Damage due to the Great East Japan Earthquake

A big earthquake centered off the coast of Sanriku occurred, at 14:46 p.m. on Friday, March 11, 2011. The seismic intensity of 7 on the Japanese earthquake scale was measured in Kurihara City, Miyagi Prefecture. This 9.0-magnitude earthquake was the biggest recorded in Japan since 1923 and the highest level in the world, equivalent to the 2010 Chili Earthquake (M8.8).

• Included in this reference material on March 31, 2013
• Updated on February 28, 2018