On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the …

Mar 11, 2011 · The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, are called the Great Tōhoku Earthquake and the Great Sendai Earthquake. The day’s events are also …

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude (Mw) 9.1 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Honshu on the Japan Trench. A tsunami that was generated by the earthquake arrived at the coast within …

On March 11, 2011, Japan experienced the strongest earthquake in its recorded history. The earthquake struck below the North Pacific, 130 kilometers (81 miles) east of Sendai, the …

Dec 19, 2025 · New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of …

The magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan on March 11, 2011, was unprecedented in the modern history of Japan, according to scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude M9.1 subduction zone megathrust earthquake (opens new tab) occurred offshore of eastern Japan. Over a period of several minutes, the fault slipped more …

On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the …

The 2011 Christchurch Earthquake was a 6.3-magnitude intraplate earthquake. [16] It may have been an aftershock of the 7.1-magnitude 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake. New …

On 11 March 2011 at 2:46 p.m., Japan was struck by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake which generated a gigantic tsunami that hit a 700 km stretch of its Pacific coast-lines.