Minami Sanriku. Satellite image of the town of Minami Sanriku,Miyagi prefecture,Japan,taken before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck 130km off the east coast of Japan at 14.46 local time (05.46 GMT) on 11th March 2011,triggering an enormous Tsunami. It was the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan and the 5th largest in the world. Tidal waves of up to 10 metres high swept ashore,devastating areas up to 10km inland and destroying 95 percent of Minami Sanriku. Imaged by the GeoEye-1 satellite on 15th November 2009 from 680km in space. For the same area after the disaster see image: C008/9962 | |
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