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Earthquake off the eastern coast of Honshu Island in Japan by a magnitude, according to current estimates , from 8, 9 to 9, 1 points occurred on March 11, 2011 at 14:46 local time (at 8:46 Moscow time).

This is the strongest earthquake in the famous history of Japan and Sed my, and other estimates even sixth or fifth largest force in the history of seismic observations. However, in terms of the number of victims and the scale of the devastation, it is much inferior to the earthquakes in Japan 1707, 1896, 1995 and 1923 (the worst in the consequences).

According to scientists, earthquakes in Japan may last another month. The most affected cities:

• Rikudentsataka - almost the whole city in the prefect of Iwate was washed away, about 5 thousand houses went under water
• Minisanriku - 9, 5 thousand inhabitants disappeared.
• Sendai - the water flooded the territory at a distance of 10 km from the sea coast. Some 650 people are missing.
• Yamada - about 7,200 homes went under water