The 2011 Japan earthquake was so powerful it shifted the Earth - But how fast did the tsunami arrive?

The earthquake that struck the Asian country measured 9.1 on the Richter scale, and within minutes, the first waves began to ...

Factbox - Japan's major earthquakes in the past 15 years

TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, leaving many presumed dead inside a ...
Yahoo

Powerful 2011 Japan earthquake may have moved whole country further east

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 ...
CNN

A seismic event bounced off Earth’s core and shifted an island country

When massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan on March 11, 2011, the ground also made a more lasting move. About 15 minutes after the event began at 2:46 p.m. local time, nearly the entire country ...