The rating was 9.0, which is almost complete destruction.
It occurred on Friday 11th March 2011
9.0
Tondakea and Big Ben - 2011 is rated/received certificates of: Canada:G (original rating)
No, but it is the worst in Japan this century. The last big earthquake of this magnitude was in the early 1900's.
Like, really big. It was intense. <3
The magnitude of an earthquake is a number used to quantify how much energy was released during the earthquake. The earthquake in Japan that occurred on Friday, March 10, 2011, had a moment magnitude of 8.9.
there was tsunami because the earthquake had a high magnitude,so made big that caused the tsunami
The proper subject is "earthquake", its whole group is "A big earthquake".
It depends on how big the earthquake is. A big earthquake will cause more damage to the area.
Almost every year and many times in a year itself but A big earthquake is expected about every 70 years. like 1923, 1955, 2011!
This horrible earthquake was caused by; tectonic plates, these plates were basically shoved under another plate which caused the earthquake. Some quakes move back and forth and some earthquakes; like this Japans move plates under other ones. The plates are called "The Ring of Fire" which circles around the Pacific ocean. Hawaii is smack in the middle of this ring plate. Japan's plates are 15 miles under the pacific ocean's sea floor. Please view the related source link for more explanations and photos.
The big tsunami hit Japan on March 11, 2011, following a powerful magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the coast of Tohoku. The tsunami caused widespread destruction and triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster.