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     • Ten years ago today, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. Nearly 20,000 people were killed. Entire towns were destroyed. The disaster triggered multiple explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, sending radioactive material into the air. It was the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
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   What happened 10 years ago in Japan?

   • SCOTT DETROW, HOST: Ten years ago today, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. Nearly 20,000 people were killed. Entire towns were destroyed. The disaster triggered multiple explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, sending radioactive material into the air. It was the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

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   How did March 11 2011 affect Japan?

   • Within minutes, the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown on March 11, 2011, brought an unprecedented wave of death, displacement, and destruction to Japan. Richard Samuels revisits its impact one decade later. Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history.

   Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later

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   What happened to Japan's nuclear power plant in 2011?

   • On 11 March 2011, Japan's most powerful earthquake on record triggered a tsunami, which then caused a meltdown at a nuclear power plant. The disaster left 18,000 people dead, wiped entire towns off the map and forced more than 150,000 people from their homes as radiation leaked from the plant.

   Fukushima 10 years on: How the 'triple disaster' unfolded

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   What happened in Fukushima?

   • Fukushima accident A man is checked for radiation exposure after having been evacuated from the quarantine area around a nuclear power station in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, that was damaged in the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami.

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   Did Japan's most powerful earthquake cause a nuclear power plant meltdown?

   • Japan's most powerful earthquake on record caused a tsunami and a nuclear power plant meltdown.

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   How did the Fukushima tsunami affect Japan?

   • It triggered a tsunami which swept over Japan's main island of Honshu, killing more than 18,000 people and wiping entire towns off the map. At the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the gigantic wave surged over coastal defences and flooded the reactors, sparking a major disaster.

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3. www.bbc.com › news › world-asia-56344142Japan's triple disaster 10 years on: The day ‘tomorrow didn’t ...

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   Mar 11, 2021 · It’s 10 years since Japan was hit by a giant 9.0-magnitude earthquake, triggering a massive tsunami. Along the north-east coast dozens of towns and villages were engulfed by the wave. The...

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   Mar 10, 2021 · Fukushima 10 years on: How the 'triple disaster' unfolded. On 11 March 2011, Japan's most powerful earthquake on record triggered a tsunami, which then caused a meltdown at a nuclear...

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   Aug 23, 2023 · Fukushima 10 years on: How the 'triple disaster' unfolded. A tsunami struck the Japanese plant in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

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7. cis.mit.edu › publications › magazineJapan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later

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   Ten years ago, on March 11, 2011, Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history. Of 9.1 magnitude by many accounts, the earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Tohoku and triggered a tsunami and meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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   Mar 11, 2021 · Ten years ago today, a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan. Nearly 20,000 people were killed. Entire towns were destroyed. The disaster triggered multiple explosions at...

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   3 days ago · Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (‘Number One’) nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.

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    A decade after a powerful earthquake and tsunami set off the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown in Japan, Stanford experts discuss revelations about radiation from the disaster, advances in ...