Friday March,11
2.46pm Japan time.
A tsunami hit japan after the earthquake.
2:46 p.m. local time on Friday .
In Japan
The 8.9 Japan Earthquake
earthquake in ocean
Friday
East of Sendai
In march 2011
The epicenter of the earthquake was offshore, close to Sendai, Japan.
The plates moved so this can occur the earthquake.
Tectonic plates shifted, creating the earthquake.