{"id":249398,"date":"2023-03-06T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T11:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/the-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan\/"},"modified":"2024-10-31T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T13:06:09","slug":"the-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/en\/the-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"THE 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI IN JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4px||22px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">The <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">11th March 2011 T\u014dhoku earthquake,<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">also called the Great East Japan Earthquake, was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan and the <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/quali-sono-stati-i-terremoti-piu-forti-della-storia\/\" style=\"color: #000000;\">fourth most powerful in the world<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\"> since they started keeping modern records in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1900\" style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #000000;\">1900.<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mare\" style=\"color: #000000;\">undersea <\/a>megathrust earthquake, with a <strong>magnitude of 9.1<\/strong>, occurred at a depth of 29 km with epicentre in the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oceano_Pacifico\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Pacific Ocean<\/a>, 72 km east of the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Distretto_di_Oshika\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Oshika Peninsul<\/a>a of the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku region<\/a>, and lasted about six minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On the mainland, about 100 km from the epicentre, a maximum earthquake shaking value (Modified Mercalli Intensity), equivalent to intensity IX, was recorded. Peak ground accelerations reached 2.99 g. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Other tremors occurred on the following days and many parts of the city of Tokyo suffered temporary power outages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Japans_Triple_Disaster_-_Two_Years_On_8545083970-scaled.jpg\" width=\"671\" height=\"447\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244346 alignnone size-full\"><br \/><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage following the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>The 2011 Tsunami in Japan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After the 2011 earthquakes, a violent <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tsunami\" style=\"color: #000000;\">tsunami <\/a>was generated. <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The coasts of Japan most affected by the tidal waves (over 10 metres high that reached a speed of about 750 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Km\/h\" style=\"color: #000000;\">km\/h<\/a>) were the coast of <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prefettura_di_Iwate\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Iwate prefecture<\/a>, where the highest wave was recorded, hitting land in the vicinity of the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Miyako\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Miyako<\/a>, and which reached the extraordinary height of 40.5 metres, and that of <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prefettura_di_Miyagi\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Miyagi prefecture<\/a>, which suffered the greatest damage, with cars, buildings, ships and trains overwhelmed by the waves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Hachinohe_after_tsunami-scaled.jpg\" width=\"686\" height=\"455\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244348 size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage caused by the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Measurements of mean sea level indicate that the arrival of the tsunami wave took at least 72 hours to reduce. Passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, the tsunami even reached the Mediterranean Sea. Satellite images showed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fatica_(scienza_dei_materiali)\" style=\"color: #000000;\">fatigue<\/a>, induced by these oscillations, on the ice mass caused the breakup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Piattaforma_di_ghiaccio_Sulzberger\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Sulzberger Ice Shelf<\/a>.  <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/6167312555_81bbdf70ed_b.jpg\" width=\"684\" height=\"513\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244349 alignnone size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage following the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Damage and victims of the T\u014dhoku earthquake<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 11th of March 2011 tsunami in Japan was one of the most catastrophic tsunamis in human history. The tsunami caused property damage and most of the victims, more than 15,000, were such because of it.  <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px;\">To date, the official number is 15,703 killed or affected, 5,314 injured and 4,647 missing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the first moments after the earthquake, fires broke out and several structures were damaged. The antenna at the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tokyo_Tower\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Tokyo Tower <\/a>collapsed structurally and was seen visibly sloping from the first hours.  <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shinkansen\" style=\"color: #000000;\">Shinkansen <\/a>rail network blocked all high-speed trains, while other rail services in various parts of the country were suspended. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/UKISAR_in_2011_Japan_earthquake_13_Heavy_snow_in_Kamaishi.jpg\" width=\"651\" height=\"488\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244350 alignnone size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage following the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <strong>tsunami <\/strong>caused the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster, destroying the emergency generators that powered the cooling systems of three of the plant\u2019s reactors. This caused a power outage and blocking of the cooling systems in the first three reactors. In the days after the disaster, following the release of radioactivity into the air and contamination of surrounding soil, the authorities ordered the evacuation of residents within a 20-kilometre radius.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5559557493_dbdae1b259_c.jpg\" width=\"587\" height=\"401\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244351 alignnone size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5559557493_dbdae1b259_c.jpg 587w, https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5559557493_dbdae1b259_c-480x328.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 587px, 100vw\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage to the Fukushima plant, Japan, 2011<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the city of <strong>Sendai<\/strong>, the tsunami flooded the airport.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The water supply to at least 1.4 million homes was disrupted and about 3 million people<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">were allegedly left without electricity. In addition, there was a shortage of basic necessities, such as food, water and fuel in several cities of Japan. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5572706057_40e83505e5_b.jpg\" width=\"646\" height=\"484\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244352 alignnone size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;\">Damage following the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some countries of the Pacific Ocean suffered minor, widespread damage. The tsunami propagated throughout the Pacific, hitting places such as Coquimbo, Chile, where waves of over two metres were seen, and Crescent City in California, where run-ups of over two and a half metres were recorded. Run-ups of up to 2 metres were also reported in Russia, South America, Hawaii and on the US mainland.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following the tragic event, Japan received assistance and aid from all over the world. According to the UN, 45 countries offered to send search and rescue teams and many countries sent economic aid to support the affected population. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/isaac-global.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/5551205489_c0a1717060_b.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"342\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244353 alignnone size-full\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Damage following the 2011 <a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Regione_di_T%C5%8Dhoku\" style=\"color: #000000;\">T\u014dhoku <\/a>earthquake in Japan<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 11th March 2011 T\u014dhoku earthquake,also called the Great East Japan Earthquake, was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan and the fourth most powerful in the world since they started keeping modern records in 1900. 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