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The Tsunami of Tohoku: the Natural Disaster that Marked Japan and the World

Summary by Billiken
On March 11, 2011, at 14:46 local time, a powerful underwater earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, facing the Tohoku region. It was a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on the Richter scale, the strongest recorded in the history of the country and one of the five most powerful in the world since modern measurements existed. The epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 70 kilometers from the Oshika peninsula. The collision of the tectonic …
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On March 11, 2011, at 14:46 local time, a powerful underwater earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, facing the Tohoku region. It was a magnitude 9.0 earthquake on the Richter scale, the strongest recorded in the history of the country and one of the five most powerful in the world since modern measurements existed. The epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, 70 kilometers from the Oshika peninsula. The collision of the tectonic …

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