On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the …

Mar 11, 2011 · Japan earthquake and tsunami, severe natural disaster that occurred in northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011, and killed at least 20,000 people. A powerful …

On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The earthquake struck below the North Pacific, 130 kilometers (81 miles) east of Sendai, the …

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude (Mw) 9.1 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench. A tsunami that was generated by the earthquake arrived at the coast within …

The March 11, 2011, M 9.1 Tohoku earthquake, which occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, resulted from shallow thrust faulting on the subduction zone plate boundary …

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, about 130 kilometers (80 miles) east of Sendai. If the initial estimate is confirmed, it will be the …

On 11 March 2011 at 2:46 p.m., Japan was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake which generated a gigantic tsunami that hit a 700 km stretch of its Pacific coast-lines.

Feb 25, 2022 · Facts and information about the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan.

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake (later determined to be 9.1) that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, was unprecedented in the modern history of Japan, according to scientists at the U.S. …

The 2011 Japan earthquake had a devastating impact. This case study explores the cause and effects of the earthquake including a tsunami.