Immediate effects- the damage that occurred in the minutes, hours and days after the earthquake and tsunami struck.
The tsunami was incoming the roads and highways, where many people were trying to drive away to escape the danger.
People became homeless within minutes as they watched their homes get swept away by the tsunami waves, cars and people's belongings are instantly lost as the water sweeps everything in its path. Many were living out in the open air until they were soon moved to emergency shelters, many of which were in school gyms and community centers.
Tourists and commuters (people that travel for work) can't get back home to their country as the Sendai airport is surrounded by water and planes have been swept away and also ceilings fall down inside.
Residents of towns and villages are destroyed, buildings, schools and work offices are falling down and being flooded as shops too and being wrecked by the earthquake and the huge tsunami waters.
The 2011 tsunami in Japan primarily impacted the eastern coast of the country, especially the regions of Tohoku and Fukushima. The tsunami was triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sendai, causing widespread devastation along the coastline.
The most recent tsunami generated by the 2010 Santiago Earthquake affected all major coastlines of the Hawaiian Islands, but were only 2 ft for Hilo Bay, 3 ft for Kahului, and 0.8 ft for Honolulu.
The Japan tsunami, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, occurred on March 11, 2011. It was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the northeastern coast of Japan, which led to devastating tsunami waves hitting the coastal areas.
One tsunami would be the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami.
The tsunami began with a 8.9 earthquake that hit all of Japan. That caused the tsunami. Nearly all of Japan was hit. Other countries were hit too. They were Hawii, New Philipiens, and the west coast of the U.S.A. (California, Washington, Oregon) The tsunami hit JAPAN on the island of Honshu in Sendai. The Iwate-kun prefecture, Miyagi-kun prefecture were destroyed and others were affected.
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the place gets broken
because of the earthquake
Japan it gets very strong earthquakes and may cause a tsunami
um i think it is a little part of Taiwan but there was no damage made
There was a really big earthquake in the sea off Japan . About 9 on the Richter scale. This then caused the tidal wave.
The 2011 tsunami in Japan primarily impacted the eastern coast of the country, especially the regions of Tohoku and Fukushima. The tsunami was triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake off the coast of Sendai, causing widespread devastation along the coastline.
The most recent tsunami generated by the 2010 Santiago Earthquake affected all major coastlines of the Hawaiian Islands, but were only 2 ft for Hilo Bay, 3 ft for Kahului, and 0.8 ft for Honolulu.
The Japan tsunami, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, occurred on March 11, 2011. It was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake off the northeastern coast of Japan, which led to devastating tsunami waves hitting the coastal areas.
A tsunami will devastate a place.
One tsunami would be the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami.