Japan 2011On March 11, 2011, Japan suffered one of the worst earthquakes and tsunamis of all time. This happened in northeastern Japan. The tsunami began when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan's main island. The tsunami devastated many coastal areas in the region and also triggered a major nuclear problem at the Fukishima power plant. Pacific Ocean. » (Britannia School, John P. Rafferty 2011) The epicenter was just 80 miles east of the city of Sendai. “The cause of the earthquake was a sudden rupture of the subduction zone associated with the Japanese trench. The Japanese trench separates the Eurasian plate from the Pacific plate in subduction. This subduction zone moved southeastward up 164 feet and erupted upward 33 feet, causing the tsunami wave. (Britannica School, John P. Rafferty 2011) This process is called subduction and a convergent boundary when the Pacific plate passes beneath the Eurasian plate, causing the Eurasian plate to break upward. “The earthquake was felt as far away as Russia and Beijing. » (Britannica School, John P. Rafferty 2011) It was followed by numerous aftershocks, including one with a magnitude of 7.2, 25 miles from the epicenter of the main earthquake. "It was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded. (Britannica School, J P. Rafferty 2011.) Figure 2 NA Google Images The eruption of the Pacific plate created many dangerous and destructive tsunami waves. "A wave measuring more than 33 feet" ( Brita ... middle of paper ... for 130 billion US dollars. The environment has also suffered. The habitat of the last existing wild panda has been damaged by "more than 23%" (e! Science). News, 2009, Author NA) Floods and fires have also damaged the rainforests and forests surrounding Sichuan. But it has been said that it will not take long for China to rebuild. meaning it would take less than 10 years to conclude the 2011 earthquake in Japan The impact was greater than in China in 2008, as more people died and the economic losses were greater. Additionally, the Japan earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused more damage to Japan than the China earthquake did to China and that's because the earthquake was not. with a magnitude of 9.0. 7.9. It seemed like a lot of people were doing operations in China, but that was due to the population density of the area. Overall, 2011 in Japan was a more powerful and destructive earthquake..