Fukushima nuclear accident - Wikipedia
The Fukushima nuclear accident was a major nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima, Japan, which began on 11 March 2011. The proximate cause of the accident was the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , which resulted in electrical grid failure and damaged nearly all of the power plant's backup energy ...
Fukushima accident | Summary, Date, Effects, & Facts | Britannica
Dec 25, 2024 · Fukushima accident, disaster that occurred in 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi (‘Number One’) nuclear power plant on the Pacific coast of northern Japan, which was caused by a severe earthquake and powerful series of tsunami waves and was the second worst nuclear power accident in history.
Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant? - BBC
Aug 23, 2023 · On 11 March 2011 at 14:46 local time (05:46 GMT) the earthquake - known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake - struck east of the city of Sendai, 97km north...
Fukushima Timeline: How an Earthquake Triggered Japan’s ... - HISTORY
Mar 5, 2021 · It resulted in 465,000 evacuations, $360 billion in economic losses and increased radiation levels in Tokyo, 140 miles away. As with most disasters, several things had to go wrong to produce...
Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 | Facts & Death Toll
Mar 11, 2011 · Among the most dangerous effects of the Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 was the Fukushima nuclear accident. Tsunami waves generated by the main shock of the earthquake damaged the backup generators at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, starting a chain of events that became one of the worst accidents in the history of nuclear power generation.
Fukushima Daiichi Accident - World Nuclear Association
Apr 29, 2024 · Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power supply and cooling of three Fukushima Daiichi reactors, causing a nuclear accident beginning on 11 March 2011. All three cores largely melted in the first three days.
April 2011 Fukushima earthquake - Wikipedia
The magnitude 6.6 M w Fukushima Hamadōri earthquake occurred inland on 11 April 2011 at 08:16 UTC at a focal depth of 13 km (8.1 mi), about 36 km (22 mi) west of Iwaki, Fukushima, or 161 km (100 mi) north-northeast of Tokyo. [1]
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia
On 11 March 2011, at 14:46:24 JST (05:46:24 UTC), a Mw 9.0–9.1 undersea megathrust earthquake occurred in the Pacific Ocean, 72 km (45 mi) east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region. It lasted approximately six minutes and caused a tsunami.
M5 quake hits Fukushima Prefecture, nearby areas - Japan Today
Jan 22, 2025 · An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early Thursday, the weather agency said. No tsunami warning has been issued. The 2:49 a.m. quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in one spot in Hinoemata and 4 in another part of the same village, the Japan Meteorological ...
Fukushima nuclear plant disaster: Japan marks 13-year …
Mar 11, 2024 · Japan is marking 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts, killing nearly 20,000 people, wiping out whole towns and destroying the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.