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2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami — Hindsite — Hindsite

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2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami

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The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was a 9.0-magnitude earthquake followed by tsunami waves. It was measured at 8.4 on the JMA seismic intensity scale The earthquake happened 130 kilometres (81 mi) off Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on the east coast of the Tōhoku of Japan, on March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC. It was at a depth of 24.4 km (15.2 miles). It was the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history. It...

2025

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2024

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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake*10 Dec 2020

The Iwate Tsunami Memorial Museum: Preserving the Past and Protecting Lives by Passing down the Lessons of Disaster27 Nov 2020

Japan Earthquake Early Warning 3/11/2011 (w/ English subtitles)20 May 2020

2019

Enhancing Resilience through Risk-Based Design and Benefit-Cost Analysis1 Jul 2019

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Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011: Facts & Death Toll4 Mar 2019

2018

原発事故・7年後の「英雄たち」 1万2000人の作業員が健康調査に応じない理由12 Mar 2018

平成 23 年（2011 年）東北地方太平洋沖地震の被害状況と警察措置9 Mar 2018

Tsunami-hit Okawa Elementary holds ceremony ahead of closure in March24 Feb 2018

2017

The school beneath the wave: the unimaginable tragedy of Japan’s tsunami24 Aug 2017

Warnings: Finding Cassandras to stop catastrophe2 Jul 2017

東日本大震災における震災関連死の死者数（平成29年3月31日現在）［平成29年6月30日公表］30 Jun 2017

2016

60 powerful photos of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan five years ago29 Dec 2016

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Prompt gravity signal induced by the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquakeGOV2 Jul 2016

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