In March 2011, the magnitude 9 Tohoku earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan. Violent ground shaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's catastrophic Tohoku-Oki earthquake in 2011 was so strong that it caused the entire country to "slip," in some areas by as ...

Minutes after the massive 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami that killed nearly 20,000 people, "a previously unrecognised" phenomenon may have caused the whole country to shift further eastwards, a new ...

The Tohoku earthquake and ensuing tsunami ravaged northeastern Japan, leaving many dead or homeless. Those who survived are taking shelter in refuges set up in school gyms and community centers.

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