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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

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

The total number of deaths and missing persons from the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami passes 16,600 with 6,405 confirmed dead.
2011-03-18

The Government of Japan evacuates over 200,000 people as fear of nuclear contamination from the power plants grow.
2011-03-13

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

The Government of Japan evacuates thousands of residents living near the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant following a radiation leak.
2011-03-11