The earthquake occurred at 05:46:23 UTC March 11, 2011, or 2:46:23 PM (local time) at epicenter. You can see what time that was in your area in the related links.
14:46 PM. It lasted for about 25 minutes.
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake (later upgraded to 9.0) struck northeast Japan on Friday 3/11/2011 @ 2:46 PM local time and set off a tsunami resulting in over 10,000 deaths and counting .
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the shore of Japan occurred at 2:46 p.m. (local time) on March 11, 2011. The U.S. Geological Survey agency said this was the biggest quake to hit Japan since record-keeping began in the late 1800s and one of the biggest ever recorded in the world.A timeline of events on March 11 and following days can be found here. More details of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake can be found here.
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The largest earthquake recorded for Japan in 2003 was in Hokkaido on September 26 at about 4:50 AM local time. It registered a magnitude 8.3 and killed one person, in addition to nearly 600 injuries.
Japan has a population of over 127 million and the casualties of the March 2011 earthquake (and resulting tsunami) were devastating but small (0.01%) in comparison to the entire population.The death toll was on the order of ten to twenty thousand. The deaths would have been considerably higher had the Japanese not evacuated much of the coastal areas.
14:26 Local time Japan on 11th march 2011
Japan suffered its largest earthquake to date on Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:46:23 PM (Japan Standard Time) at the epicenter.
The biggest recorded earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, just East of Sendai, registering at 8.9 on the Richter scale.The earthquake of March 11, 2011, was recorded on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 02:46:23 PM (Japan Standard Time) at the epicenter.
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the shore of Japan occurred at 2:46 p.m. (Japan local time) on March 11, 2011.
The earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm local time or 05:46:23 UTC.
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake (later upgraded to 9.0) struck northeast Japan on Friday 3/11/2011 @ 2:46 PM local time and set off a tsunami resulting in over 10,000 deaths and counting .
A magnitude 8.9 earthquake rocked Japan at 2:46 p.m. local time .
Friday, March 11, 2011, at 2:46:23 PM (Japan Standard Time).
The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011. You can see what time that was in your area in the related links below.
No. It is only one of many times that an earthquake and tsunami have hit Japan. Earthquakes in subduction zones such as the one of the coast of Japan often trigger tsunamis. The March 2011 earthquake, at magnitude 9.0, was the strongest on record in Japan though.
Friday March,11
Around the 13th of March... Not FULLY SURE, but that's the time the news started showing the disaster. It began on the 11th of march in sendai