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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

April car sales in Japan rise by 92% year-over-year, a gain partially realized due to low sales in the wake of last year's earthquake and tsunami.
2012-05-1

Around 4,000 bodies of people who died in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture and Fukushima Prefecture remain unidentified.
2011-03-29

The Japanese government says that Tokyo Electric Power will have to compensate farmers for losses caused by the Fukushima I nuclear accidents.
2011-03-22

The death toll from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami will top 15,000 people in Miyagi Prefecture according to the local police chief.
2011-03-20

The death and missing toll from the earthquake and resulting tsunami approaches 21,000.
2011-03-20

There is a third explosion in four days at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami causing damage to its steel containment structure, the withdrawal of emergency workers and expected increases in radiation.
2011-03-15

Two thousand bodies are found on the shores of two beaches in Miyagi Prefecture.
2011-03-14

The Sendai Airport, located near Sendai in the Miyagi Prefecture, is damaged by the earthquake, and is hit by tsunami waves up to 15 meters (50 feet).
2011-03-11

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake hits offshore of Japan's Miyagi prefecture, producing tsunamis as high as 10 meters near the epicenter and reaching land throughout the Pacific ocean.
2011-03-11