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
The Government of Japan publishes a reconstruction plan for areas devastated by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-07-21
Workers enter one of the buildings at Japan's Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant for the first time since an explosion in the days following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. 2011-05-5
Japan's Nikkei 225 improves by six per cent as concerns over the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on the economy are reduced. 2011-03-16
Dozens of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex (also called "Fukushima I") have stayed behind to end the radiation leaks, known as the "Fukushima 50", risking fatal radiation exposure. 2011-03-15
The National Police Agency advises that the official death toll from the quake is 2,414 dead with 3,118 injured. 2011-03-15
Two thousand bodies are found on the shores of two beaches in Miyagi Prefecture. 2011-03-14
The Government of Japan evacuates thousands of residents living near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following a radiation leak. 2011-03-11
The United States Geological Survey estimates that it is the fifth strongest earthquake since 1900. 2011-03-11