On Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46:23 UTC (14:46 local time) a magnitude 8.9 earthquake, the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history, occurred off the Oshika Peninsula, 130 kilometers east of Sendai, Honshu, Japan. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported wave amplitudes of up 7.3 meters were recorded on the coast of Japan. Tsunami warnings were issued for more than 50 countries on the Pacific coast.
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- CNN: Deaths, Tunamis Feared as Massive Quake Hits Japan News, photos, and videos.
- BBC: Live - Japan BBCWorld Twitter updates, live video, key points, maps, photo gallery, and related articles.
- WSJ: Live Blog: Japan Earthquake Article, updates, video, and slideshow.
- Google Crisis Response: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Person finder, maps, videos, links to news, warnings, disaster forums, train and blackout information. [Japanese/English]
- Japan Meteorological Agency: Tsunami Warnings Text and map of current warnings and advisories. [English/Japanese]
- NASA’s Image of the Day Map showing location and strength of fore- and aftershocks.
- Japan quake: Tremor timeline BBC map of aftershocks, including twenty of magnitude over 6.0.
- WSJ.com: Japan Earthquake Collected coverage provides news, analysis, photos, video and infographics.
- Wikipedia: 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami Overview, map, and tsunami alert status.
- The Guardian: Japan Earthquake Live updates, news articles, photographs, videos, and interactive map of the tsunami warnings and progress across the Pacific.