On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST, a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region of Japan. It lasted approximately
A helicopter flies over the port of Sendai to deliver food to survivors
A seismogram recorded in Massachusetts, United States
Soil liquefaction in Kōtō, Tokyo
Satellite image shows snowfall on agricultural fields in Sendai area. See § Weather conditions paragraph for details.
Tōhoku Expressway
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The Tōhoku Expressway is a south-north national expressway, and the longest expressway in Japan at 679.5 kilometers. Its southern terminus is in Kawaguchi, Saitama in the Greater Tokyo Area, at the To
The Tōhoku Expressway at Hanamaki Junction in Hanamaki, Iwate September 2014