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10 years later, videos of the Japan tsunami are still just as haunting
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Thursday marks 10 years since Japan suffered a devastating tsunami, which followed right behind a massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake.
The natural disaster began off the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island. The initial earthquake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks, dozens of them measured at a 6.0 magnitude or greater.
There was widespread damage and it initiated a slew of large tsunamis across northern Japan. The giant waves left many costal areas devastated and kicked off a major nuclear accident at a power station along the coastline.
Britannica reports that the tsunami that raced away from the epicenter of the earthquake got up to speeds of about 500 mph. A wave that was measured to be about 33 feet high covered the
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