2011 Tōhoku yirdquauk an tsunami
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Date | 11 Mairch 2011 |
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Oreegin time | 14:46:23 JST (UTC+09:00) |
Duration | 6 minutes[1] |
Magnitude | 9.0 (Mw)[2][3] |
Depth | 30 km (19 mi) |
Epicentre | 38°19′19″N 142°22′08″E / 38.322°N 142.369°E |
Teep | Megathrust yirdquauk |
Tot damage | Tsunami wave, floodin, landslides, fires, biggin an infrastructure damage, nuclear incidents includin radiation releases |
Max. intensity | IX - Violent |
Peak acceleration | 2.99 g |
Tsunami | Up tae 40.5 m (133 ft) in Miyako, Iwate, Tōhoku |
Laundslides | Yes |
Foreshocks | 7 |
Eftershocks | 9,637 (as o 2 Aprile, 2013)[4] |
Casualties | 15,883 daiths, 6,143 injured, 2,681 fowk missin |
The 2011 yirdquauk aff the Paceefic coast o Tōhoku (東北地方太平洋沖地震 Tōhoku-chihō Taiheiyō Oki Jishin), eften referred tae in Japan as Higashi nihon daishinsai (東日本大震災)[5] an an aa kent as the 2011 Tohoku yirdquauk,[6] the Great East Japan Yirdquauk,[7][8] an the 3.11 Yirdquauk, wis a magnitude 9.03 (Mw) unnersea megathrust yirdquauk aff the coast o Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 Mairch 2011,[2][3][9] wi the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) east o the Oshika Peninsula o Tōhoku an the hypocenter at an unnerwatter depth o approximately 30 km (19 mi).[2][10] It wis the maist pouerful kent yirdquauk ever tae hae hit Japan, an the fift maist pouerful yirdquauk in the warld syne modren record-keepin began in 1900.[9][11][12] The yirdquauk triggered pouerful tsunami waves that reached heichts o up tae 40.5 metres (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefectur,[13][14] an which, in the Sendai aurie, travelled up tae 10 km (6 mi) inlaund.[15] The yirdquauk moved Honshu (the main island o Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east an shifted the Yird on its axis bi estimates o atween 10 cm (4 in) an 25 cm (10 in).[16][17]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "震災の揺れは6分間 キラーパルス少なく 東大地震研". Asahi Shimbun. Japan. 17 March 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Magnitude 9.03 – Near The East Coast Of Honshu, Japan". United States Geological Survey (USGS). Archived frae the oreeginal on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Reilly, Michael (11 March 2011). "Japan's quake updated to magnitude 9.0". New Scientist (Short Sharp Science ed.). Archived frae the oreeginal on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ↑ 震度1以上の余震の最大震度別地震回数表(3月11日~) on 3 April, 2013. Japan Meteorological Agency. Retrieved 10 April, 2013.
- ↑ Abstract of the 191th meeting of CCEP - website of the Japanese Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction
- ↑ USGS Updates Magnitude of Japan’s 2011 Tohoku Earthquake to 9.03 - website of the United States Geological Survey
- ↑ "Press Conference by Prime Minister Naoto Kan". Prime Meenister o Japan an His Cabinet. Archived frae the oreeginal on 18 April 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2011.
- ↑ "Kan names quake at pep talk". The Japan Times. 2 April 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "New USGS number puts Japan quake at 4th largest". CBS News. Associated Press. 14 March 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ "Tsunami hits north-eastern Japan after massive quake". BBC News. 11 March 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ↑ Branigan, Tania (13 March 2011). "Tsunami, earthquake, nuclear crisis – now Japan faces power cuts". The Guardian. London. Archived frae the oreeginal on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ↑ "Japan quake – 7th largest in recorded history". 11 March 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
- ↑ "March 11th tsunami a record 40.5 meters high [[NHK]]". .nhk.or.jp. 13 August 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011. URL–wikilink conflict (help)
- ↑ Yomiuri Shimbun evening edition 2-11-04-15 page 15, nearby Aneyoshi fishery port (姉吉漁港)(Google map E39 31 57.8, N 142 3 7.6) 2011-04-15, 大震災の津波、宮古で38.9 m…明治三陸上回る by okayasu Akio (岡安 章夫) Archived 18 Apryle 2011 at WebCite
- ↑ Roland Buerk (11 March 2011). "Japan earthquake: Tsunami hits north-east". BBC. Archived frae the oreeginal on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
- ↑ "Quake shifted Japan by over two meters". Deutsche Welle. 14 March 2011. Archived frae the oreeginal on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.
- ↑ Chai, Carmen (11 March 2011). "Japan's quake shifts earth's axis by 25 centimetres". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia News. Archived frae the oreeginal on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
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