The 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred on 11 March 2011.
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15,883Casualties
340,000People Displaced
It was the most powerful known earthquake ever to have hit Japan, and the fifth most powerful earthquake in the world since modern record-keeping began in 1900.
The earthquake triggered powerful tsunami waves that reached heights of up to 40.5 metres. The earthquake moved Honshu (the main island of Japan) 2.4 m (8 ft) east and shifted the Earth on its axis by estimates of between 10 cm and 25 cm.
On 12 September 2012, a Japanese National Police Agency report confirmed 15,883 deaths, 6,144 injured, and 2,676 people missing, as well as 129,225 buildings totally collapsed, with a further 254,204 buildings ‘half collapsed’, and another 691,766 buildings partially damaged. The earthquake and tsunami also caused extensive and severe structural damage in north-eastern Japan, including heavy damage to roads and railways as well as fires in many areas, and a dam collapse. Around 4.4 million households in northeastern Japan were left without electricity and 1.5 million without water.
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The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will contribute urgently needed relief supplies to Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. “Today I met with Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeaki Mastumoto, who underlined the grave situation facing his country,” said Minister Cannon. “The Japanese government
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today announced that Canada will contribute urgently needed relief supplies to Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
“Today I met with Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeaki Mastumoto, who underlined the grave situation facing his country,” said Minister Cannon. “The Japanese government has specified the assistance it needs from the international community, and will continue to do so. Canada stands ready to assist.
“Canada will be part of the effort in support of the Government and people of Japan.”
“In response to a first request by the Government of Japan, Canada, working with the Canadian Red Cross, will provide approximately 25,000 woven thermal wool blankets from its emergency relief supply stockpile to support the urgent efforts under way for the affected people of Japan,” said Minister Oda.
