Japan saw its largest earthquake ever recorded in 2011, a magnitude-9.1 quake that struck the Tohoku region and caused a huge tsunami.

In 2011, the deadliest quake and subsequent tsunami in recent Japanese history struck northwest of the capital Tokyo and killed at least 20,000 people. The 9.1 magnitude Tohoku earthquake spiraled ...

In a country still haunted by the 2011 Tohoku disaster, when a 9.1 magnitude earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami, authorities are taking no chances. That tragedy, one of Japan’s most ...

One of the most significant recent events was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, caused by subduction along the Japan Trench. The magnitude 9.1 earthquake triggered massive tsunami waves ...

In 2011, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a devastating tsunami, made particularly famous for causing the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Thirteen years later, an international ...

when Fulton and the IODP first ventured to the Japan Trench to study how and where the magnitude 9.1 earthquake—one of the largest ever recorded—originated. In that rupture, the shallowest ...

Exactly 20 years ago, a magnitude-9.1 earthquake occurred on Dec ... including about 40 Japanese. The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered the heaviest damage, with more ...

A magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck Japan’s Kyushu region late Monday night ... An earthquake with a magnitude of 9.1 to 9.3 off the coast of Sumatra in Indonesia produced waves over 100 feet ...