That quake and a resulting tsunami caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The resulting tsunami also produced a wave that radiated throughout the rest of the world's oceans.
The resulting tsunami, which swept into Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, killing more than 100 people, also puzzled scientists.
On March 11 , 2011 the city and surrounding region were devastated by a severe earthquake and resulting tsunami.
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The nuclear power plants at Fukushima in northern Japan were damaged during the magnitude 9 earthquake and the resulting tsunami that hit the country in March.
In Japan, the catastrophic earthquake and resulting tsunami had a profound effect on global industrial production, the most important determinant of commodities markets," the letter said.
Though Asahi City, a coastal city, is not in the Tohoku region, it was still heavily damaged by the resulting tsunami.
A member of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces surveys the damage from an earthquake and the resulting tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March , 2011
On December 26 , 2004 an earthquake and resulting tsunami in South Asia claimed some 227,000 lives and displaced 1.7 million people.
Since the devastating Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami in December 2004, the IMS has linked its considerable resources to tsunami warning stations worldwide.
