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What are facts about the tsunami in Japan?
It was 23 feet high and the quake was magnitude 8.9.
What was the highest magnitude of the earthquake that hit Japan?
8.9
How the earthquake hit in Japan?
on that fateful afternoon disaster struck as a massive 8.9 magnitude quake generated a wall of water that surged over the island nation of japan. this quake originated at a shallow depth of 17m.
How large does an earthquake have to be to be considered great?
the largest earth quake recorded was a 9.9 magnitude earth quake in japan
Did Japan have an earthquake in 2011?
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.
What is the name of the earthquake happened in Japan?
The magnitude 9.0 quake in Japan is called the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake from sources including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
What was the magnitude of the Japanese earthquake in 2011?
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the March 11, 2011 magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake (originally reported as 8.9) 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".U.S. government scientists at USGS originally put the Japan quake at 8.9. The change to 9.0 means that the quake was about 1.5 times stronger than initially thought.UPDATE: Official magnitude was updated to 9.1 on Nov 7, 2016.
What would be the magnitude of an quake that is 32 times stronger than a 6.2 quake?
7.6
Was green day in japan during the quake?
it was not grenn day in japan during the quake
Where was the next earthquake after the earthquake in Japan?
The next significant earthquake after the March 11, 2011 quake in Japan was a magnitude 8.6 earthquake off the west coast of northern Sumatra on April 11, 2012.
Out of the Northridge and Chino Hills quakes which was the strongest?
the Northridge quake was a 6.7 magnitude and the Chino Hills quake was a 5.4, so the Northridge quake was stronger
What was the largest earthquake Japan had experienced before the 2011 earthquake?
Prior to the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in March 2011, the previous record for the largest magnitude was 8.5 on June 15, 1896 in Sanriku, Japan. The largest number of deaths attributed to an earthquake in Japan was the magnitude 7.9 quake on 1923/09/01 in Kanto (Kwanto), Japan with 142,800 deaths. Mass destruction due its closeness to Tokyo in addition to a resulting tsunami.
