Top 10 most destructive tsunamis in recent history
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2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami
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A magnitude of 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Tohoku on Mar. 11, 2011. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded to have hit Japan, and the fifth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900. The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 meters (133 ft) in Miyako in Tōhoku's Iwate Prefecture.
On February 10, 2014, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,884 deaths, 6,148 injuring, and 2,633 people missing across twenty prefectures, as well as 127,290 buildings totally collapsed. The tsunami caused nuclear accidents, primarily the level seven meltdowns at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting hundreds of thousands of residents.
