The Earth’s Movement and the Shaking of Japan in 2011

Earthquake
An Earthquake is a high shaking of the earth’s surface produced by the release of
stored energy in form of seismic waves.
The most common are produced by the activity of geological fault and tectonic
plates. Also by volcanic process and human activity (fraking and nuclear
detonations underground).

Illustration 1 the most important Tectonic Plates of the Earth.

At the Earth's surface, earthquakes manifest themselves by shaking and displacing

or disrupting the ground. When the epicenter of a large earthquake is located
offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami.
The Consequences of Disaster are: landslide, ground ruptures, fires, volcanic
activity, ground liquefaction, tsunamis, floods, collapses and destruction of cities.

The Earthquake and Tsunami of Japan in 2011

The earthquake was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake off the
coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46pm on Friday 11 March 2011, with
the epicentre approximately 70 kilometres east of the Oshika
Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenterat an underwater depth of approximately
29 km. The earthquake is often referred to in Japan as the Great East Japan
Earthquake. It was the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan, and
the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world The earthquake triggered
powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres in Miyako The
earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m east.
The latest report from the Japanese National Police Agency report confirms 15,896
deaths, 6,157 injured, and 2,537 people missing across twenty prefectures, and a
report from 2015 indicated 228,863 people were still living away from their home in
either temporary housing or due to permanent relocation. A March 2018 agency
report listed 121,776 buildings totally collapsed, with a further 280,923 buildings
"half collapsed", and another 726,574 buildings partially damaged
The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said that in the 65 years after the end of
World War II, this was the toughest and the most difficult crisis for Japan. Around
4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left without electricity and
1.5 million without water.
The tsunami caused nuclear accidents at three reactors in the Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant complex, and the associated evacuation zones affecting
hundreds of thousands of residents. Many electrical generators were taken down,
and at least three nuclear reactors suffered explosions