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The epicenter of the 2011 Japan earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, was located off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, near the city of Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture. The earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, with a magnitude of 9.0, making it one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. Its epicenter was approximately 70 kilometers (43 miles) east of Sendai, at a depth of about 30 kilometers (19 miles). The quake triggered devastating tsunamis that caused widespread destruction and led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
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What is point where movement occurred which triggered the earthquake?
The point is the epicentre of the earthquake.
How long did the earthquake lasted in Japan 2011?
The earthquake in Japan lasted about 3-5 minutes.
What is the originate of earthquake?
Its epicentre
Name of the center of the earthquake?
The underground centre of an earthquake is the Hypocentre or focus.
What mean earthquake focus?
asw2. The epicentre is the underground location of the earthquake, and the focus is the point on the surface directly above the epicentre.
What is the name of the earthquake that hit Japan in 2011?
The earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 is commonly known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. It occurred on March 11, 2011, and had a magnitude of 9.0, triggering a devastating tsunami.
How many deaths were there on japans earthquake in 2011?
There were over 16,000 deaths in Japan's major 2011 earthquake.
What is above the orgin of an earthquake?
the epicentre
What is centre of a earthquake called?
epicentre
Where was the epicentre of the March 2011 earthquake in Japan?
The epicenter for the magnitude 9.0 earthquake (originally recorded as 8.9) in Japan on March 11, 2011 was reported by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and others to be 129 kilometers (80 miles) off the east coast of the Oshika Peninsula, Tōhoku, near Sendai at a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles). This earthquake triggered the massive tsunami that followed shortly after.
What is the definition of an epicentre of an earthquake?
The epicentre of an earthquake is the point on the earth's surface away from which the seismic waves produced by an earthquake radiate. This is similar to the way waves or ripples in a pond move outwards in concentric circles from the point where you throw a stone into the water. As such the epicentre is the point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus or hypocentre (the point within the earth where the fault rupture or movement actually occurs).
What is difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake?
The difference between the epicentre and the focus of earthquakes is this:The focus of the earthquake is where the actual earthquake occurred and the epicentre is on the ground directly above the focus. The epicentre is used to say where the earthquake was in relation to places near where it occurred.Hope this helped :)
