The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami was an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that created tsunami waves of up to 10 metres (33 ft). It was measured at 7 on the Japan Meteorological Agency seismic intensity scale in the northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, while the JMA's tsunami warning listed the magnitude as 8.8. The hypocenter was reported to be off the Oshika Peninsula, the east coast of Tohoku on Friday, March 11, 2011 at 05:46 UTC (2:46 p.m. local time) at a depth of 24.4 kilometres (15.2 mi). News report by Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) indicated that 40 people have died and another 39 missing in six different prefectures.
The magnitude of 8.9 made it the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history and the seventh largest in the world since records began.
JMA named this earthquake "The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake".
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