Directory of Sendai, Japan 2011 Resources

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On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC (14:46 local time) a magnitude 8.9 earthquake, the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history, occurred off the Oshika Peninsula, 130 kilometers east of Sendai, Honshu, Japan. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported wave amplitudes of up 7.3 meters were recorded on the coast of Japan. Tsunami warnings were issued for more than 50 countries on the Pacific coast.

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• BBC: Live - Japan

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698
  BBCWorld Twitter updates, live video, key points, maps, photo gallery, and related articles.

• CNN: Deaths, Tunamis Feared as Massive Quake Hits Japan

  http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/11/japan.quake/index.html
  News, photos, and videos.

• Google Crisis Response: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami

  http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html
  Person finder, maps, videos, links to news, warnings, disaster forums, train and blackout information. [Japanese/English]

• Japan Meteorological Agency: Tsunami Warnings

  http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/tsunami/
  Text and map of current warnings and advisories. [English/Japanese]

• Japan quake: Tremor timeline

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12748215
  BBC map of aftershocks, including twenty of magnitude over 6.0.

• NASA’s Image of the Day

  http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=49621
  Map showing location and strength of fore- and aftershocks.

• The Guardian: Japan Earthquake

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake
  Live updates, news articles, photographs, videos, and interactive map of the tsunami warnings and progress across the Pacific.

• Wikipedia: 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
  Overview, map, and tsunami alert status.

• WSJ.com: Japan Earthquake

  http://topics.wsj.com/subject/J/japan-earthquake/6547
  Collected coverage provides news, analysis, photos, video and infographics.

• WSJ: Live Blog: Japan Earthquake

  http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2011/03/11/live-blog-japan-earthquake/
  Article, updates, video, and slideshow.

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• Home > Science > Earth Sciences > Natural Disasters and Hazards > Tsunamis
• Home > Regional > Asia > Japan > Regions > Tohoku and Hokkaido

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