2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:affectedArea gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:aftermath thousands, including magnitude 7.9
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:2011_Tōhoku_earthquake
gptkb:2011_Tōhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 9.0
gptkbp:borders Pacific Plate and Okhotsk Plate
gptkbp:casualties over 15,000 deaths
over 2,500 missing
over 6,000 injured
gptkbp:cause gptkb:earthquake
gptkbp:commemoratedBy annual memorial services
gptkbp:damageCost over $235 billion USD
gptkbp:date 2011-03-11
gptkbp:destroyedBy widespread destruction in Tōhoku region
gptkbp:documentedIn numerous documentaries and books
gptkbp:economicImportance global supply chain disruption
gptkbp:epicenter off the coast of Tōhoku, Japan
gptkbp:evacuations over 450,000 people
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2016_Kumamoto_earthquakes
gptkbp:governmentResponse Prime Minister Naoto Kan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
gptkbp:influenced Japanese disaster preparedness policy
gptkbp:internationalResponse Operation Tomodachi (US military assistance)
gptkbp:longTermImpact environmental contamination
psychological trauma
infrastructure rebuilding
population decline in affected areas
gptkbp:maximumDepth 29 km
gptkbp:mediaCoverage global
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:March_11
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Minamisoma
gptkb:Sendai
gptkb:Ishinomaki
gptkb:Kesennuma
gptkb:Rikuzentakata
gptkbp:notableSurvivor Okawa Elementary School
gptkbp:nuclearAccidentLevel INES Level 7 (Fukushima)
gptkbp:powerOutage over 4.4 million households
gptkbp:powers Shindo 7 (maximum in Japan)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2010_Chile_earthquake
gptkbp:reliefEffortsBy gptkb:treaty
gptkb:Japanese_Self-Defense_Forces
gptkbp:triggeredBy gptkb:Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster
gptkbp:tsunami up to 40.5 meters
gptkbp:tsunamiEvacuationTime minutes after earthquake
gptkbp:tsunamiInundationArea 561 km²
gptkbp:tsunamiReached as far as Chile and California
gptkbp:tsunamiTravelTimeToCoast 30 minutes
gptkbp:tsunamiWarningIssued gptkb:Japan_Meteorological_Agency
gptkbp:tsunamiWarningIssuedTime within 3 minutes of earthquake
gptkbp:tsunamiWarningSystem improved after event
gptkbp:type megathrust earthquake
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 2017
gptkbp:waterOutage over 1.5 million households
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Japan_Disaster_Relief_Team
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8