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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

Aquatic species from Japan hitched a ride on debris from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and were able to reach the West Coast of the United States alive.
2017-09-28

The Government of Japan announces a $157 billion additional budget to cover the costs of recovering from March's earthquake and tsunami.
2011-10-21

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

Radiation levels 20km from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant measured at 1600 times normal levels.
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

A magnitude 6.2 aftershock hits Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture southwest of Tokyo.
2011-03-15

There are 9,500 people unaccounted for in the town of Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture.
2011-03-12

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

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