The earthquake hit the Pacific Ocean about 80 miles from nearby northeastern Japan at around 2:46 PM (JST) on March 11, 2011, causing major damage and loss of life with blackouts, fires and tsunami.
The 2011 Tōhoku, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake,"Eastern Japan Great Earthquake Disaster" (東日本大震災, Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) was a 9.0 (Mw) off the coast of Japan that occurred at (05:46 on Friday, 11 March 2011 with the approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Peninsula of at an underwater depth of approximately 32 km (20 miIt was the most powerful known , and one of the five overall since modern record-keeping began in 1900.The earthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves of up to 38.9 metres (128 ft) that struck Japan, in some cases traveling up to 10 km (6 mi) inland. In addition to loss of life and destruction of infrastructure, of which by far the most serious was an ongoing event and 20 km (12 mi) evacuation zone around. The overall cost could exceed $300 billion, making it the most expensive natural disaster on record.
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March 11 2011.
The Japan tsunami of 2011 was one of the worst tsunamis in 140 years!
Friday, March 11, 2011 was when the tsunami hit Japan.
The 2011 Japan Tsunami did not affect Pakistan in any way.
No. Japan was devastated by a tsunami in 2011 but has not had a significant tsunami since. It is, however, still dealing with the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami.
Tsunami occurred on 11 Mar,2011
Tsunami's always come to Japan because of Earthquakes there. Most recent tsunami on March 11, 2011
There was little to no warning about the coming of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 2011.
The most recent Tsunami to hit Japan was in March of 2011.
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The 11th of March (2011).