Earthquake in Japan 2011

The 2011 Japan earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, occurred on March 11, 2011. It was a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that triggered a devastating tsunami and caused widespread destruction in Japan.

Yes, Kyoto experienced shaking during the 2011 earthquake, but it was not as severely affected as areas closer to the epicenter. There were disruptions to transportation and services, but Kyoto did not suffer the same level of devastation as cities such as Sendai.

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake (originally reported as 8.9) on Friday, March 11, 2011 happened near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. According to USGS, the epicenter of the quake was reported to be 129 kilometers (80 miles) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku near Sendai.

In was reported that the earthquake created tsunami waves of up to 10 meters (33 ft) that struck Japan, with smaller waves in many other countries, with a significant surge and damage as far away as Chile, on the opposite side of the world from Japan. In Japan, the waves are reported to have traveled up to 10 kilometers (6 miles) inland.

During the Tohoku earthquake on March 11, 2011, the Pacific Plate slid beneath the North American Plate by about 15-20 meters along a 400-kilometer fault line. This movement caused the seafloor to uplift and triggered the devastating tsunami.

If proper safeguards were used, the amount of radioactive fallout should be minimal. There are multiple factors to be taken into consideration.

In emergency situations, boron and/or hafnium rods are inserted into the reactor vessels to 'slow down' the atomic reaction. Other safeguards may be instituted.

The impact of the earthquake that hit Japan on 11March2011 shifted the earth's rotation axis is nearly 10 cm. It's the preliminary result of studies carried out by INGV, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.

A new analysis of the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan has found that the intense temblor has accelerated Earth's spin, shortening the length of the 24-hour day by 1.8 microseconds, according to geophysicist Richard Gross at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

This isn't the first time a massive earthquake has changed the length of Earth's day. Major temblors have shortened day length in the past.

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile last year also sped up the planet's rotation and shortened the day by 1.26 microseconds. The 9.1 Sumatra earthquake in 2004 shortened the day by 6.8 microseconds.

The tsunami hit Japan about 30 minutes after the earthquake on March 11, 2011. The earthquake's epicenter was off the east coast of Japan, generating a large tsunami that caused widespread devastation along the country's coastline.

Ten to fifteen minutes, depending on where on the coast you are standing.

Well, I live in Long Beach, California. Yesterday--on March 11--they gave Southern Cali a warning about tsunamis. Luckily, Long Beach wasn't hit with a tsunami, but Santa Cruz and Cresent City did (unfortunately).

The Japan Trench is about 8,046 meters (26,398 feet) deep at its deepest point, which is one of the deepest parts of the Earth's oceans. The earthquake in Japan in 2011 occurred along the seafloor of the Japan Trench, resulting in a devastating tsunami.

Around the 13th of March... Not FULLY SURE, but that's the time the news started showing the disaster.

It began on the 11th of march in sendai

There is no way of knowing yet. With the aftershocks going on and rubble everywhere, no one can get an exact headcount as of right now.

So far, from 15th March 2011, over 10,000 people are dead.

Sendai (city in Tōhoku district) was hit hardest by the earthquake, but the tsunami affected many more areas.

The largest number of deaths due to earthquakes and tsunami on March 11, 2012 were in the Iwate and Miyagi prefectures in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

Miyagi prefecture had the largest amount of property damage.

The youngest child to have ever been born during an earthquake is any newborn who is born during an earthquake. It is unlikely that this should ever change as all babies who are born, whether during earthquakes or otherwise, are all newborns.

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake on March 11, 2011, which occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, resulted from thrust faulting on or near the subduction zone plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates. Subduction is when an oceanic plate slips underneath a continental plate, and they drag against one another. Force builds up over time, and then they suddenly slip, causing an uplift in the ocean floor. The gigantic release of mechanical energy caused the earthquake, while the sudden shift of a massive amount of water caused the subsequent tsunami.

In short, it hit japan because of the moving tectonic plates.

Parts of Japan near the epicenter moved over 4 meters, both vertically and laterally, as a result of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake. Areas further away in Japan also moved, but not as significantly. You can view a map of the displacement with a short description at the related link.

Yes, the massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan in 2011 caused the Earth to move (shift on its axis) by about 17 centimeters. This movement slightly altered the distribution of Earth's mass, which affected its rotation speed and caused changes in the length of a day by a few microseconds.

The Japan earthquake in 2011 lasted for about 6 minutes.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center estimated first arrival around 7 1/2 hours after the quake, or around 3:15am HST.

The 2011 tsunami did not significantly impact San Diego; it mostly affected countries in the Pacific region like Japan and some parts of the U.S. West Coast. The tsunami arrived at various times in different locations but did not cause significant damage in San Diego.

Massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake happened off coast of Japan on Friday, March 11th 2011 at 2:46pm local time (05:46 GMT), which triggered the tsunami that hit Japan a few minutes later.

The first waves hit Hawaii about 9 a.m. EST (1400 GMT) later that day.

cement? pretty hard to fix some thing that has been destroyed by earth quake not a lone a tidal wave. and in the event of radiation leaking can be a serious problem and experts has to think what they can do to fix it if not to late. my prayers for the Japanese people over there.

See below for a link to a list of all the expected landing times for the tsunami, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Note from the source: This list gives estimated times of arrival for locations along the North American Pacific coast from a tsunami generated at the given source location. THE LISTING OF A TSUNAMI ARRIVAL TIME BELOW DOES NOT INDICATE A WAVE IS IMMINENT. The listed arrival time is the initial wave arrival. Tsunamis can be dangerous for many hours after arrival, and the initial wave is not necessarily the largest.