The biggest earthquake to hit Japan to date occurred Friday afternoon March 11, 2011. It is estimated at a magnitude of 8.8 with a tsunami of over 30 feet.
Japan got pounded with an 8.9 magnitude earthquake on March 11th, 2011. A major tsunami followed the quake, which affected Japan and a little of the Hawaiian Islands.
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.
The Tsunami in Japan in 2011 was caused by an earthquake gesitering a magnitude 9.0.
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 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 .
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The earthquake in Japan started on March 11th, 2011 at 9:00 P.M. PST.
The earthquake in Japan started on March 11th, 2011 at 9:00 P.M. PST.
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