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A 5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes 60 km (35 miles) from Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan Province, in northwestern Iran, killing at least six and injuring more than 300. The United States Geological Survey warns that "significant casualties are likely and the disaster is potentially widespread".
2019-11-8

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

The confirmed death toll from the March 11 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami exceeds 15,000 with over 9,000 still missing and 115,500 evacuees still in shelters.
2011-05-14

Japan's Sendai Airport partially reopens for the first time since the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
2011-04-13

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 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

Analysts believe that a nuclear meltdown may be occurring at the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant disabled by the Japanese earthquake with a state of emergency declared at five plants.
2011-03-12

The United States Geological Survey estimates that it is the fifth strongest earthquake since 1900.
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