The resulting 2011 tsunami in northeastern Japan killed nearly 20,000 people, with a further 2,600 people recorded missing and never found. It also caused nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi ...

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.

The most harrowing one took place in 2011 after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook the coast of northern Japan. The tsunami resulted in more than 18,000 fatalities or missing people, per CBS.

But it is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing. The 2011 tsunami ...

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan ... Feb. 1, 2011. AP Public broadcaster NHK TV said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 meter ...

But the country is haunted by the memory of a massive 9.0-magnitude undersea quake off northeastern Japan in March 2011, which triggered a tsunami that left around 18,500 people dead or missing.