Japan March 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami - Resources
Last updated February 15, 2013
The Honshu tsunami was generated by a Mw 9.0 earthquake at 05:46 UTC 120 km (80 mi) east of Sendai, Honshu, Japan. This model shows the global maximum wave amplitude plot (NOAA).
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Oregon is a geologic mirror-image of northern Japan. In both places, the Pacific Ocean floor is sliding beneath adjacent continents along giant faults called subduction zones. (Source: Oregon Resilience Plan: Reducing Risk and Improving Recovery for the Next Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami.)
Websites and commentaries on the Japan earthquake and tsunami
- NOVA: "Surviving the Tsunami" 1-hour television show. Gripping personal stories from Japan offer lessons on how to act in the face of a life-threatening disaster. Aired Sept. 28, 2011 on PBS.
- Lori Dengler's (Humbolt State University) Post-Earthquake Reconnaissance Blog Posts
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The amazing Japan Quake Map that chronicles (animation) all the earthquakes off the coast of Honshu since March 10 — over 740 and counting.
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ABC News Before and After pictures of the affected coastal cities.
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More before and after pictures, poster sized, actual satellite images, and other maps from the International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" website.
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NOAA's Japanese tsunami wave propagation animation.
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Google's Sendai earthquake crisis page.
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The TerraSAR-X Change Analysis Map of Sendai Area, Japan.
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The Esri Japan Earthquake and Tsunami web pages with maps and great resources/links.
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The IRIS "teachable moments" page on this and past earthquakes — great animations and graphics.
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Closer to home, news channel KGW has some historic video of the 1964 tsunami damage in Seaside and Cannon Beach.
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From the MIT Technology Review website, articles 80 Seconds of Warning for Tokyo, and How Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami Warning System Work.
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Articles, opinions, and editorials from The Oregonian:
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