Earthquake and Tsunami In Japan
On 11 March, 2011, a megathrust earthquake struck off the coast of Japan, that have been killing over 15,000 people and causing one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. It was centred on the seafloor at a depth of 24 km, this was the fourth largest earthquake on record and the largest to ever hit Japan.
The energy released by the earthquake produced a huge tsunami, with waves up to 30ft beginning to hit the coast within about an hour. The tsunami was the cause of the loss of life that resulted from the disaster, entire towns were destroyed.
In the following year Japan was hit by over 5,000 aftershocks, the earthquake was so powerful it shifted Earth on its axis of rotation. The cost of the earthquake and tsunami is still ongoing to some extent. 
It is believed to have been the most expensive disaster in history, so far amounting to an estimated $300bn. Further to this, 45,700 buildings and 230,000 vehicles were destroyed.
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