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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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