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Tokyo

Sendai

KawasakiYokohama

TOKAI

ONAGAWA

FUKUSHIMA-DAINI

FUKUSHIMA-DAIICHI

0 7537.5Kilometers

China

Russia

Japan

Japan

North Korea

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Russia

JapanJapan

Mongolia

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MethodologyOn Friday March 11, 2011 an 8.9M earthquake struck off the coast of North Japan approx 128 km east of Sendai. This earthquake has caused a devestating tsunami to hit Japan and travel through the Pacific. Waves up to 33 feet have been reported to have hit Sendai. 30 foot contours were created using ASTER GDEM. ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA.

Overview Map

Disclamer:The delineation of political boundaries, and associateddata shown here do not imply endorsement by the Pacific Disaster Center.Product Information:Product Created....................11 MAR 11Source Data...........................ASTER GDEMProjection...............................Mercator Datum WGS84Produced by...........................Pacific Disaster Center http://www.pdc.org

8.9M HONSHU JAPAN EQ: Low-Lying Coastal AreasMarch 11, 2011

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LegendRecent Earthquakes!( Less than 4.0!( 4.0 - 4.5!( 4.5 - 5.0!( Greater than 5.0

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