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A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States. The magnitude 9.1 (M w) undersea megathrust earthquake occurred on 11 March 2011 at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) in the north-western Pacific Ocean at a relatively shallow depth of 32 km (20 mi), [9] [56] with its epicenter approximately 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku, Japan, lasting approximately six minutes.
In Japan, the populace is well-educated about earthquakes and tsunamis, and along Japanese shorelines, tsunami warning signs remind people of the natural hazards along with a network of warning sirens, typically at the top of the cliffs of surrounding hills. [73] The Pacific Tsunami Warning System is based in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. It monitors ...
25.7 cm × 37.9 cm (10.1 in × 14.9 in) The Great Wave off Kanagawa(Japanese: 神奈川沖浪裏, Hepburn: Kanagawa-oki Nami Ura, lit. 'Under the Wave off Kanagawa')[a]is a woodblock printby Japanese ukiyo-eartist Hokusai, created in late 1831 during the Edo periodof Japanese history. The print depicts three boats moving through a storm-tossed ...
The coastline where the tsunami had an impact stretches about 400 kilometers (240 miles). 18,426 DEAD The National Police Agency says 18,426 people died, mostly in the tsunami, including 2,527 ...
227,898 dead [ 5 ][ 6 ] On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time ( UTC+7 ), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 Mw struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The undersea megathrust earthquake, known by the scientific community as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, [ 8 ][ 9 ] was caused by a ...
The 2012 Sanriku earthquake (三陸沖地震, Sanriku oki jishin) occurred near the city of Kamaishi, Japan, on December 7 at 17:18 JST. [ 9] The magnitude 7.3 shock generated a small tsunami, with waves up to 1 m high, that hit Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. [ 10] It occurred at a depth of 36 km within the Pacific Plate and was the result of ...
TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory Thursday after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern island of Kyushu. The temblor occurred off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture at 4:42 p.m ...
The 1707 Hōei earthquake (宝永地震, Hōei jishin) struck south-central Japan at around 13:45 local time on 28 October. It was the largest earthquake in Japanese history [ 1] until it was surpassed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. [ 4] It caused moderate-to-severe damage throughout southwestern Honshu, Shikoku and southeastern Kyūshū. [ 5]