the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災...
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The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. The tsunami created over 300,000...
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The 869 Jōgan earthquake (貞観地震, Jōgan jishin) and its associated tsunami struck the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu on 9 July 869 (the...
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Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan received messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders...
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87,351 fatalities, and the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes with at least 59,488 fatalities. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami became the costliest...
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waves from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake exceeded that height by more than 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). From the tsunami records the estimated tsunami's magnitude is...
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foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Japan had experienced 900 aftershocks after the M9.1 earthquake on March 11, 2011 with about...
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the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) officially named this earthquake the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Japanese:...
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alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least...
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1952 (magnitude 9.0) and Tōhoku, Japan (magnitude 9.1) in March 2011. Each of these megathrust earthquakes also spawned tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean...
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Miyagi Prefecture (category Tōhoku region)
progress made since the tsunami. Miyagi Prefecture is in the central part of Tōhoku, facing the Pacific Ocean, and contains Tōhoku's largest city, Sendai...
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Ōfunato (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The wave was estimated to have reached 23.6 meters in height. Funneled in by the narrow bay, the tsunami continued...
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Miyako, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
District). [citation needed] On 11 March 2011, Miyako was devastated by a tsunami caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Only about 30–60 boats survived from...
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Fukushima nuclear accident (redirect from 2011 Nuclear Disaster)
11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly...
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International Rescue Corps (category Volunteer search and rescue organizations)
and 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In the UK, it has assisted following the Stockline Plastics factory explosion and during the 2009 Cumbria and...
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Higashimatsushima (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
On March 11, 2011, Higashi-Matsushima was severely hit by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami resulting in at least 1,039 deaths, and the destruction...
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serious rating on its warning scale during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it was rated as a "major tsunami", being at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. An improved...
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Minamisanriku (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
of wooded islands and mountainous inlets, large sections of which suffered from damage due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Minamisanriku is...
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scheduled to start airing on April 10, 2011, however due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the series' initial broadcast was delayed by a week. The...
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Sendai Airport (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
10th place in Japan. The airport sustained serious damage in 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. In 1940, the Imperial Japanese Army built Sendai Airport...
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the earthquake was an aftershock of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami from ten years prior. The earthquake occurred as the result of thrust faulting...
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criticized for his poem published immediately following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami which suggested the disaster was Neptune's anger. Watson responded...
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Wind phone (category 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
public in the following year after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people in the Tōhoku region. The wind phone has since received...
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Festival 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami List of regions of Japan Geography of Japan Tōhoku dialect "県民経済計算(平成23年度 -...
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Rikuzentakata, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
population of 23,302 (2005: 24,709), and a population density of 100 persons per km2. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to the...
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Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant (category Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011)
down after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The Onagawa nuclear power plant was the closest nuclear power plant to the epicenter, and facing the Pacific...
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Futaba, Fukushima (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
disaster, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Besides sustaining considerable damage from the earthquake and the tsunami (which...
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Kamaishi, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
in the "Lost Decade". Kamaishi was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, in which 1,250 city residents were killed or are missing;...
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Namie, Fukushima (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
Karino and Tsushima. Namie was severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Besides...
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Tomioka, Fukushima (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
disaster, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Besides sustaining considerable damage from the earthquake, and the tsunami (which...
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