Tsunami Japan
2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami
M9.1 earthquake and tsunami up to 40 m; triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident. Costliest natural disaster in history.
Background from Wikipedia
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 local time (UTC+9), 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 Tōhoku region of Japan. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" , among other names. It is often referred to by its numerical date, 3.11.
From the Wikipedia article “2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia's figures may differ from the sources cited on this page.
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Impact figures
| Fatalities | 19,759 |
|---|---|
| Economic damage | $360,000,000,000 (nominal) |
| People affected | 500,000 |
| Region | Tōhoku region |
Figures per cited sources; estimates for older events vary.
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