2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

On 11 March 2011, at 14:46 JST, a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region.... Wikipedia

  • Duration:  6 minutes
  • Magnitude:  9.0–9.1
  • Depth:  29 km (18.02 mi)
  • Fault:  Convergent boundary between Pacific plate and Okhotsk microplate
  • Type:  Megathrust
  • Areas affected:  Japan (shaking, tsunami), Pacific Rim (tsunami)
  • Total damage:  $360 billion USD
  • Peak acceleration:  2.99 g
  • Tsunami:  Up to 40.5 m (132.87 ft) in Miyako, Iwate, Tōhoku
  • Landslides:  Yes
  • Aftershocks:  13,386 (March 6, 2018)
  • Casualties:  15,894 deaths, "Damage Situation and Police Countermeasures... 10 February, 2016" National Police Agency of Japan. Retrieved 4 March, 2016. (from "deaths" template), 6,152 injured, "Damage Situation and Police Countermeasures... 10 March, 2015" National Police Agency of Japan. Retrieved 11 March, 2015. (from "injured" template), 2,562 people missing "Damage Situation and Police Countermeasures... 10 February, 2016" National Police Agency of Japan. Retrieved 4 March, 2016. (from "missing" template)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo