Tohoku

• North-East Japan

  2011, March 11th
• Earthquake hit

  3pm
• Epicentre

  80 miles east of the city Sendai
• Focus

  Around a depth of 18.6 miles below the floor of the western Pacific Ocean
• Considered one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded
• Around 20,000 deaths
• Biggest killer was the waves from the tsunami
• Infrastructure was heavily damaged throughout Tohoku
• Roads and rail lines were destroyed
• Electric power knocked out
• Water and sewage systems were disrupted
• Power plants destroyed by tsunami
• 100,000 members of the Japanese self defence force helped to deal with the crisis
• US Navy help/military
• Financial and material support from the Red Cross