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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.
According to USGS records there were at least 183 earthquakes in area of Japan with a magnitude 3 or greater in August 2011. In Aug 19 one such earthquake was magnitude 6.2.
The magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake in 2011 was not felt in Florida but the waves from the tsunami did reach the coast of Hawaii.You can visit the USGS Did-you-feel-it web site to check if people reported an earthquake in your area.
Yes, March 11, 2011. The worst earthquake in the modern history of Japan recorded at magnitude 9.0.AdditionallyJapan is a very active seismic area, and there are often multiple earthquakes every day there but most are out in the ocean or too small to notice on land.The seismic map of Japan in related links below might be of interest for more detail.
Japan's most severe earthquake was on Friday 11th March 2011 which was an 8.9 magnitude, this happened because there are two plates which can push together right under Japan, but it was not just an earthquake, after the earthquake there was a tsunami which was 10m high.
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Earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown each one right after the other. In March 2011, Japan was hit by a series of large earthquakes one of which was a magnitude 9.0 that triggered a deadly tsunami. These two disasters contributed to failure of the Fukushima nuclear power plant and radiation fallout in the area.
The largest recorded earthquake in Japan was the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, which had a magnitude of 7.9. This earthquake caused widespread devastation in the Tokyo-Yokohama area and resulted in the loss of over 100,000 lives.
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on 11th march 2011 at 9.am earthquake occur exactly in Japan
Japan has earthquakes daily. The whole country is in a very active seismic area, and have the densest seismic network in the world which records earthquake activity. The massive magnitude 9.0 earthquake that happened off the coast of Japan on Friday, March 11th 2011 was at 2:46pm local time or 05:46 GMT.
Japan is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an area prone to seismic activity. The tsunami in Japan was triggered by a massive undersea earthquake that occurred off the northeastern coast on March 11, 2011. The earthquake caused the seafloor to lift up, displacing a large volume of water and generating the tsunami.