Japan launched a massive military rescue operation saturday after a giant, earthquakefed tsunami killed hundreds of people and turned the north eastern coast into a swampy wasteland, while authorities braced for a possible meltdown at a nuclear reactor. The complex behaviors of the mega tsunami were characterized by the unprecedented scale and the low occurrence frequency. This study documents the geologic characteristics of the 2011 tohokuoki tsunami on the sendai coast, and provide a background for related. However, the damage from the great east japan earthquake was greater than the guidelines anticipated. A tsunami flooded road after the disaster in miyagi. The sudden horizontal and vertical thrusting of the pacific plate, which has been slowly advancing under the eurasian plate near japan, displaced the water. On 11 march, 2011 a devastating tsunami triggered by a mw 9.
The giant waves deluged cities and rural areas alike, sweeping away cars, homes, buildings, a train, and boats, leaving a path of death and devastation in its wake. The earthquake caused a huge tsunami with a wave height of over 10m. Mar 11, 2011 view and download powerpoint presentations on japan earthquake and tsunami 2011 ppt. The great east japan earthquake and tsunami generated approximately 20 million tons of debris along the coast. Jan 04, 2012 the island of oshima and its 3,000 residents, included in the city limits, were isolated by the tsunami which damaged the ferry connections.
The earthquake generated a tsunami that rose up to 5 feet above sea level and killed over 20,000 people. It generated a devastating tsunami that come ashore about 30 minutes after the earthquake. Jun 11, 2015 characteristics of the 2011 tohoku tsunami have been revealed by collaborative tsunami surveys extensively performed under the coordination of the joint tsunami survey group. On 11 march 2011, the tohoku earthquake tsunami caused severe damage to over 400,000 homes and catastrophic loss of life along the east coast of japan see mimura et al.
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