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    of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes, causing a tsunami. It is sometimes known in Japan as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" (東日本大震災...
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    The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. The tsunami created over 300,000...
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  • The 869 Jōgan earthquake (貞観地震, Jōgan jishin) and its associated tsunami struck the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu on 13 July 869 (the...
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    Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan received messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders...
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    waves from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake exceeded that height by more than 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). From the tsunami records the estimated tsunami's magnitude is...
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  • Thumbnail for List of foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake
    foreshocks and aftershocks of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Japan had experienced 900 aftershocks after the M9.1 earthquake on March 11, 2011 with about...
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    fatalities, and the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes with at least 59,259 fatalities. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami became the costliest natural disaster...
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    alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least...
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    Yuzuru Hanyu Notte Stellata (category Works about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
    commemoration event of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, also known as the "Great East Japan Earthquake" or "3.11", and is held on three days in March...
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    Miyako, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    District).[citation needed] On 11 March 2011, Miyako was devastated by a tsunami caused by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Only about 30–60 boats survived from...
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    March 11, 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly...
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    the earthquake was an aftershock of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami from ten years prior. The earthquake occurred as the result of thrust faulting...
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    earthquakes with magnitudes greater than 8.5, as evident in historical records. It was on the subduction interface where the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and...
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    Miyagi Prefecture (category Tōhoku region)
    progress made since the tsunami. Miyagi Prefecture is in the central part of Tōhoku, facing the Pacific Ocean, and contains Tōhoku's largest city, Sendai...
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    Ginzan Onsen Akita Kantō Festival 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami 2006 Kuril Islands earthquake Geography of Japan Tōhoku dialect List of regions of Japan...
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    Ōfunato (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The wave was estimated to have reached 23.6 meters in height. Funneled in by the narrow bay, the tsunami continued...
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  • serious rating on its warning scale during the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; it was rated as a "major tsunami", being at least 3 m (9.8 ft) high. An improved...
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  • Yakuza: Dead Souls (category 2011 video games)
    Japan on March 17, 2011 two days after the release of Yakuza 4 in North America; however, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the release was...
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    Rikuzentakata, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    population of 23,302 (2005: 24,709), and a population density of 100 persons per km². The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to the...
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    Wind phone (category 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami)
    public in the following year after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami killed over 15,000 people in the Tōhoku region. The wind phone has since received...
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    Minamisanriku (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    of wooded islands and mountainous inlets, large sections of which suffered from damage due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Minamisanriku is...
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  • The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake had a significant impact on the nation of Japan, including one of its most well-known economic sector, the video game industry...
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    Sai-shou-maru (斎勝丸), after the boat broke loose and went adrift during the March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. On March 22, 2013, the boat washed onshore...
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    2004 Indian Ocean earthquake, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, subduction zone earthquakes can cause large tsunamis, and many coastal areas...
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    Namie, Fukushima (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    Karino and Tsushima. Namie was severely affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, and the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. Besides...
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    1952 (magnitude 9.0) and Tōhoku, Japan (magnitude 9.1) in March 2011. Each of these megathrust earthquakes also spawned tsunamis in the Pacific Ocean...
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    Sendai Airport (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    needed] On 11 March 2011, the airport was damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and then substantially flooded by the subsequent tsunami. In addition to submerging...
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    Kamaishi, Iwate (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    in the "Lost Decade". Kamaishi was heavily damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, in which 1,250 city residents were killed or are missing;...
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  • and social life. Some other major disasters in Japan were more recent, such as the January 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake...
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    the Japanese government in 1966. As of March 2011 it is not known if the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami is related to the 1978 Miyagi quake periodic...
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