The magnitude 9.0 earthquake was centered deep in the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles east of Sendai, Japan and 231 miles northeast of Tokyo, at coordinates: 38.322°N, 142.369°E.
The epicenter of the earthquake was just off the coast of Sendai, Japan.
It is called the Sendai Earthquake of 2011 because the epicenter was nearest the city of Sendai, Japan.
An earthquake caused the tsunami!
Tectonic plates shifted, creating the earthquake.
Most Japanese are still alive, about only 0.01% of the Japanese died in the earthquake.
The epicenter of the earthquake was just off the coast of Sendai, Japan.
2011
On the next day of Japanese earthquake 2011, the nuclear plant started to explode.
march 11 2011
The Pacific Ocean.
japenese people
It is called the Sendai Earthquake of 2011 because the epicenter was nearest the city of Sendai, Japan.
In march 2011
8.9
An earthquake caused the tsunami!
The plates moved so this can occur the earthquake.
Tectonic plates shifted, creating the earthquake.