Mar 11, 2011 · The event began with a powerful earthquake off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, which caused widespread damage on land and initiated a series of large tsunami waves that devastated many coastal areas of the country, most notably in the Tōhoku region (northeastern Honshu).

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 Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami.

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 30 minutes, overtopping seawalls and disabling three nuclear reactors within days.

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 largest city in the Tohoku region, a northern part of the island of Honshu. The Tohoku earthquake caused a …

Feb 25, 2022 · Japan's scientists had forecast a smaller earthquake would strike the northern region of Honshu, the country's main island. Nor did they expect such a large tsunami. But there had been hints of...

The earthquake's epicenter—the location on the Earth's surface directly above where rupture began—lies about 140 km (90 mi) west of the Japan Trench and about 130 km (80 mi) east of the city of Sendai on Honshu, Japan's main island.

Apr 18, 2011 · On March 11, 2011 at 2:46 p.m. local time (12:46 a.m. EST), a 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred near Honshu, Japan creating a devastating tsunami that threatened people, property, infrastructure and natural resources throughout the entire Pacific basin.

The March 11, 2011, M 9.1 Tohoku earthquake, which occurred near the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan, resulted from shallow thrust faulting on the subduction zone plate boundary between the Pacific and North America plates.

Mar 16, 2025 · Find all latest earthquakes in or near Honshu Island, Japan, in our list below, updated every minute! Events are often reported within minutes. If you just felt a quake in or near Honshu, find out which quakes are happening right now!

The Tohoku earthquake that struck Japan on 11th March 2011 was one of the biggest earthquakes recorded in the last 100 years and caused shaking at the surface that lasted 6 minutes. ... the earthquake triggered a 39 m high tsunami wave which hit northern Honshu, causing devastation to people, buildings and to the Fukushima nuclear power station ...