2011 Tohoku earthquake

The earthquake occurred at 14:46 local time on Friday 11 March 2011 off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan and caused heavy damage. The tsunami it generated struck Japan and a wide range of localities around the Pacific Ocean, with the Japan Meteorological Agency recording waves of 9.3 metres or higher at Soma in Fukushima Prefecture and 8.6 metres or higher at Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture. Magnitude estimates differ, reported as 9.0 by the agency and 9.1 in the catalogue.

Origin time (UTC)

2011-03-11T05:46

Magnitude

9.1

Magnitude type

mww

Depth (km)

29

USGS event page

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official20110311054624120_30

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: megathrust, tsunami, japan, tohoku, subduction

Coordinates: 38.297, 142.373

Part of Earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 and above since 1900

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