Showa Sanriku Earthquake

Killer tsunami worst in Japan's history
Fires continued to rage in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 12, the day after a huge tsunami swallowed homes and flipped boats inland. (Photo by Shingo Kuzutani)
March 25, 2011
With nearly 30,000 people dead or missing, the giant tsunami triggered by the Great East Japan Earthquake is the worst in the nation's history.
City's concrete 'protector' fails to stop killer...
The remains of what residents called Japan's strongest coastal levee in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture. Concrete blocks that formed part of the wall lie in the background. (Photo by Haruhiko Yoshimura)
March 21, 2011
MIYAKO, Iwate Prefecture--For decades, it was the pride of the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture--a giant double-wall levee that had long protected the townsfolk from...
Magnitude-8 aftershock could hit Kanto,...
Yoshiaki Kawata, Seiichi Sakurai and Yasuhiro Umeda (Asahi Shimbun photos)
March 13, 2011
A magnitude-8.0 aftershock could strike the Tokyo metropolitan area or northern Japan within a year, a seismologist warns, underscoring the fresh need for the populace to...
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