On March 11, 2011 at 2:46pm (Japan standard time), a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred at an underwater depth of approximately 30 km (19 mi). This earthquake resulted in a large tsunami that hit the northern coast of Japan. At 3:27pm, the first tsunami strikes Fukushima nuclear plant.
More details of the 2011 TÅhoku earthquake can be found here.
It happened at 11 March 2011.
Friday 11 March 2011 15.55 GMT
The recent tsmnami happened in Japan on Friday 11 March 2011.
2:46 PM (JST), MARCH 11 2011 , FRiday
The earthquake and tsunami happened on March 11 2011
A 9.0 earthquake that killed thousands of people.
The 2011 earthquake in Japan happened on March 11 It was off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku was a magnitude 9.0–9.1.
March 11 2011.
It happened in the noon at 2:46 p.m. local time on Friday,11th march
The last earthquake that occurred in Japan was on the 1st of January 2012 with a magnitude of 6.8 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake you probably heard about happened on the 11th of March 2011 which had a tsunami following it. The magnitude for that was 9.0. This earthquake had four aftershocks which happened on the 11th of March 2011, 7th of April 2011, 11th of April 2011 and the 10th of June 2011. the magnitudes for these were 7.1, 7.1, 7.1 and 7.0.
On March 11, 2011.
Yes, the devastating tsunami that occurred in Japan on March 11, 2011, was triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake with a magnitude of 9.0. The earthquake, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, generated massive ocean waves that resulted in the tsunami.