80 square miles.
alot of cities and surrounding towns. the earthquakes epicenter was at the north east coast of Honshu Island.
An earthquake CAN NOT destroy a country.
In Japan there are huge earthquake zone.
it destroyed many home
A tsunami hit japan after the earthquake.
All was affected, but the north mainly.
The Earthquake in Japan was a 9.0 magnitude.
was the earthquake of japan in 1995 underwater
An earthquake hit Tokyo and 3 or 4 nuclear reactors went off and there was a tsunami.
The magnitude of an earthquake is a number used to quantify how much energy was released during the earthquake. The earthquake in Japan that occurred on Friday, March 10, 2011, had a moment magnitude of 8.9.
The earth's globe turned 10cm.
The massive earthquake that hit Japan was rated an 8.9 on the Richter scale, which means that it was very large, and very devastating. This earthquake was much more powerful than that of the earthquake in Haiti. The earthquake that hit Japan caused a tsunami, which has killed hundreds, and thousands are still missing. Information is still being gathered at this time.
The earthquake of Japan occured because Japan is on a major fault line.