The largest number of deaths due to earthquakes and tsunami on March 11, 2011 were in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in the TÅhoku region of Japan.
Miyagi prefecture also had the largest amount of property damage.
The earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 is commonly known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. It occurred on March 11, 2011, and had a magnitude of 9.0, triggering a devastating tsunami.
The tsunami hit Sendai approximately 30 minutes after the earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
The 2011 Japan Tsunami did not directly hit Indonesia. The tsunami was generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan and primarily affected the Japanese coastline. Indonesia is located quite a distance away from the epicenter of the earthquake.
The 2011 Japanese tsunami was caused by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan. The earthquake generated a series of powerful tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas and caused widespread destruction.
The tsunami was created moments after magnitude 9.0 earthquake was triggered on 2:46 p.m. Japan local time (05:46 GMT) on Friday March 11th 2011. The first waves hit Hawaii about 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) Friday and traveled across the Pacific from Alaska to Chile.
No. The earthquake that caused the Tsunami in Indonesia in 2004 was a bigger earthquake than the one that hit Japan.
The earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 is commonly known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. It occurred on March 11, 2011, and had a magnitude of 9.0, triggering a devastating tsunami.
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake occurred at 2:46 JST ( Japanese Standard Time ). The epicenter of the earthquake was around 45 miles east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tohoku.
The Japanese crisis that took place in 2011 was an earthquake and tsunami. It was the most powerful documented earthquake to hit Japan and one of the five most disastrous earthquakes in the world.
The tsunami hit Sendai approximately 30 minutes after the earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on March 11, 2011.
2:46 pm on Friday, March 11th, 2011 (JST)
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan to date occurred Friday afternoon March 11, 2011. It is estimated at a magnitude of 8.8 with a tsunami of over 30 feet.
The 2011 Japan Tsunami did not directly hit Indonesia. The tsunami was generated by a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan and primarily affected the Japanese coastline. Indonesia is located quite a distance away from the epicenter of the earthquake.
The 2011 Japanese tsunami was caused by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Japan. The earthquake generated a series of powerful tsunami waves that devastated coastal areas and caused widespread destruction.
On March 11, 2011.
An earthquake that hit japan started the tsunami
march 11, 2011