The quake, the largest to hit Japan since record-keeping began in the late 1800s and one of the biggest ever recorded in the world, struck at 2:46 p.m. about 80 miles off the eastern coast. Officials ...
The earthquake struck on 11 March 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 tremor occurred off Japan's northeast coast, generating a tsunami that moved inland with destructive force. Waves reaching 40 metres ...