Sources: LA Times
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, causing tsunami waves of up to 1 m. As a precaution, Tohoku Electric Power shuts down the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant and Tokyo Electric Power Company checks the condition of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, which was struck by the massive earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. 2021-03-20
According to Tokyo Electric Power Company, radiations levels within one of the reactors of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, damaged by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011, are at its highest level since experiencing a meltdown, with a reading of 530 sieverts an hour. 2017-02-3
Japan's industrial output declined by a record level of 15.3% in March due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-04-28
The official death toll from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami passes 12,000 with over 15,000 people missing. 2011-04-3
Prime Minister of Japan Naoto Kan visits the areas of the country worst affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-04-2
The US Food and Drug Administration bans all milk, fruit and vegetables imports from areas of Japan near the Fukushima plant. 2011-03-22
A small amount of radiation is found on vegetables exported from Japan to Taiwan but the amount is too small to harm human health. [http:--www.theguardian.pe.ca-Canada---World-Business-2011-03-20-article-2347183-Taiwan-says-radiation-detected-on-batch-of-Japanese-peas,-but-levels-not-harmful-1 (Canadian Press via "Prince Edward Island Guardian")]date=August 2019 2011-03-20
Prime Minister Kan warns people living within a 30 kilometre radius of the plant to stay indoors and a 30-km no-fly zone is established around the plant. 2011-03-15
Two thousand bodies are found on the shores of two beaches in Miyagi Prefecture. 2011-03-14