around 30 to 35 minites later
east of Sendai was the worst Tokyo got nothing compared to Sendai.
It started 80 miles off the cost of sendai
Sendai (city in Tōhoku district) was hit hardest by the earthquake, but the tsunami affected many more areas. The largest number of deaths due to earthquakes and tsunami on March 11, 2012 were in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Miyagi prefecture had the largest amount of property damage.
The death toll currently is up to almost 10,000.
The tsunami began with a 8.9 earthquake that hit all of Japan. That caused the tsunami. Nearly all of Japan was hit. Other countries were hit too. They were Hawii, New Philipiens, and the west coast of the U.S.A. (California, Washington, Oregon) The tsunami hit JAPAN on the island of Honshu in Sendai. The Iwate-kun prefecture, Miyagi-kun prefecture were destroyed and others were affected.
Yes. Sendai was one of the worst hit places by the Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
Tokyo and Sendai.
It is often referred to as the 2011 Sendai Tsunami.
east of Sendai was the worst Tokyo got nothing compared to Sendai.
The tsunami triggered from Japan's earthquake originated off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku near Sendai, Japan. This tsunami traveled over half the globe across the Pacific Ocean. The first waves hit Hawaii about 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) Friday and traveled across the Pacific from Alaska to Chile.To see the global extent of the Japan Tsunami you should see this amazing animation showing how the tsunami traveled. This video clip was created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) along with a Google Earth KML model.NOAA's Tsunami Wave Height Model visualization estimates the wave heights of the tsunami originating from the devastating earthquake which struck Japan on 11th March 2011.See related links below for the animation, KML, and more information.
The epicenter of the tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 is the epicenter of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that triggered the tsunami.The epicenter for the earthquake was reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and others to be 129 kilometers (80 miles) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku, near Sendai at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles).A global spread of the tsunami can be seen in a related question.
It started 80 miles off the cost of sendai
Sendai (city in Tōhoku district) was hit hardest by the earthquake, but the tsunami affected many more areas. The largest number of deaths due to earthquakes and tsunami on March 11, 2012 were in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in the Tōhoku region of Japan. Miyagi prefecture had the largest amount of property damage.
The tsunami hit Sendai and the quake about 250km from Tokyo. Quake mesuring 8.9 and the main wave was 40ft (4 stories). Hope its useful =)
Off the coast of Sendai, a city in North-Eastern Japan.
The death toll currently is up to almost 10,000.
The tsunami began with a 8.9 earthquake that hit all of Japan. That caused the tsunami. Nearly all of Japan was hit. Other countries were hit too. They were Hawii, New Philipiens, and the west coast of the U.S.A. (California, Washington, Oregon) The tsunami hit JAPAN on the island of Honshu in Sendai. The Iwate-kun prefecture, Miyagi-kun prefecture were destroyed and others were affected.