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North Korea launches an intercontinental ballistic missile towards Japan, prompting evacuation warnings for residents in the prefectures of Miyagi, Yamagata and Niigata. The missile landed about 1100 km off the Japanese coast in the Pacific Ocean, with the launch likely not successful.
2022-11-3

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

Toyota closes several plants in Europe for part of April and May due to parts shortages caused by the power outages associated with the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-13

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 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 rise in radiation levels in Tokyo leads to panic buying and some residents leaving the capital.
2011-03-15

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

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

Fifty thousand Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel are involved in search and rescue efforts.
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