This city of Sendai was 80 miles (128 km) from epicenter of Earthquake.
The tsunami triggered from Japan's earthquake originated off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, TÅhoku 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.
NOAA created a visualization that estimates the wave heights of the tsunami originating from the devastating earthquake which struck Japan on 11th March 2011.
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Tsunami occured in 1945 when the british are getting ready to leave India it took place in Arabic sea in 1945....
80 square miles.
there was a 8.9 earthquake
There was a 8.9 magnitude
The damage due to buildings and infrastructure in the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting fires and explosions is estimated over $180 billion or 3 percent of Japan's annual economic output.Other estimates up to US $300 billion for reconstruction excluding costs caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident but the total cost to Japan is probably much higher.
Because a Tsunami can travel great distances very rapidly. Out in deep sea they don't look like much just a big swell but as they near the coast they pick up speed and height.
A Tsunami can travel as fast a jetliner in flight which is anywhere from 500-600 mph. The earthquake occurred about 80 miles of the coast, although a Tsunami will slow as it hits the coast line, you can figure residents had anywhere from 8 - 15 minutes to get to higher ground. Not much time!
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.
Japan didn't receive any warning.
There was little to no warning about the coming of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 2011.
$24.7 billion
The last Tsunami in Washington was on March 10, 2011. The tsunami originated of the coast of Japan. While there was not much coastal flooding, some boats and docks were damaged.
I'm not sure how much got destroyed, but what i know is is that its going to take over a million dollars to fix it.
Because it was a big tsunami Yes it was a big tsunami, but it was originally the earthquake that done the damage. Because of the 8.9/9.0 earthquake, the tsunami was created and destroyed Japan.
Japan is not a continent.
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The coastal walls in Japan were completely overloaded since the waves of the tsunami were much higher than the walls.It was reported that the height of the tsunami wave that struck a coastal city in Japan's on March 11, 2011 was just over 77 feet high. In most places the waves were up to 4 stories high at 10 meters (33 feet).
nothing, there faking it yo!
The earthquake in Japan was a 9.0 magnitude earthquake. (After the quake hit, seismologists ranked it from an 8.9 to a 9.0.) The tsunami's height was recorded to be about 33 feet. Many counts say that the number is much higher, even as high as a 3-4 story building.
The damage due to buildings and infrastructure in the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and resulting fires and explosions is estimated over $180 billion or 3 percent of Japan's annual economic output.Other estimates up to US $300 billion for reconstruction excluding costs caused by the Fukushima nuclear accident but the total cost to Japan is probably much higher.