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Japan Earthquake Information

 

Date 14:46 (JST), March 11, 2011
Epicenter 38.1N, 142.9E (Tohoku region Pacific Ocean offshore)
Magnitude 9.0 Mw (world's 4th most powerful since 1900)
Max seismic intensity 7 (Kurihara-shi, Miyagi Prefecture)
Total damage tsunamis, floods, landslides, fires, building and infrastructure damage, nuclear incidents [JP], etc.
Aftershocks* 394 above M5.0, 66 above M6.0, 4 above M7.0
Casualties**

12,690 dead (worst in postwar Japan), 4,224 injured,
14,736 missing

Refugeees*** 157,600

* Japan Meteorological Agency, as of 15:00, April 6, JST
** National Police Agency, as of 20:00, April 7, JST
*** National Police Agency, as of 20:00, April 7, JST

JMA Seismic Intensity and Tsunami Warning

 

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