warning: Follow the advice of the police, emergency services or local council ...
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4 days ago · This was the first time the JMA issued a tsunami warning for the coastal areas of Okinawa since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The tsunami warning was issued after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake jolted the sea area near Hualien in Taiwan earlier in the day. Meanwhile, the Philippines also canceled a tsunami warning in the country ...
The country faced a major disaster on March 11, 2011, when the northeast coast was hit by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest ever recorded in Japan, followed by a massive tsunami.
